Cultivating Disciples To Breakthrough

by Stayrr

Within a quiet pavilion on top of a lonely mountain peak, Xuan Hao slowly opened his eyes with a bewildered look on his face, he had transmigrated into a cultivation world as an elder of the Flying Sword Sect. He was even an expert at the Nascent Soul Realm, who had the power to easily destory an entire city with a wave of his hand. Most importantly, he had a system that allowed h

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Chapter 641 First Nascent Soul Realm Disciple!

Time slowly passed in the Star Shattering Sect and soon enough the entirety of the Half Spirit Race moved into the Seventh Star Peak. Given that all of them were at least in the Qi Condensation Realm, it was not hard for all of the Half Spirit Race to move to the Seventh Star Peak.N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

The disciples of the Star Shattering Sect were all happy when the members of the Half Spirit Race moved in, as they had a lot of Nascent Soul Realm Experts... And more Nascent Soul Realm Experts meant that they would have more skilled teachers in the future!

For this reason alone, the disciple of the Star Shattering Sect wanted to leave a good impression on these new Nascent Soul Realm Elders, some of the younger disciples who did not have a master yet even hoped that some of the Nascent Soul Realm Elders from the Half Spirit Race would take them in as a personal disciple.

None of them really cared about the fact that they were not from the human race like themselves. After all, strength spoke the loudest in a world revolving around cultivation!

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At the same time all of this was happening, Chu Yang was getting closer and closer to the Nascent Soul Realm with each passing day. After only little over a year after having moved to the Seventh Star Peak together with his master and fellow disciples, he had strengthened his foundation enough and was about to attempt breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm!

"Master, Bai Ning... And Qing Yi..." Looking towards the three people that were standing not too far away from him to observe his breakthrough, Chu Yang could not help feeling nervous for a short moment before quickly calming down. Closing both of his eyes as he began the process of breaking apart the golden core inside his dantian, or in his case, the blood red core at the centre of his dantian.

Crack~

As cracks spread through out the blood red core, Chu Yang's face turned pale as a sudden feeling of weakness washed over him with each small crack appearing on his blood red core.

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm involved breaking apart the golden core inside the dantian to give birth to the Nascent Soul and then having the newly born Nascent Soul ascend the Cloud Tribulation before officially stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Even if the Cloud Tribulation was the most dangerous part of the breakthrough, it was not the only life-threatening danger one could encounter during the breakthrough, as the act of breaking the golden core inside the dantian to give birth to the Nascent Soul could also fail. Resulting in the cultivator losing all his cultivation and being forced to start all over from the Qi Condensation Realm again.

Crack~

Not thinking about this, Chu Yang fully immersed himself in cultivation as more and more cracks appeared all over his blood red core, while the cracks already present began rapidly increasing in size.

Slowly over the next half hour, the entire core was covered in cracks and inevitably began trembling more and more violently. Showing signs that it was about to break apart at any moment!

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"Looks like he will soon give birth to his Nascent Soul... I wonder if it will be different given how special his golden core is..." Standing a short distance away from the place where Chu Yang was sitting, Xuan Hao could not help muttering this to himself. His divine sense fully focused on the blood red core slowly breaking apart inside Chu Yang's dantian. Ready to act in case anything went wrong.

Even if he would not be able to help Chu Yang give birth to his Nascent Soul and overcome the cloud tribulation, he would still be able to prevent him from falling all the way back to the Qi Condensation Realm if he managed to act fast enough!

Different from Qing Yi and Xuan Hao who understood what was happening to Chu Yang, Bai Ning had no idea what breaking through the Nascent Soul Realm involved.

"Master... Will senior brother be fine...?" For this reason, he could not help asking this with a worried expression on his face after seeing Chu Yang trembling all over, while his face grew increasingly pale

"He will be fine! Although breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm is something extremely dangerous to normal cultivators, your senior brother worked hard for the past half year to strengthen his foundation and is more than prepared for this!

If someone like Chu Yang fails to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm. Nascent Soul Realm Experts would be far rarer than they currently are, there might even be less Nascent Soul Realm Experts than Domain Lords around if someone like your senior brother can't break through...!"

Stepping in for her master, Qing Yi reassured Bai Ning that nothing bad would happen to Chu Yang. Even if it was slightly out of character for her to say something like that, Qing Yi did not mind as the person in question could not hear what she was saying due to him being way too focused on breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm at the moment-

CRACK-!

At this moment, a loud cracking sound could be heard coming from inside Chu Yang's body. Signalling that the birth of his Nascent Soul was imminent.

...

CRACK-!

Feeling the core inside his dantian fully breaking apart, Chu Yang could not help frowning as a tremendous wave of pain spread through his entire body.

Whoosh~!

However, the pain only lasted for a split second, as it all disappeared the moment a small nascent soul appeared at the centre of his dantian.

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The nascent soul looked extremely small and weak at the moment due to it just being born a few seconds ago, but at the same time, a powerful aura could clearly be felt from the depths of the small newly born nascent soul.

Swish~

Knowing that he would soon have to face the cloud tribulation that would follow after the birth of his nascent soul, Chu Yang took the short time he had left to take a proper look at his nascent soul with his powerful divine sense allowing him to see the inside of his dantian. Not that he really needed his divine sense to see the inside of his dantian, as he could just use his nascent soul to see this. The reason he used his divine sense was purely to see the appearance of his nascent soul!

"This is... My nascent soul?"

Gazing at his nascent soul through his divine sense, Chu Yang could not help feeling surprised after seeing the appearance of his nascent soul.

Different from what the small ball he had expected to see inside his dantian, his nascent soul was rather unique, as a blood red mist filled with a bone chilling killing intent swirled around a small human figure.

Not only that, but after looking closer, the small human figure also had a pair of bright red eyes that were filled with an equally terrifying killing intent.

"..."

Looking at the small nascent soul in his dantian, Chu Yang had no idea what to say.

He understood his golden core was special from what his master had told him... He just didn't expect for it to have such massive affects on his nascent soul! Not only was his nascent soul already shaped before he had transcended the cloud tribulation, but he could also very clearly feel that his strength had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm

Even after moving around his nascent soul to make sure, it was truly his own nascent soul and making sure that it was truly his own nascent soul, Chu Yang could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine whenever he stared into the blood red eyes of his nascent soul. Vaguely, the image of an endless sea of blood could be seen when staring deep enough into the eyes of his nascent soul.

Boom!

Trying to look closer and thoroughly inspect his nascent soul, Chu Yang was caught off guard as a loud rumbling sound of lighting outside his body.

"The Cloud Tribulation..."

Not even having to think twice after hearing the sound of lighting outside his body to guess where the sound had come from, Chu Yang looked away from his nascent soul before focusing all of his attention on the clouds filled with lighting slowly gathering above him.

Given that his nascent soul had already taken on a human shape before he had transcended to cloud tribulation, Chu Yang had a feeling that his tribulation would be different from a normal Bronze, Silver, or Gold Cloud Tribulation...

RUMBLE-!

As if to meet his expectations, the lighting cloud in the air above Chu Yang slowly started turning into a dark red before a terrifying power began gathering at the centre of the cloud in preparation to strike down Chu Yang's newly formed Nascent Soul!

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Chapter 642 Chu Yang's Cloud Tribulation

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Following a loud rumbling sound, the dark red lighting clouds gathered above Chu Yang rapidly descended towards Chu Yang.

Whoosh-!

As the red lighting cloud got closer and closer to Chu Yang directly below it and began shrinking rapidly in preparation to enter his dantian and merge together with his nascent soul, the violent lighting contained inside the red lighting cloud was forcefully pushed out-

BOOOOM-!

What followed was a loud thunderstrike, as Chu Yang was hit head on by the terrifying lighting of his cloud tribulation.

"Ahh-!"

Having no time to prepare or defend against almost instantaneous attack, Chu Yang could only let out a cry of pain as his body was charred by the terrifying lighting. The strength he had felt when breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm was now completely gone, as he was injured all over from the lighting strike.

The speed of lighting was simply not something he could react to and defend against with his current cultivation realm…

Swish~

After the lighting had been purged the red lighting cloud that was no bigger than an apple at this point in time reached Chu Yang before forcefully entering his body and starting the process of merging together with his nascent soul. Not giving him any time to recover from the lightning strike he had been hit with just earlier.

Not only that, but the moment the blood red cloud began merging together with his soul, part of the blood red cloud split up before transforming into a massive rain cloud that covered his entire dantian.

Splash~

Splash~

Splash~

Not even a second later, a blood red rain came down from the rain cloud that had formed inside his dantian. Soon filling up his entire dantian before spreading out to all corners of his body through his meridians.

Crack~

Following the blood red rainwater spreading through his meridians to his entire body, a loud cracking sound spread throughout his body, as the blood red rainwater began seeping into his body from his meridian. Slowly starting to forcefully change and refine his body.

Feeling both a soul tearing pain from the small red cloud that had condensed down to the size of an apple merging together with his nascent soul, Chu Yang also felt the pain of having his body broken before being reconstructed again by the blood red rainwater.

At this point in time, he could not pay any attention to what was happening outside and was fully focused on trying his best to remain conscious under the pain!

