In the following days, Chen Yue truly experienced what it was like to be in both heaven and hell.

  Jumping off the water puppet at an altitude of ten thousand meters, hovering on the verge of life and death, and feeling the power from the familiar spirit, such a process had to be experienced dozens of times every day.

  It was a completely nightmarish experience. Not many people could face death calmly. Even though it wasn't real death, that kind of torture could still make one feel as if they were on the verge of collapse. If it were someone with a slightly weaker will, they would probably break down completely after just a few times.

  However, Chen Yue persevered.

  He also understood what Venia meant when she said that to become a powerful apostle, one also needed indomitable perseverance and the courage to face life and death.

  This kind of extreme training was indeed not something that ordinary apostles could endure. But for Chen Yue, it was very suitable.

  He would never forget the look on his face when he made the vow not to be mediocre at the beginning of his transmigration. If he wanted to become powerful, he had to pay the price.

  The “Health Preservation Formula” was a good example. To break through more postures, the energy he had to put in was no less than that in the current extreme training.

  Since he could achieve a breakthrough in the “Health Preservation Formula,” he must also be able to succeed in the current extreme training.

  “Ha.” Standing on the water puppet, Chen Yue looked calmly at the dizzying scene below and suddenly jumped. The water curtain seemed to open a big hole as if it had a life of its own, just allowing his body to pass through.

  After a while, the water chains wrapped around his body exerted force again and pulled him back onto the water puppet.

  “Seven hundred and forty meters.”

  Exhausted, he lay on the water again. His body sank in, leaving only his mouth and nose exposed. Underneath him, countless streams of water were hitting various parts of his body, massaging and restoring his physical strength.

  This was a service provided at his request. The elemental control of the water spirit was extremely skillful. It was as if countless pairs of small hands were massaging various parts of his body at the same time, and the effect was remarkable.

  Feeling his gradually recovering physical strength, Chen Yue stood up again.

  “This time it's seven hundred and fifty meters.”

  Looking at Chen Yue's back, Venia's face showed great admiration.

  Starting from a vertical fall of five hundred meters, the toughness and resilience that Chen Yue showed exceeded Venia's expectations. At first, he was extremely unaccustomed to it. As soon as he was pulled back, he was so weak that he needed to rest for most of the day to recover. However, slowly, he was making rapid progress with astonishing resilience and toughness.

  Two days later, he had completely adapted to the height of five hundred meters. And after feeling that the effect at this height was getting worse, Chen Yue took the initiative to increase the distance, adding ten meters each time until he felt that the effect was not good enough, and then increased the distance again.

  Every time, he insisted on putting himself in the most critical moment. Chen Yue's toughness and perseverance moved Venia.

  Gradually, the frequency of his request to increase the distance became higher and higher, which was enough to show that Chen Yue was making astonishing progress at a rapid speed.

  Talent was important, but it wasn't the only factor. So after learning about Chen Yue's situation, although Venia was shocked, she still remained calm. However, the various qualities discovered in him during the training process completely impressed Venia.

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  “This young man may be the most outstanding apostle I've ever trained.”

  ...

  “Eight hundred and ninety meters.”

  Taking a deep breath, excitement burned in Chen Yue's eyes.

  It was almost there. That power was becoming clearer and clearer in his perception. Starting from eight hundred meters, the warm current had a color in Chen Yue's perception. It was a green warm current, the color of life. And with the clearer perception, Chen Yue even discovered something more important.

  Now, after the warm current flowed into his body, he could clearly see countless tiny green dots peeling off from the warm current and entering every cell in his body, nourishing them.

  If the warm current was compared to a surging river, then those green dots were countless tributaries of the river. The tributaries branched out further to form a dense network, flowing to every corner of his body.

  Each tributary would take away a small amount of water. Although the river was getting smaller, it didn't disappear. It flowed forward firmly, but gradually disappeared from Chen Yue's perception.

  He must find out where it finally went. Chen Yue clenched his fists tightly.

  Immediately after that, he jumped high.

  “Nine hundred meters.”

  ...

  “Nine hundred and thirty meters.”

  “How enviable.” Venia sighed. One should know that not every crisis could trigger the original power. Basically, it was already remarkable if the original power could be triggered five times out of ten crises. However, this little guy could trigger it as many as nine times out of ten, which even made her a bit envious.

  This kind of extreme training was indeed the most suitable for him.

  “Such a terrifying talent...” Venia gently stroked her chin, looking as if she was thinking. “Does being frequently on the verge of life and death increase the triggering frequency? Hmm, when training others in the future, I can try it.”

  Chen Yue didn't know that because of his outstanding performance, future apostles would be trained to the point of exhaustion by Venia.

  ...

  “Nine hundred and seventy meters.”

  “The end is near.” A thrilling light of excitement shone in Venia's eyes.

  ...

  “Nine hundred and ninety meters.”

  “Plop.” Chen Yue rolled weakly onto the water surface, sprawled out his limbs, and gasped for breath. His brows were filled with a thick look of exhaustion. After all, physical strength could be recovered, but mental energy was being consumed all the time.

  Finally, he was almost successful. Chen Yue thought excitedly. Every time the distance was increased, he could perceive the progress of the warm current. He had a strong premonition that a breakthrough would come at any time.

  He got up unsteadily.

  “This time, it's one thousand meters.”

  “Chen Yue, do you want to take a rest? Perhaps, it can be postponed until tomorrow.” Venia said with some concern.

  “No, Mentor Venia.” Shaking his head, Chen Yue refused this tempting suggestion, even though every inch of his skin seemed to be protesting.

  “Hu.” His body fell again from a high place.

  After falling hundreds of meters, everything around him disappeared silently as usual. In Chen Yue's perception, there was no longer the world around him.

  He saw a green torrent gushing out from his heart, rolling forward with a powerful momentum. Along the way, as if in slow motion, countless tributaries branched off from the torrent and then divided into even more and smaller tributaries, filling billions of cells in his body.

  The torrent flowed forward without hesitation. Although it was getting smaller, its momentum didn't weaken at all. And the branches were getting fewer and fewer. Finally, only one main branch was left, still rolling forward without stopping.

  The surrounding scenery and tributaries finally disappeared one by one, leaving only blackness.

  In the pitch darkness, only a touch of green was surging forward, as if it had no end, endlessly.

  Time seemed to stand still, with no sign of flowing.

  Finally, after an unknown period of time, “Boom.” It was as if a certain barrier had been broken, and a strange scene appeared in front of Chen Yue.

  In an extremely vast starry sky, a green light cluster as dazzling as the sun was scorching hot. On its surface, green flames were burning, but what it emitted was not heat but astonishing vitality.

  In front of the green light cluster, the torrent had become a tiny thread. Under Chen Yue's gaze, it flowed into the light cluster.

  “What... what is this?”

  Suddenly, everything around him shattered. The vast starry sky disappeared from his perception, making it seem like a dream. But Chen Yue knew that everything was real. Finally, he had achieved a breakthrough.

  His five senses returned to his body, and Chen Yue found that he had returned to the back of the water puppet.

  Venia's voice came like heavenly music.

  “Congratulations. You've touched the source of life.”

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