According to Serena Vale's experience, the normal speed for Breaking the Wall requires more than one attempt; some people even need thousands of tries before finally smashing through the barrier and succeeding.
Calculating the star positions is one thing; actually breaking the wall is another.
To break through the Five Luminaries Wall, one must repeatedly batter the barrier with yuanqi, forcing open a crack, slowly widening it, and ultimately shattering it completely so that it cannot heal—only then is the breakthrough truly complete.
For Quinn Shepherd to break through the wall right after Serena left is extremely rare.
"Unless..."
Serena's heart skipped a beat—unless Quinn's yuanqi foundation was abnormally deep and powerful, only then could he succeed in a single attempt.
"Young master, let's test our yuanqi with a simple palm strike."
Seeing his confusion, Serena quickly smiled and explained, "I'll close all my other Divine Treasuries, keeping only Spirit Embryo and Five Luminaries. I just want to test how deep your cultivation truly is."
Quinn nodded. The two pressed their palms together, and both unleashed their yuanqi. Serena grunted, wind howled past her ears, and the scenery spun as she was sent flying backward, crashing through several pavilions and high walls before finally coming to a stop, embedded in a distant wall.
Covered in dust and debris, she pried herself out of the wall and looked up, realizing she was more than forty yards away from Quinn. The buildings and walls between them now had person-shaped holes where she'd punched through, letting her see Quinn from afar—and she couldn't help but shiver inwardly.
She had used her Five Luminaries cultivation, only clashing yuanqi with Quinn, but the gap was so vast it left her disheartened.
It was a blow—a tremendous blow!
But she quickly steadied herself, thinking, "He is, after all, our Holy Cult’s Young Cult Master. Such cultivation is only to be expected. Besides, back in Oldridge Village, he already dealt me a heavy blow once."
Quinn rushed forward, but Serena laughed and said, "I’m fine. Your foundation is truly exceptional—the Patriarch and Madam didn’t misjudge you. With a day and a half left before the Imperial Academy opens, you should stabilize your realm."
Quinn agreed. Having just broken through the Five Luminaries Wall and opened his Divine Treasury, new changes were unfolding in his body, but he hadn’t had time to examine them yet.
Serena glanced around and smiled bitterly. Ever since Quinn arrived, Listening Rain Pavilion had suffered nonstop—if it wasn’t a demolished pavilion, it was several buildings punched full of holes.
He is, after all, the Young Cult Master—wherever he goes, he tears things down. Luckily, in two days he’ll leave and go tear down the Imperial Academy instead. Well, the Patriarch can have the headache then; I’ll finally get some peace…
Quinn had no idea Serena was already looking forward to him tearing down the Imperial Academy. Back in his room, he sat quietly and sent his consciousness into the newly opened Five Luminaries Treasury, where he found himself in a starry sky with five great shining stars suspended in deep darkness.
The Five Luminaries Treasury was utterly different from the Spirit Embryo Treasury.
Quinn was surprised—his Overlord Three-Core Art didn’t contain any methods for cultivating the Five Luminaries Treasury, which left him at a loss.