The only thing that mattered to Chu Yang in this moment, was overcoming his cloud tribulation and successfully becoming a Nascent Soul Realm Expert!

if he failed now, he would in the best-case scenario have to start over from the Qi Condensation Realm and in the worst case, die…

Even if he was still young and could cultivate back to the Peak of the Core Formation Realm again if he was lucky enough to survive, Chu Yang understood that it would forever leave a shadow in his heart and would also disappoint his master.

Not to mention this, Qing Yi would overtake him and given the distance that would be placed between them if he failed and master saved him, Chu Yang understood that he would likely not be able to catch up to her if he failed to overcome the cloud tribulation…

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The lightning strike was more than powerful enough to kill a normal First stage Nascent Soul Realm Expert… But it was only the first part of the Cloud Tribulation! Not to mention this, his cloud tribulation seems to be split into a soul tribulation and a body tribulation.

Thinking this to himself as he kept an eye on the situation taking place inside Chu Yang's dantian, Xuan Hao could not help being taken aback by the cloud tribulation that his disciple was experiencing.

After all, the red lightning cloud, the fact that the cloud tribulation had attacked him before entering his dantian to merge together with his nascent soul, the blood red rain. All of this was far from a normal cloud tribulation!

Chu Yang was the first person, outside of himself, that he had seen experiencing a cloud tribulation different from the normal bronze, silver or golden cloud tribulation that was commonplace across the Ewaria Continent.

"However, it's different from the cloud tribulation I went through…" Muttering this to himself as he remained focused on the things taking place inside Chu Yang's body and dantian, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he recalled his own cloud tribulation.

Back when then, he had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm and was faced with a cloud tribulation that was completely different from the ones he had been told about by Feng Chen, Elder Song, and the rest of the core elders of the Flying Sword Sect, who had told him about their cloud tribulations to help him getting ready to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Given that he had never seen anything like it, he had just thought that he experienced a cloud tribulation belonging to the level above that of a golden cloud tribulation… But after seeing Chu Yang's cloud tribulation, Xuan Hao had a feeling that this was not the case.

Even without knowing too much about cloud tribulations, Xuan Hao could still tell with some certainty that Chu Yang's cloud tribulation was somehow affected by his special golden core. The theme of the cloud tribulation after it entered his dantian was a dead giveaway…

But if that is really the case, how is my cloud tribulation related to my golden core? From what I remember, it should not be anything special… Or perhaps the cloud tribulation is not only affected by the golden core, but also the body…

Not thinking anymore about this as he would not be able to get an answer to this question before his special physique awakened, Xuan Hao continued watching Chu Yang struggling at the brink of death against his cloud tribulation.

After a few more minutes passed with Chu Yang at the brink of death, the cloud tribulation finally came to an end-

BOOOOOM-!

A violent explosion could be heard coming from Chu Yang's body, as he successfully overcame the cloud tribulation and fully stepped into the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The blood red cloud inside his dantian finished merging together with his nascent soul and the last bit of blood red rainwater was absorbed by his body through his meridians!

…

BOOOOOM-!

Feeling an endless power filling up his body and soul, Chu Yang could not fully control his strength after having absorbed the blood red cloud tribulation. Accidently destroying his surroundings before his master stepped in to contain the outburst of power from spreading further.

I… I reached the Nascent Soul Realm!?

However, all of this was not on Chu Yang's mind, as he sat on the ground examining the situation of his dantian and body. Feeling the seemingly endless strength that now coursed through his meridians and filled him with a feeling of invincibility.

Even if it was just a feeling and he wasn't truly invincible after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, Chu Yang was still taken aback by this feeling, as he fully immersed himself in it. Understanding to some extent why some Nascent Soul Realm Experts ended up getting arrogant due to the massive increase in strength one would experience after breaking through from the Core Formation Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm.

With his current strength, Chu Yang did not doubt that he would easily be able to kill a hundred if not more of his past selves before he had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm!

"Haaaa…." Slowly calming down after feeling how his master had forcefully restrained his power from spreading outside of a 20-meter area around him, Chu Yang could not help smiling wryly.

Compared to master, I'm still far from being considered invincible…

Thinking this to himself, Chu Yang quickly started the process of restraining his aura and controlling his strength. Dedicating all his attention to stabilize his cultivation realm. After all, he didn't want to randomly burst out with his strength and destroy anything close to him when walking around the sect.

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"He really broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm…" Watching Chu Yang's break through from start to finish, Qing Yi could not help showing an amazed expression on her face.

Even standing beside her master and not being the target of the cloud tribulation, Qing Yi still felt terrified when she had seen the red lighting cloud forming above Chu Yang. The lighting strike that followed was even more terrifying, as Qing Yi understood that if she was faced with it, she would have died!

With this in mind, Qing Yi could not stop herself from admiring Chu Yang and the fact that he had overcome such a terrifying cloud tribulation and reached the Nascent Soul Realm…

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Chapter 643 Divine Void Eyes

Watching as Chu Yang started stabilizing his cultivation base after having successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Xuan Hao turned his attention towards the two quests that had been completed after Chu Yang overcame his cloud tribulation.

[Side Quest: Help disciple Chu Yang improve his sense of direction, at least enough for him to not get lost in his master's pavilion. (complete)]

[Reward: 10% of host's physique is awakened.]

The first quest he looked over, was the one he had gotten all the way back when Chu Yang first became his disciple. Now that Chu Yang had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and his divine sense became more than strong enough to cover the entire Seventh Star Peak, he should not have any problems getting lost when going anywhere. At least as long as it was not anywhere far away…

"Hm? 10 percent of my physique will be awakened?" Seeing the reward that had been hidden up to this point, Xuan Hao was confused before feeling a wave of happiness wash over him.

Ever since he had first realized that he had some sort of dormant physique, he had been trying to find ways to awaken it to no avail. Now with the system's help, it looked like he would finally have an opportunity to get some clues about his physique.

Maybe he could even use the information gained from this to find out about his background before he entered the Flying Sword Sect. After all, all his memories from before entering the Flying Sword Sect were gone and the only thing he knew about his past, was that he was from somewhere outside the Ewaria Continent…

Thinking about this, Xuan Hao could not help feeling excited when looking at the reward from the system. Although it was just 10 percent of his physique that would be awakened, it was more than enough for Xuan Hao. Especially given the fact that he now knew that the system quests would be able to help him when it came to awakening his physique.

[Hidden Main Quest: One disciple reaches the Nascent Soul Realm.]

[Reward: 10% of host's physique is awakened, Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms.]

Seeing the rewards he gained from the second quest, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a wave of happiness wash over him after realizing that he would be able to awaken another 10 percent of his physique.

"But… What is the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms?" Even though he was happy that he would be able to awaken 20 percent of his physique in one go, Xuan Hao was still caught slightly off guard by the second reward that had followed.

Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms… From the name, it should be some sort of ancient text related to cultivation realms, as for what it was about, he would have to redeem the rewards to find out. Not something he could do at the moment, as he still had to make sure Chu Yang properly stabilized his cultivation base at the Nascent Soul realm.

If he redeemed the rewards from the system now and ended up unable to act in case anything went wrong, Chu Yang might end up accidently hurting Qing Yi and Bai Ning standing nearby watching him stabilize his cultivation with curious expressions on their faces.

For them, watching Chu Yang stabilize his cultivation base was not only useful for their cultivation, but would also be of help to them in the future when they would have to do the same thing after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm!

With all of this in mind, Xuan Hao decided to wait for a few hours before he was sure nothing would go wrong with Chu Yang's cultivation without him around.

After all, he had no plans to stay around for the days or weeks it might end up taking his disciple to fully stabilize his cultivation base. Staying there for the first few hours when things could still end up going wrong was more than enough.

Even if things went wrong after this point in time, Chu Yang should at the very least be able to stop himself from accidently hurting Qing Yi and Bai Ning observing him from the side.

With Qing Yi and Bai Ning sitting down to observe Chu Yang stabilizing his cultivation base, time slowly passed and soon enough, the sky above turned dark, and the moon rose high into the sky where it gently shone down at the ground below.

"Looks like his cultivation base is more than stable enough for me to leave him alone, those two also seems to have gained quite a bit from observing his breakthrough…" Looking over Chu Yang who was fully immersed in cultivation, Xuan Hao soon turned to look over his two younger disciples, both of them in a similarly immersed state.

Among the two of them, Xuan Hao even managed to sense Bai Ning's cultivation take another step forward, with a bit more time, he should be able to reach the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm and begin preparing to breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm!

Whoosh~

Knowing that nothing would go wrong at this point in time and seeing that all three of his disciple were fully focused on cultivating and improving their strength together, Xuan Hao silently took his leave as he headed back into his personal room inside the small palace that the elders had made for him and his disciples.

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"I wonder what will happen after I awaken part of my physique…" muttering this to himself as he sat down on floor of his room, Xuan Hao spent the next few minutes calming himself down and stabilizing his mind in preparation of the changes that would inevitably happen after awakening a part of his physique.

[Do you want to redeem the rewards for the two completed quests?]

[Y/N]

Yes!

Whoosh~!

Directly redeeming the reward from both quests at once, Xuan Hao felt a traceless power entering his body before focusing towards both of his eyes.

Fwoosh-!

Reaching his eyes, a burning sensation soon spread through them for a short moment before a wave of information imprinted in the deepest parts of his soul was awakened before it seamlessly merged together with his soul. Allowing Xuan Hao to instantly comprehend and understand this new information.

"This is-"

[The physique awakening reached 20%, as a result the Divine Void Eyes belonging to the host's physique is now accessible!]

Not needing the system to explain what had just happened to him, Xuan Hao could not help marvelling as he went over the information about the Divine Void Eyes that came together with him awakening part of his physique.

The Divine Void Eyes gave him several special abilities. Among which, the most powerful one was called Empty Void. An ability that allowed him to return the area affected by this ability into primordial void. The space that existed before the beginning of the world!

Of course, with his current strength, doing something like that was not possible. After all, if he could do something like that, he would already have more than enough strength to destroy the world he currently found himself inside of, something even someone at the Soul Ascension Realm was unable to think about doing!

However, this did not mean that the Empty Void ability that came along with his Divine Void Eyes was completely useless with his current strength, it only meant that he would not be able to use the ability to its full potential before getting stronger.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

At the moment, using the Empty Void ability would allow him to partially collapse the space within a certain area. Not only would this kill some weaker Domain Lord's, but it would also severely limit his opponents, as it would be incredibly hard to use the spatial manipulation to escape or use a movement technique inside the partially collapsed space.

Normally, this would not have mattered if he was also affected by the collapsed space himself, but after awakening 20 percent of his physique, Xuan Hao realized that he had grown far more connected to the dao of space. Even if space had partially collapsed, he should be able to still use his movement technique without being affected.

Well… In most cases… If he ended up fully collapsing the space around him. Not only would he not be able to use his movement technique, but he would most likely also end up dying. After all, a true collapse of space was something that could end up leaving a scar in the world that would take thousands of years, if not longer for the world to recover!

"However… I have no idea if any of this is true in the first place, I would have to test it out for myself." Muttering this to himself as he went over the Empty Void ability again, Xuan Hao could not help wondering just what kind of physique he had.

After all, he had awakened the Divine Void Eyes after only awakening 20 percent of his physique… Who knew just how powerful it would be when he fully awakened it!

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Chapter 644 Status Update~

"Haaa… Still couldn't find out anything about my background…"

Finished going over the changes that had taken place after he had awakened twenty percent of his physique and experimenting with his new abilities over the next few days, Xuan Hao could not help shaking his head in disappointment.

During his experimentation over the last few days, he had also tried finding out more about his background through parts of the information's he had gained after awakening his Divine Void Eyes… But in the end, all of it had been to no avail.

If he really wanted to find out about his background and where he had come from, it looked like he would have to awaken more of his physique… If even that did not work, he would have to search for answers outside the Ewaria Continent!

Even if he had not paid any mind to his background over the years, Xuan Hao still felt worried deep down. After all, the fact remained that before losing his memories and reaching the Flying Sword Sect, he had been fleeing from something terrifying!

"I wonder how much my status changed since last…"

Deciding not to think about his background any further for now, Xuan Hao turned his attention towards the system before deciding to pull up his status for the first time in a long time.

Curious if the system would show the name of his physique after he had awakened twenty percent of it.

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Domain: Sword Domain, Ice Domain

Talent: ???

Physique: ??? (20% Awakened, Divine Void Eyes Awakened)

Realm: Eighth Stage Domain Lord Realm

Professions: Alchemist (Artisan), Formation Master (Expert), Blacksmithing (Expert)

Sect: Star Shattering Sect

Status: Grand Elder of the Star Shattering Sect

Disciples: Qing Yi, Chu Yang, Bai Ning

Pet: Lazy Winged Lion

Looking over his status, Xuan Hao could not help feeling disappointed when reading discovering that the system still did not show the name of his physique even after he had partial awakened it.

However, there was still a few things that managed to catch his attention. For one, his winged lion pet had the word lazy added in front of it, while his status had changed to the Grand Elder of the Star Shattering Sect.

How come I had no idea I became a grand elder…?

Shaking his head as he didn't really get anything useful from his status other than finding out about the fact that his pet winged lion had grown lazy during the time, he had left it in charge of defending the Flying Sword Sect, Xuan Hao only thought that he would have to put the winged lion to work in the future.

After all, with most of the Flying Sword Sect leaving for the Seventh Star Peak, there was no longer any reason for the winged lion to stay around in the Flying Sword Sect to defend it now that it was being transformed into a branch sect of the Star Shattering Sect.

It was a much better idea to use the winged lion demon beast for something more useful like helping deal with demonic cultivators that showed up from time to time to cause chaos, deal with rampaging demon beasts that came down from the nearby Burning Mountain Range and other similar things.

The winged lion would become especially useful over the next few years as the Star Shattering Sect finished stabilizing their position and would begin looking to expand to get their hands on more resources and have the ability to recruit more disciples.

"Maybe I should inform Elder Song about this and allow him to use the winged lion to intimidate the nearby kingdoms when he begins the process of expanding the sect in the future…" Muttering this to himself as he thought about Elder Song who would most likely end up as one of the key people in charge of the sect's expansion in the future, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly.

Even after the Flying Sword Sect merged together with the Spring Flower Sect and formed the Star Shattering Sect, Elder Song was not able to escape being put in charge of the management of the sect.

The only difference this time around, was that an older female elder from the Spring Flower Sect similar to Elder Song was now there to work together with him on the management… To be honest, Xuan Hao had felt rather odd upon first seeing this female elder from the Spring Flower Sect due to the fact that she seemed like the Spring Flower Sect's Elder Song…

No idea if it was due to them having been in similar positions before the two sect's merged together, but Elder Song and this female elder ended up becoming rather close friends as they were in charge of the Star Shattering Sect's management.

"Now that I think about it… Was Elder Song perhaps the one who secretly promoted me to a Grand Elder of the sect without telling me about it?" Feeling like he guessed the reason for the change in his status, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly knowing that Elder Song was most likely the person behind his change in status.

Given the fact that he was by far the strongest person in the Star Shattering Sect and one of the only Domain Lord Realm Experts, Xuan Hao did not have anything against the change in his status. After all, it would be weird for him to continue having the same status as the elders in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Even if some of them, like Zu Fei, had improved their cultivation over the years, it was still far from the Domain Lord Realm.

Thinking about it, Shu Yao had also become a Grand Elder like him with her cultivation also having reached the Domain Lord Realm…

"Now that I think about it, Feng Chen Shu Yao and Zu Fei were discussing about me becoming a Grand Elder and had plans to increase my status from a normal core elder at some point in time..." Understanding that they should have gone ahead and done just that, Xuan Hao smilied a bit knowing that it was not just Elder Song's doing

"Hm... Not to mention myself, the sect elders below the Nascent Soul realm should also have been demoted to Outer Sect Elders over the past year..." Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao suddenly remembered the fact that the requirements to become a sect elder had changed to the Nascent Soul Realm, with this in mind, many of the sect's elders below the Nascent Soul Realm would end up getting demoted to Outer Sect Elders.

Elder Song wouldn't just demote these people without telling them… Right?

"…"

Not knowing what to say as this thought occurred to him, Xuan Hao suddenly had a feeling that many of the Star Shattering Sect's Outer Sect Elders would only learn about their new positions a few weeks if not longer after they had been demoted from a normal sect elder to an Outer Sect Elder…

"Hah… No use thinking about all of this, I still have to check out the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms!"

Shaking his head as he thought about all these elders suddenly learning about their new position through friends and disciples instead of the person who demoted them, Xuan Hao turned his attention towards the ancient book he had gotten as a reward for his first disciple reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

Whoosh~

Taking out the book he had put away just after receiving it as he was more focused on his physique partially awakening, Xuan Hao could not help marvelling at the beautiful exterior of the book, the words [Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms] excluding a certain dao charm that indicated the ancient book had been written by a powerful expert.

Given that even Xuan Hao felt like he had momentarily entered a state of enlightenment and both his domains got closer to merging together after just reading the title of the ancient book, it was certain that the person who had written the ancient book should be someone who had reached an unimaginable realm above the Soul Ascension Realm!

"So powerful…" Not able to stop himself from muttering these words to himself after he regained consciousness again and felt that his ice domain and sword domain was one step closer to merging together, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine upon thinking about the how powerful the person who had written the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms was.

At the same time, it also made Xuan Hao fell even more curious about just what was written inside the ancient book.

The first four mortal realms were the Qi Condensation Realm, the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Core Formation Realm, and the Nascent Soul Realm, Xuan Hao already felt like he understood these four realms and didn't have much more to learn… But then again, given the system had given him the ancient book, it should not be something useless!

Swish~

With this in mind, Xuan Hao curiously opened the ancient book and began reading through the first chapter of the book that was about the Qi Condensation Realm-

"This… How can this still be considered the Qi Condensation Realm!?"

To say he was taken aback by the content of the ancient book would be an understatement…

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Chapter 645 Codex of the First Four Realms

Feeling a wave of disbelief wash over him as he read through the first chapter of the First Four Mortal Realms describing the Qi Condensation Realm, Xuan Hao felt shocked at how in depth the chapter was.

Not only did it fully describe the process of going from the First to the Ninth Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm along with a lot of information about the realm that he didn't know anything about, but it also described a stage above the Ninth Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm. The Perfect Qi Condensation Realm, simply described as the Tenth Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm!

Even if none of his disciple's had reached this realm, Xuan Hao was still more than happy with the knowledge he gained from the first chapter of the ancient book, as it would be helpful for training his current disciples and future disciples.

The Foundation Establishment Realm and Core Formation Realm chapter of the ancient book was similar, as they all helped Xuan Hao gain a more in depth understanding of these first few realms. In the future, it would be far easier for him to teach his disciples, while at the same time, he would also be able to share this new knowledge with the rest of the sect and allow them to improve as well.

Although... With the current strength of the Star Shattering Sect, the only person who could truly put this information to use was Shu Yao, as that was the minimum requirement for someone to be able to comprehend what was written inside the ancient book and have the ability to put it to use when teaching the disciples.

However, upon reaching the Nascent Soul Realm chapter of the ancient book, things changed, and it was no longer something that someone at the Early Stages of the Domain Lord Realm like Shu Yao would be able to comprehend... Heck... Even Xuan Hao felt like he had a hard time reading through the fourth chapter that detailed the Nascent Soul Realm with his strength!

The fourth chapter not only contained a detailed explanation on the Nascent Soul Realm and how to increase the strength on one's nascent soul, but it also contained detailed explanations on how to best prepare to start comprehending a dao and prepare to establish a domain and enter the Domain Lord Realm!

The different tribulations that one could go through to reach the Nascent Soul Realm was also listed here and they were:

The Bronze Cloud Tribulation. The weakest cloud tribulation that would at most allow someone to reach the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm without any hope to break through to the Domain Lord Realm unless one encountered a lucky chance to strengthen the soul and make up for the insufficient strengthening of the soul that came from overcoming the bronze Cloud Tribulation.

The Silver Cloud Tribulation. The most normal cloud tribulation, one had the chance to breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm. Reaching the Soul Ascension Realm... This was close to impossible...

The Golden Cloud Tribulation. Split into a lower-grade, middle-grade, and higher-grade golden cloud tribulation. Reaching the Nascent Soul Realm through a golden cloud tribulation would almost guarantee that one would be able to reach the Domain Lord Realm as long as the person in question did not die. The higher the grade of the golden cloud tribulation, the higher the chance of reaching the Soul Ascension Realm in the future!

These three were the most common cloud tribulations and also the ones Xuan Hao had expected to see... However, the last one standing above the golden cloud tribulation realm was what truly caught Xuan Hao off guard.

Unique Cloud Tribulation. A unique tribulation that rarely descends when the cultivator is deemed to have triggered certain conditions. The unique cloud tribulation is as the name suggests, unique to the cultivator and not one tribulation of this level is the same!

The unique cloud tribulation can exceed the level of a higher-grade golden cloud tribulation, while at the same time also being weaker than it. However, most of the time, it is stronger and the benefits from reaching the Nascent Soul Realm through a unique cloud tribulation far exceeds that of the golden cloud tribulation.

People who cross the unique cloud tribulation have the potential to surpass the Soul Ascension Realm and surpass the mortal realm!

Although Xuan Hao had already somewhat guessed there was a tribulation existing above the golden cloud tribulation, he was still taken aback after getting a confirmation that this was indeed the case from the ancient book.

Whoosh~

Finishing the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms, Xuan Hao could not help feeling surprised, as he suddenly felt both his sword and ice domain start partially merging together.

Even if they had not fully merged together after reading through the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms, they could no longer be considered two separate domains any longer...

Using the two separately was also not an option after this merging process had started. Not that Xuan Hao really cared too much about this, as both of his domains were far stronger after having partially merged together with each other.

"Looks like I will be able to merge both my domains together much faster than I had first expected..." Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help praying to get another Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms from the system again. Maybe even getting the Domain Lord Realm version that might have been written by the author of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realm...

"Hm? Looks like Chu Yang finished stabilizing his cultivation base."

Just at this moment, Xuan Hao suddenly noticed that his disciple had already finished stabilizing his cultivation base at the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and was about to wake up again.

Whoosh~

With this in mind, Xuan Hao left his room and made his way towards the place where his three disciples were located. All of them currently in a state of deep meditation, as they were all about to wake up again now that Chu Yang had finished stabilizing his cultivation base.

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"Master! I broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm!" Upon waking up from his deep meditation after having stabilized his cultivation base, Chu Yang excitedly proclaimed this as he looked towards his master for approval.

"Indeed, you did a great job! Breaking through the Nascent Soul Realm below the age of 30 and becoming the first Nascent Soul Realm disciple of the Star Shattering Sect. Even in the entire Sky Empire, I'm sure there are not many people who can accomplish something like this!" Not seeing anything wrong with praising Chu Yang after he had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, Xuan Hao made sure he knew about his achievements.

"Thank you master!" Smiling happily as he said, this, Chu Yang was still overcome with happiness as he started experimenting with his new power. The most useful of which was the divine sense, as Chu Yang finally felt like he would be able to move around without getting lost all the time.

Yes... In Chu Yang's eyes, he didn't see his divine sense as something useful for fighting and searching for enemies that might be hidden ready to ambush him while out and adventuring in the outside world... But instead as a tool that would prevent him from getting lost due to his bad sense of direction!

"Hum~ You broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm and I have to admit it was far more dangerous than I had thought...However! I won't lack behind! I will also reach the Nascent Soul Realm soon! Don't slack after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, or I will surpass you in no time!" Standing up and saying this just after she had awoken from her deep meditation shortly after Chu Yang. Qing Yi quickly ran away.

Clearly Chu Yang reaching the Nascent Soul Realm had ignited her fighting spirit and she also wanted to reach the Nascent Soul Realm. As her master's first disciple, there was no way she would lack behind Chu Yang who had been accepted later than her!

"..."

Seeing his now junior sister run away before he even had a chance to respond, Chu Yang could only smile wryly before looking at his master for help.

"Ah! Bai Ning, how was it did you manage to improve?"

However, his master just turned around before focusing his attention on Bai Ning that had also just woken up. Pretending not to see Chu Yang starring at him for guidance on what to do in such a situation.

"Yes master! I managed to improve my cultivation and even broke through after watching senior brother Chu Yang stabilizing his cultivation base!"

"I see, that is great, we should quickly return to the palace and I, your master, will help you with stabilizing your cultivation base!"

"Really?!"

"Yes! Let's go!"

Whoosh~

Not even having any time to say anything to his master before he left together with Bai Ning, Chu Yang could not help shaking his head as he looked at the destroyed terrain around the area where he had broken through before similarly making his way back towards the small palace that his master and two fellow disciples had already done.Ñøvl-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

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Chapter 646 Flame Sky Kingdom

After Chu Yang broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm and became the first disciple of the Star Shattering Sect to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, his reputation quickly spread and he became known even among the youngest disciples of the sect due to his achievements of reaching the Nascent Soul Realm before the age of 30.

Not to mention the Star Shattering Sect, Chu Yang's reputation even managed to spread outside the Star Shattering Sect and reach the ears of some of the different powers bordering the Star Shattering Sect.

To say they were shocked was an understatement, as most of them chose not to believe the fact that the Star Shattering Sect actually had someone break through and reach the Nascent Soul Realm before the age of 30.

The main reason for this, was that the strongest person in their kingdom or sect was still someone in the Nascent Soul Realm. Now someone below the age of 30 had reached the same major realm that their ancestors and elders had spent hundreds of years to reach. How could they possibly accept something like this!?

Among the different sects and kingdoms located close to the Star Shattering Sect, the ones who were already preparing to resist the Star Shattering Sect when they inevitably expanded didn't believe the news that the Star Shattering Sect really had someone who reached the Nascent Soul Realm below the age of 30.

Thinking that it was just a lie made up by the Star Shattering Sect to intimidate them.

The ones who were the most outspoken about this, was a kingdom called the Flame Sky Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms located at the border region of the Sky Empire.

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"They are clearly just trying to intimidate us into submitting to them! There is no way someone is able to reach the Nascent Soul Realm so fast. Even those geniuses from the Sky Empire aren't that fast!"

At this moment several elders and other high-profile figures of the Flame Sky Kingdom had gathered together inside the main castle of the capital to discuss the news about the genius from the Star Shattering Sect. Among them, one elder was clearly at the centre, as he was adamantly against the Star Shattering Sect that had only recently showed up and overshadowed the Fire Sky Kingdom and the other powers at the border region of the Sky Empire.

"But they have a Domain Lord Realm Expert to back them up… Is there really a reason to make up something like this to intimidate others?" However, among the elders and high-profile people of the Fire Sky Kingdom, an elderly woman stood up and cast doubt on what the man said.

"Hmph! Elder Sheng Mei, what do you know?! I'm sure they know about the formation at the capital of our kingdom having the power to resist someone in the Domain Lord Realm and fear that our ancestors will breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm!"

"The ancestors might be Half a Step into the Domain Lord Realm… But what will happen if none of them manage to successfully breakthrough? Are we just going to vainly resist until the Star Shattering Sect decides to launch an attack?

Don't forget, the Star Shattering Sect is a sect. Not a kingdom and don't follow the same way of fighting we do… They won't declare war or something along that line, but will just attack without any warning, what will happen to the people outside the capital at that point? Will we just continue hiding inside the formation protecting the capital city? Not to mention, the formation might be able to resist a Domain Lord Realm Expert, but it will not be able to last forever!"

"You! How-"

Whoosh-!

"Sheng Mei, Hong Xuan, both of you quiet down! We will wait for the ancestors before deciding on anything… This matter is far too important for us to make on our own without the ancestors!"

Stepping in before the two elders belonging to the Flame Sky Kingdom started fighting each other, a middle-aged man unleashed his aura to calm the two elders down. Instantly showing off his strength at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

""Yes, your highness!""

Reluctantly giving up on saying anything more, both Sheng Mei and Hong Xuan stared at each other as they apologised to the middle-aged man located at a large throne not too far away from both of them.

From the way they addressed the man, it was clear that he was the current king of the Flame Sky Kingdom. Given his cultivation had already reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, it would not be odd for him to hand over his position to his most talented son or daughter and focus entirely on trying to reach the Domain Lord Realm and become an ancestor of the Flame Sky Kingdom.

All the past kings had done this… But the current situation did not allow him to step down to focus entirely on cultivation, as the current Flame Sky Kingdom was far too unstable with the emergence of the Star Shattering Sect to have one of his sons or daughters ascend the throne.

The main reason why the Flame Sky Kingdom was getting unstable after the emergence of the Star Shattering Sect, was due to the fact that if the Star Shattering Sect expanded to the size of a normal sect with a Domain Lord Realm Expert watching over it, they would surely end up being swallowed up.

For this reason, two factions had emerged inside the Flame Sky Kingdom. One side wanting to establish a friendly relationship with the Star Shattering Sect, while the other wanted to remain independent from the Star Shattering Sect.

The person who wanted to establish a friendly relationship with the Star Shattering Sect was headed by Elder Shen Mei, an old Nascent Soul Realm Expert that was older than even some of the Flame Sky Kingdoms current ancestors.

The one standing behind the move to remain independent was Elder Hong Xuan, a similarly old Nascent Soul Realm Expert that had once been a prince of the royal family before being thrown out after losing the battle for succession.

Both were people with massive power inside the Flame Sky Kingdom and was not people that the current king could afford to offend carelessly…

"Haaa… Everyone, we will end today's discussion here for today…" Thinking about this, the king let out a sigh before sending everyone away. Silently lamenting about his fate inside his head.

Why did the Star Shattering Sect have to show up just when he was about to retire and focus wholeheartedly on cultivating…?

The king of the Flame Sky Kingdom wanted nothing more than to give his position over to one of his sons and daughters and enter the ancestral grounds to cultivate without a care in the world. However, none of his children were strong enough to do something like this. The strongest of his children was only in the Core Formation realm!

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Similarly in a state of worry like the Flame Sky Kingdom, some of the kingdoms and sects located around the territory controlled by the Star Shattering Sect that wanted to remain independent, were worried that the news of Chu Yang becoming a Nascent Soul Realm Expert below the age of 30 might be a sign that the Star Shattering Sect would soon start expanding.

One month passed like this, then two… Three…This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

Five months passed by without anything happening and the kingdoms and sects started relaxing as they came to the realization that the Star Shattering Sect was not yet planning to expand.

However, this peace of mind was short lived, as news of the Star Shattering Sect accepting new disciples began spreading across the territory of these kingdoms and sects. Attracting the attention of many young people who had long since heard about the Star Shattering Sect at this point in time.

The Star Shattering Sect was the only sect with a Domain Lord in the border region of the Sky Empire. For this reason, the Star Shattering Sect accepting disciples for the first time since the sect had been established was more than enough to cause most of the young talents to take the risk and try to reach the Star Shattering Sect. Not bothering to enter a sect or kingdom close to them.

After all, entering a kingdom or sect supported by at most someone Half a Step into the Domain Lord Realm, or entering the Star Shattering Sect that had the support of a Domain Lord Realm Expert that was only known to these young people in legends… It was obvious which one was the best choice!

Even if they had to risk their life to reach the Star Shattering Sect, it was more than worth it if they could enter the Star Shattering Sect.

Not only would they not have to worry about their safety after entering such a powerful sect, but they might also get a chance to learn from a Domain Lord Realm Expert!

Giving these young people hope that they might be able to reach the Domain Lord Realm in the future!

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Chapter 647 Future Expansion Plans

Along with the massive stream of people slowly making their way towards the Shattered Star Peaks to try and enter the Star Shattering Sect, the elders from the Star Shattering Sect wasted no time preparing a location where the massive number of people streaming over would stay.

Ending up constructing several new buildings to house the people making their way over to try and join of the Star Shattering Sect. The buildings in question were all located in the city below the Ninth Star Peak and had instantly causing the city to expand far and wide, as it barely managed to surpass the Flying Sword City in size due to this.

Other than the buildings for the young people who wanted to try and join the Start Shattering Sect, the thing that took the most time and effort, was preparing the different tests that these young people would have to go through to enter the Star Shattering Sect.

The person who was in charge of these tests, was not only Elder Song, but also Feng Chen and a few other important elders.

In the end, the tests that were prepared was split into three parts, a talent test, a combat test, and a comprehension test.

The tests would test the cultivator's innate talent, how well the person fared in combat against demon beasts and other humans and finally a test that would look at the comprehension ability of the cultivator.

After all three tests concluded, the top 1000 would join the Star Shattering Sect.

A sect elder would also be able to choose a disciple and that disciple would not end up counting towards the top 1000 people entering the sect.

Of course… With the requirement of becoming a sect elder being raised to the Nascent Soul Realm and close to half of these Nascent Soul Realm Elders being from the Half Spirit Race still adapting to their new environment and not really looking to take in any personal disciples, the chances of entering the Star Shattering this way was close to non-existent.

However, this fact did not deter any of the young people showing up from dreaming about being accepted as the personal disciple of an elder!

After all, becoming a personal disciple would not only allow them to enter the Star Shattering Sect, but would also allow them to instantly surpass the level of an outer sect disciple!

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"I didn't expect so many people to show up after spreading the news of us accepting new disciples…" Standing on top of the Ninth Star Peak with large fields of spiritual herbs growing behind him, Elder Song could not help showing a surprised expression on his face when observing the massive number of people that had showed up to try and enter the sect below.

"Well… It is to be expected. After all, the Star Shattering Sect is the only sect located at the border of the Sky Empire that has a Domain Lord Realm Expert supporting it. Not to mention, more than one Domain Lord!

Of course, people from all the surrounding kingdoms will stream over." Standing beside Elder Song, the elder who had come from the Spring Flower Sect and ended up managing the Star Shattering Sect with him, was not as surprised at the number of people showing up as Elder Song was.

"I guess that is true…" Nodding his head in understanding after hearing this, Elder Song turned his attention back towards the large number of young people gathering towards the city located below the Ninth Star Peak.

Staring at the stream of people that could still be seen entering the city, Elder Song could not help felling that only one thousand people getting accepted into the Star Shattering Sect might be a bit too few… But then again, the current acceptance of new disciples was not to accept a massive number of disciples but was just to accept a few excellent ones to enter the Shattered Star Peaks.

Accepting a large quantity of disciples was something that would normally be done in the branches of a large sect. From here, disciples of these branches would then be able to try and enter the main sect. Rarely did the main sect of a large sect with someone in the Domain Lord Realm backing it directly accept disciples itself.

In the future, the Star Shattering Sect would also do something similar to that, but currently, the branches of the Star Shattering Sect were still not ready to accept a large quantity of disciples, as the sect elders at the Nascent Soul Realm were still mostly staying inside the main sect at the Seventh Star Peak.

The only branch sects that were fully operating with one or more Nascent Soul Realm Elder watching over it, was the past main sect of the Flying Sword Sect and the Spring Flower Sect.

Thinking about this, Elder Song felt determined to quickly get the Half Spirit Race fully settled down so he could send some of their Nascent Soul Realm Experts out as elders to manage some of the branches under the Star Shattering Sect.N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

"Hm? It looks like there is also quite a few people from the surrounding kingdoms and sects mixed in among the people… Looks like they are trying to find out more about us!" Glancing down towards the stream of people below, Elder Song could not help frowning while saying this

"Well, that is a given. After all, when we expand in the future, we won't be able to avoid conflict with these different kingdoms and sects."

"Indeed… But I still hope we will be able to do things more peacefully. Given the fact that we have the support of Grand Elder Xuan Hao and Shu Yao, this should be doable." Turning his attention away from the stream of people moving into the recently expanded city below, Elder Song glanced towards the old female elder that had been working together with him over the past year.

Curious about her response.

"Sure, but some of them are sure to resist even knowing they are going up against a Domain Lord. Especially the more powerful kingdoms with more than one Half Step Domain Lord Realm Expert supporting it!"

"Haaa… Guess we can't avoid it; they should be hoping one of them breaks through to the Domain Lord Realm before we start expanding." Hearing what she said, Elder Song could not help sighing to himself as he thought about the more powerful kingdom located around the Star Shattering Sect.

Given that the Star Shattering Sect would have to expand in the future, Elder Song already knew a bit about these powerful kingdoms. The most powerful of which was the Flame Sky Kingdom that had been the de facto leader of the small kingdoms located in the border region of the Sky Empire for the past thousand years without anyone being able to challenge their reign.

Now that the Star Shattering Sect had suddenly appeared and inevitably threatened their existence, it was only given that Elder Song was already thinking up ways to deal with this kingdom without having to start an all-out war. Especially considering the fact that it was a kingdom that had more than one Domain Lord in it in the past and would definitely have some safety measures left from those Domain Lord Realm Experts.

At least the information network of the Star Shattering Sect that was mainly operated by the servant quarters that had slowly begun expanding across the entire border region of the Sky Empire, had already managed to find out that the noble houses of the Flame Sky Kingdom was currently split up into two factions. One for establishing friendly ties with the Star Shattering Sect and one wanting to remain independent.

According to the information that could be gained so far, the royal family had yet to take a stance on the issue and was most likely waiting to find out if one of their Half Step Domain Lord Realm ancestors could break through to the Domain Lord Realm.

However, this in turn had caused the tension between these factions to grow, as there were even signs of them starting a fight with each other.

If that really happened, Elder Song would be more than happy to secretly start supporting the side that wanted to establish friendly ties with his sect. After all, if they ended up winning, the Star Shattering Sect should be able to easily expand across the Flame Sky Kingdom in the future without any resistance.

Not only the Flame Sky Kingdom, but the same could also be done in the other large kingdoms with Half Step Domain Lord Realm Experts defending them…

"Hehe…" Chuckling softly to himself as an unfitting evil smile appeared on his face while thinking about the different kingdoms that would end up standing in the way of the Star Shattering Sect expanding, Elder Song could not help wanting to expand the information network connected to the servant quarters of the sect even further so this could be done without any problems.

After all, all things considered, the servant quarters information network was still far too small to cover the kingdoms located in border region of the Sky Empire close to the Star Shattering Sect.

Let alone have the ability to secretly support the different factions in favour of the Star Shattering Sect inside these kingdom…

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Chapter 648 Potential Fourth Disciple?

"No. 245, Second Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, Failed"

"No. 246, Seventh Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, you can move on to the next part of the talent assessment."

"No. 247, Third level Stage of the Condensation Realm, Failed"

As the city at the base of the Ninth Star Peak slowly got more and more crowded, the first round of tests officially began with a large number of outer sect elders in charge of the test, while a few of the sect elders watched over the procedure from afar. Keeping an eye out in case there was someone among the young people that they wanted to take in as a disciple

"Looks like everything is going well so far…" Standing a bit further away from the talent measuring tests taking place at the base of the Ninth Star Peak, Elder Song kept a close eye on everything to make sure nothing went wrong.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

This was the first time that the Shattering Star Sect accepted disciples since it had been established, so Elder Song wanted to make sure that nothing went wrong during this time.

For this reason, he made sure to keep an eye on the people sent over by the different kingdoms. Not wanting any of them to cause any trouble!

Like this, time slowly passed and the talent assessment part of the tests to enter the Star Shattering Sect slowly came to an end with more than a hundred thousand young people having participated.

However, in the end. Not all of them could move on to the next part of the assessments!

Out of the over one hundred thousand people. Only the top ten thousand of these people ended up moving on to the combat part of the assessment for becoming a disciple of the Star Shattering Sect.

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"To think so many people got eliminated during the first assessment… I only barely managed to enter the top ten thousand with a rank of 9231!"

"Huh? You think you have it rough? I was ranked 9997! Getting through the combat assessment will be impossible…"

"Haha! Don't sweat it! I'm sure you guys will do fine. After all, innate talent and real-life combat are two completely different things! If I'm not wrong, the combat assessment should involve us fighting demon beasts and the other participants!"

"Hm... That does sound like a combat assessment, with this, it might not be impossible to pass the assessment given I'm older and more experienced than most of the people here!"

"Indeed, all three of us are already close to the age of 18 and should have far more combat experience than the rest of the people here. Not to mention, I just learned a powerful martial art used by my father and should be able to beat anyone at the same realm, with this, I should be able to easily pass the combat assessment even if my innate talent is among the worst!"

As there was a short break before the start of the combat assessment, the disciples who had passed the first assessment started talking with each other. Curious what the combat assessment would be about and just as a way to calm themselves down for the upcoming assessment.

After all, outside of the people who were in the top one hundred, none of the other participants felt certain that they would be able to pass the combat assessment. Not something odd, as all the participants were below the age of 18 and had close to zero combat experience…

"Seeing as all of you got some time to rest up before the start of the combat assessment, I think it's about time we get started! The combat assessment is split into two parts. The first will have you hunt demon beasts in a nearby demon beast forest. Killing a demon beast at your own realm will give you a single point, killing a demon beast one realm above what your realm is will give 10 points, two realms above your realm will give you 100 points and so on.

The top six thousand will move on to the next part of the combat assessment that will be a simple one on one duel where the winner will move on, and the loser will be eliminated. The top three thousand will then move on to the final assessment."

Not wasting too much time after the first assessment on innate talent had finished, Elder Song moved forward and announced the start of the combat assessment, while also describing the two parts of the assessment before leaving to let the outer sect elders take over and guide a group of the participants towards one of three nearby demon beast forests that the Star Shattering Sect had taken control over shortly after it had been established.

The three-demon beast forest were each made for a specific level of strength so as to better allow the participants to display their full range of talent an abilities without having to waste their time dealing with weaker demon beasts that posed no challenge to them.

For this reason, there was one demon beast forest for those younger participants still in the earlier stages of the Qi Condensation Realm. One for the participants who were in the later stages of the Qi Condensation Realm and finally, one for the few that had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.

To make sure nothing ended up going wrong during this part of the assessment, the outer sect elders hid themselves around the three different demon beast forests. Ready to jump in and act in case one of the participants were about to get killed.

Of course, the outer sect elders helping, would mean that the participant would end up getting eliminated!

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Whoosh~

Arriving when the combat assessment had already started and the first part of the new disciple assessment had already ended, Xuan Hao quickly began scanning over all the disciples present with the help of the system to see if there was anyone talented among them.

"Hm? I didn't expect to see you here Grand Elder Xuan… Are you perhaps looking to see if there is someone interesting among the young ones?" Given that he had not hidden his presence when he arrived, Elder Song quickly spotted him as he made his way over with a happy expression on his face.

Even if he didn't say anything, Xuan Hao could clearly feel that the old man was extremely satisfied with the number of geniuses present in the assessment for future disciples of the sect. Not something surprising given that there were more than ten who had already reached the Foundation Establishment below the age of 18!

The level of talented young people present was simply far superior to any assessment that the Flying Sword Sect had held in the past, it was obvious Elder Song would feel extremely happy knowing so many talented young people would end up joining the sect…

"Indeed, I came here to see if there was anyone interesting enough to accept as a disciple!"

"That is great! If Grand Elder Xuan could accept another disciple, I'm sure that the Star Shattering Sect will get another pillar to keep it stable in the future!"

Not hiding his reason for coming, Xuan Hao felt a bit surprised upon seeing Elder Song's excited expression when mentioning that he might accept another disciple.

However, after thinking about it for a short moment, it was not too surprising. After all, all three of his disciples were extremely talented. Chu Yang had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Qing Yi was close to the Peak of the Core Formation Realm and should be able to reach it in the future, while even Bai Ning was starting to show his brilliance when it came to blacksmithing. Already being close to becoming an Artisan Blacksmith.

In Elder Song's eyes, it was obvious that him taking in another disciple would only be a good thing, as all three of his disciples so far were by far the strongest disciples of the Star Shattering Sect!

"Accepting another disciple…" Muttering this to himself as he turned his attention back towards the ten thousand disciple who were making their way through one of the three demon beast forest, Xuan Hao could not help feeling like it was indeed time for him to take in another disciple.

Not because Elder Song was telling him to do so, but because he suddenly had a feeling that the system might reward him if he started taking in more talented disciple.

Now, the only problem that remained, was for him to find a sufficiently talented disciple!

"Hm? Natural talent 67!?"

Not even having to look around for more than a few seconds, Xuan Hao could not help opening both of his eyes wide as he noticed a terrifyingly high talent number floating above one of the participants heads.

"Who in the- Nascent Soul Realm cultivation?!" Looking towards the person in question, Xuan Hao could not help feeling shocked after discovering that the other party was hiding her cultivation.

"Wait… Why does the aura of this person feel so familiar…?" Starting to pay attention to this person, Xuan Hao could not help narrowing his eyes upon realizing that he felt somewhat familiar with the other persons aura. Meaning that he had met her before!

The only question that remained was, when did he meet this person before…?

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Chapter 649 Chun Hua

"How interesting…" Watching the girl below acting like any normal First Stage Foundation Establishment Realm genius, Xuan Hao could not help smiling. Feeling even more curious about who the young girl was and where he had met her before.

At the same time, he also wondered what the reason was for such a talented young Nascent Soul Realm cultivator to risk her life and try to sneak into the Star Shattering Sect that was already acknowledged as a powerful sect with more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert watching over it.

"Could it perhaps be related to the Second Star Peak and the Main Star Peak…?" Remembering the blue divine energy present at these two mountain peaks along with the many mysteries he had yet to explore on the Main Star Peak, Xuan Hao could not help guessing that the girl might have gained some information on the things hidden on one of these two peaks.

However, with her talent, she should be able to reach the Domain Lord Realm without too much trouble. Risking her life for an opportunity before she had even reached the Domain Lord Realm seemed stupid in his point of view.

Then again, in the end, he had no idea if this was really the reason why she had decided to try and secretly enter the Star Shattering Sect.

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At the same time Xuan Hao had found out about the fact that a Nascent Soul Realm Expert had somehow managed to sneak her way inside the disciple selection, the person in question was carefully making her way through the most dangerous demon beast forest. Displaying a strength at the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm and making sure not to make any mistakes when it came to fighting the demon beasts that showed up from time to time.

From start to finish, she displayed enough strength to be considered a genius at the Foundation Establishment Realm. However, the strength she displayed was far from enough to place her among the ones at the top of the assessment. Only barely allowing her to be placed between the top 10 and top 15 in the combat assessment.

Although this was still more than enough to catch the eye of the sect elders, it was still far out shadowed compared to the ones fighting for first place in the combat assessment!

The main reason behind this, was that the top five in the combat assessment had all at least reached the Third Stage of the Foundation Establishment and were all showing a strength that far exceeded their cultivation realm. Not something that someone barely displaying a cultivation at the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment with the strength to fight equally with a demon beast at the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm could compare to.

"I didn't expect so many people in the Nascent Soul Realm to watch this selection of new disciples… If not for my special constitution, I would have no way to hide my true cultivation realm from them!" Muttering this to herself as she continued hunting down different demon beasts, the girl who had disguised herself as someone in the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm to enter the Star Shattering Sect felt a shiver run down her spine.

If she revealed her true cultivation level, it was easy for her to imagine her fate with so many Nascent Soul Realm Expert around.

Not to mention the fact that the Star Shattering Sect was a sect with more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert watching over it!

But… If I want to enter that place, I will have to enter the Star Shattering Sect. After all, the formation set up around the Shattered Star Peaks is far too powerful for me to sneak inside. If the formation manages to see through my cover… Ah! Get yourself together Chun Hua! You can't give up now that you are already here!

Thinking this to herself as she managed to kill of a demon beast in the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. The young girl hiding her true cultivation realm narrowed her eyes before making her way towards another demon beast in the distance. Not daring to show any abnormalities that might make the Nascent Soul Realm Experts watching the assessment through their divine sense pay more attention to her.

…

"Hah…. Hah… Finally, it ended…" Leaving the demon beast forest after the time limit was up, Chun Hua made sure that she gave of the impression of someone who had been fighting on the brink of collapse for the three hours that the first part of the combat assessment lasted.Ñøvl-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

Thump~

To make it even more believable, she even made sure to lay down on the ground to recover her 'exhausted' energy reserves.

Rustle~!

As Chun Hua laid on the ground while pretending to be focused on recovering from the fierce battles she had just gone through. More and more young people showed up from the demon beast forest behind.

Given that it was the strongest demon beast forest among the three. Only people at the Peak of the Qi Condensation Realm close to reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm and those who had already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm were there. For this reason, the number of people who came out of the demon beast forest ended up being no more than some fifty odd people.

"Ah! I actually managed to make it through without dying!"

"Haha! Dying? I'm sure the elders of the Star Shattering Sect were watching over us during the test to make sure something like that didn't happen!"

"Are you sure about that? I got cut up by a fierce demon beast and almost lost both my legs!"

"Wow… This must have hurt a lot…"

"Of course, it did! My leg is only barely hanging in there at this point in time! I have no idea how I will participate in the next part of the combat assessment like this! Ah! For a Foundation Establishment Realm genius like me to get eliminated like this! What a tragedy!"

Listening to the young people similarly collapsing on the ground after leaving the demon beast forest before starting to talk with each other about what they had experienced, Chun Hua could not help rolling her eyes upon hearing one of the participants start complaining loudly about what she could only describe as a few bloody scratches on one of his legs.

It was rather obvious that this young man had never experienced a true life and death battle in his life. Even if he had already reached the Third Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, Chun Hua had a feeling that someone like him would not be able to accomplish much in the future…

Whoosh~!

As most of the participants were busy talking with each other and recovering from their earlier battles, a tall elderly man dressed in a robe with the symbol of the Star Shattering Sect etched into it, showed up.

"It's great to see that all of you managed to pass the first part of the combat assessment! Now, follow me and we will head towards the place where the second part of the combat assessment will take place!"

Not giving the young participants any time to respond to what he said, the elderly man started leaving, it was clear that he wouldn't wait for them to recover…

This man… He is at the Nascent Soul Realm!

Instantly seeing through the elderly man's strength, Chun Hua could not help becoming even more cautious. The only elders that had guided her and the other participants so far, were at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm.

Now, a Nascent Soul Realm Expert was the one guiding them!

Even if she knew how good she was at hiding herself, Chun Hua could not help feeling nervous being so close to someone at the same realm as herself.

The reason for this, was that it was far harder to hide herself when she was so close. Not to mention, her cultivation realm was not a major above the other party. Making it far harder for her to hide herself!

Hm? The aura of this elder is rather unstable… Perhaps… Someone who just recently broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm!?

Slowly calming herself down as she and the other participants followed behind the tall elder from the Star Shattering Sect, Chun Hua managed to notice that the elder guiding them had a somewhat unstable aura. Indicating that the elder had only just broken through to the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

At least the elder is only someone who just recently broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm. If it was someone above the Third Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, I might not have been able to hide myself in such close proximity!

Thinking this to herself as she secretly let out a sigh of relief after realizing that the elder guiding her and the other participants was only someone what had just recently reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Chun Hua felt a wave of relief wash over her, as she followed behind the elder with the rest of the participants without any worry.

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Chapter 650 Second Part of the Combat Assessment

After reaching the second part of the combat assessment, Chun Hua and the rest of the participants got some time to recover before each of them were matched against someone with a similar cultivation realm as themselves.

Remembering what the elder had said about being eliminated if one lost during the second part of the combat assessment, Chun Hua could not help frowning when staring at her opponent.

As the number of Foundation Establishment Realm participants were already low, Chun Hua ended up being matched against someone in the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

Knowing that she would inevitably catch the attention of the elders by defeating someone in the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm while only being in the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm herself, Chun Hua could not help cursing at the elder who had arranged for her match.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

After all, although there were not a lot of Foundation Establishment Realm participants. Everyone other than her had somehow been matched with someone who had a similar cultivation realm to themselves, it was only her who was matched with someone stronger than herself!

"Chun Hua… Right? It's time for your match!"

Lost in her own thoughts about how to deal with her opponent, Chun Hua was caught slightly off guard when the elder who had led her and the other participants over to the stage where the second part of the combat assessment would take place suddenly appeared behind her and said this.

"Ah!? Y-yes! I will get going now!"

Understanding that it would be best for her to not stay so close to a Nascent Soul Realm Expert and possible invoke some curiosity from the other party, Chun Hua dashed towards the stage located a short distance away from where she was staying.

…

"Are both of you ready?"

""Yes!""

Arriving at the small stage that had been set up for the combat assessment, Chun Hua kept her gaze focused on her opponent. Looking for any weakness she might be able to take advantage of during the fight to make her win with the strength of someone in the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm look like an accident, or something along that line…

"Then, the match will start in 3… 2… 1-"

Whoosh~

Bang!

The moment the elder finished the short countdown to the start of the match, both Chun Hua and her opponent dashed forward before clashing with each other at the centre of the small stage.

Whoosh!

Rapidly retreating after the first clash, Chun Hua could not help frowning, while her opponent remained at the centre of the stage, a confident look slowly making its way onto his face.

During the first clash, Chun Hua ended up on the losing side and was forced to retreat to prevent getting injured.

From an outside perspective, it was obvious that Chun Hua was at a disadvantage and her opponent was the stronger one.

Whoosh-!

Understanding this, Chun Hua's opponent dashed towards the retreating Chun Hua before launching using a powerful palm technique. Wanting to overwhelm her with his powerful strength and end things in a single move.

Swish~

However, Chun Hua seemed to just barely react in time to dodge the attack before returning an attack of her own towards her opponent's unguarded back-

Boom!

"Ahh!"

Directly sending the other party flying out of the stage and heavily injuring him in the process before he had the time to protect himself from Chun Hua's attack.

In the end, the fight did end in a single move… But the person winning was not the young man in the Second Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm but was instead Chun Hua who was at the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

This outcome not only surprised the outer sect elders watching from the side, but also ended up catching some of the Nascent Soul Realm elders by surprise.

After all, none of them expected for Chun Hua to be the one winning the fight, her winning with only a single move was more than enough to cause these Nascent Soul Realm elders who had thought she would end up being defeated, start re-evaluating her.

"…"

Feeling the divine sense of several Nascent Soul Realm elders lock onto her, Chun Hua could not help shivering as she prayed that none of them would be able to see through her cover.

She had not come to the Star Shattering Sect with any ill intentions and just wanted to enter one of the Shattered Star Peaks without causing any trouble.

However, the entire Shattered Star Peaks being sealed off after the Star Shattering Sect was established and the only way, she could enter the Shattered Star Peaks was through becoming a disciple of the Star Shattering Sect.

Asking them if she, a stranger in the Nascent Soul Realm could enter their sect, was not really an option…

If that was not the case, there was no way she would risk her life trying to enter the Star Shattering Sect while hiding her true cultivation realm!

Deep down, she understood that even if she had not come with any ill intentions, there was no way that the Star Shattering Sect would see it this way. After all, she was someone hiding her cultivation in order to secretly get into the Shattered Star Peaks that had become the core part of the Star Shattering Sect's territory…

For this reason, Chun Hua felt a shiver run down her spine as the divine sense of the different Nascent Soul Realm Experts of the Star Shattering Sect examined her from head to toe.

Whoosh~

Although it felt like an eternity, the divine sense of the different elders sweeping over her lasted for no more than a few seconds and it was only when she felt that these elders were no longer paying any attention to her that Chun Hua could let out a sigh of relief before making it down the stage to meet with the elder who was in charge of her match.

"You did really great young one! I didn't expect you to be able to react in time and take advantage of your opponent's carelessness to end things in a single move! You can move over to the rest of the participants and wait for the rest of the battles to end."

"Thank you, elder!"

Hearing the outer sect elder at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm praising her, Chun Hua could not help smiling wryly inside her head while she thanked him happily on the outside before walking towards the participants who had already finished their battles.

"Hm? Why is that guy also here…?"

Noticing that the person she had defeated just a moment ago was also present among the people moving on to the next stage of the assessments, Chun Hua could not help freezing for a short moment before she finally understood.

All the people here are either at the Peak of the Qi Condensation Realm or the Foundation Establishment Realm below the age of 18, there is no way that the Star Shattering Sect would just eliminate them like this!

Not knowing what to say after she realized that she didn't need to show off and win earlier, Chun Hua had no idea what to say as she could only blame the elder of the Star Shattering Sect for not informing her about this earlier so she could lose her battle in a convincing manner without garnering the attention of the Nascent Soul Realm Experts of the Star Shattering Sect!

However, no matter how much she complained, there was no way to undo what had already been done and she could only find a place to sit down while waiting for the rest of the battles to conclude and the final third assessment to start.

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"Hoho, how interesting, looks like that young girl has quite a good combat awareness, I'm sure she will become someone great in the future! What do you think?" Observing the battle that had taken place between Chun Hua and her opponent, Elder Song showed a look of approval while saying this before turning towards Xuan Hao.

"Hm… She is indeed… Impressive, I'm curious how she will fare in the final assessment." Already knowing that the other party was a Nascent Soul Realm Expert hiding her true cultivation realm, Xuan Hao just rolled his eyes while answering Elder Song.

With the strength that she showed, Xuan Hao was certain that this Chun Hua would be able to enter the Star Shattering Sect without any problem.

Given that she went through so much trouble to secretly enter the Star Shattering Sect, Xuan Hao felt curious what her reason for doing this was, as he planned to secretly observe her for some time to find out.

If he just ignored her and she tried entering the Star Shattering Sect while hiding her cultivation realm, the Chaotic Qi Formation would forcefully remove her cover when she tried entering the Shattered Star Peaks after the end of the assessment…

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Chapter 651 Third Assessment

Following the end of the combat assessment, Xuan Hao continued curiously watching the participants who would soon become disciples of the Star Shattering Sect. Keeping an eye on Chun Hua at the same time.

Although he could have just forcefully caught her and gotten her to tell him her reason for trying to sneak into his sect. Doing so could end up causing some trouble for the participants currently undergoing the third and final assessment.

Not to mention, he did not have any soul-searching techniques that would allow him forcefully to pry out the information from Chun Hua in case she wouldn't answer his questions…

Just waiting for her to reveal her reason for entering the Star Shattering Sect herself, was a far simpler thing to do… And Xuan Hao didn't mind waiting around for a few hours while the assessments for the new disciples took place. After all, this way, he would also be able to see the new disciples who would be entering the sect.

Given that he would likely teach them in the future during one of his lectures, it was not a bad thing to learn about them beforehand.

Watching the participants slowly getting ready for the third and final assessment, Xuan Hao suddenly realized that he had absolutely no clue how Elder Song had planned to test the comprehension of the young participants.

From what he understood about the testing of different sects he had read about and visited so far, there was no way to test someone's talent when it came to comprehension, as it was constantly changing as the cultivator's soul grew stronger and stronger.

Testing it by measuring the soul strength of a cultivator was doable, but it would be extremely uncertain for cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm, as their soul was simply far too weak to properly measure.

Feeling curious about how Elder Song had planned to test the comprehension talent of the participants after knowing all of this, Xuan Hao could not help himself from turning towards Elder Song.

"Elder Song… How will the third assessment be done? As far as I know, there is no artifact to test someone's comprehension talent and measuring through the strength of their soul is not doable with their current cultivation realm..."

"How it will be done? They will each be handed a rather simple technique that is split into 99 different levels, I made specifically for this assessment! The result of the assessment will depend on how much they manage to comprehend during the next few hours!" Smiling happily to himself as he said answered Xuan Hao's question, Elder Song took out a small scroll before handing it over to Xuan Hao.

"Here, this is the technique that I made for the test!"

"Thank you…"

Not having expected for Elder Song to go so far for a simple disciple recruitment assessment, Xuan Hao grabbed the small scroll Elder Song was handing him.

For some reason, Xuan Hao felt like he began to understand why the disciples of the sect adored Elder Song so much.

Even if he was not the strongest elder in the Star Shattering Sect, he was by far the one who put in the most effort when it came to helping the disciples… And this was not even his own disciples, but all the disciples of the Star Shattering Sect, be it Outer Sect Disciples or Inner Sect Disciples!

Swish~

Not feeling like it would be all too entertaining to watch the participants sit down trying to learn the technique Elder Song had made for the test, Xuan Hao decided to open up the small scroll Elder Song had handed him.

Curious about the technique Elder Song had made for the third assessment.

"Hm? This is… Quite impressive…" Muttering this to himself as he read through the technique Elder Song had made, Xuan Hao could not help showing a surprised expression.

The technique Elder Song had made was, as he said earlier, split into 99 different levels. The technique was an attack technique that grew stronger with each level. However, after reading through it, Xuan Hao quickly came to realize that the technique was in no way simple.

The 1 to 29 level was suitable for someone in the Qi Condensation Realm and Xuan Hao expected most the participants in the top 50 to at least reach the 29 level.

Level 30 to 59 of the technique was different, as it was far more difficult and could be considered a Foundation Establishment Realm Combat Technique.

Even if some of the Peak Qi Condensation participants could reach this level, it would not be more than a handful. Reaching level 59 of the technique within the few hours allocated to them would be close to impossible for someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm and would be a testament to the cultivator having an incredible comprehension ability.

After all, reaching this level would mean they had the ability to comprehend a Foundation Establishment Realm Technique in only a few hours!

Above level 59 that symbolized a Peak Foundation Establishment Realm Technique, was level 60 to 89. Reaching this level, the simple palm technique would get far more complicated, as it would officially transform from a Foundation Establishment Realm Palm Technique to a Core Formation Palm Technique!

Among the participants, the only person with the ability to reach this level, was Chun Hua.

If any of the Foundation Establishment Realm participants could master a Core Formation Realm Palm Technique within a few hours, they would be some kind of heaven defying genius!

Level 90 to 99 was even more difficult to master, as the once simple Qi Condensation Realm Palm Technique had already transformed into a true Nascent Soul Realm Palm Technique!

Although it was not at the Peak among Nascent Soul Realm Techniques, it was still a terrifying Nascent Soul Realm Technique that someone with Elder Song's cultivation realm should not have been able to create!

"…"

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help staring at Elder Song sitting beside him with an excited expression on his face while watching the participants below learning the palm technique.This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

Elder Song's talent when it came to comprehension might be far more terrifying than he expected...

Given that comprehension would only really start to play a big role after starting to form a pseudo domain, Xuan Hao felt like Elder Song's strength would rapidly start increasing after he reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm in the future.

I should try and find a way to heal his injured soul as quickly as possible…

Not having forgotten about the injured state of Elder Song's soul, Xuan Hao decided to put some more effort into trying to find a way to help heal his injured soul in future!

…

At the same time, Xuan Hao was lost in his own thoughts while looking through the palm technique made by Elder Song, Chun Hua and the rest of the remaining participants were all curiously looking towards a large stone monument that had been placed in front of them.

Etched into the large stone monument, was all the 99 levels of the palm technique Elder Song had specially made for the third assessment to test the participants comprehension.

What kind of technique is this…? The one who made it is truly a genius to come up with such a unique way to test someone's comprehension!

Reading through the different levels of the palm technique in front of her, Chun Hua could not help showing an expression filled with admiration, as she understood just how wonderous the palm technique in front of her was.

Although it was not more powerful than some of her own techniques and combat arts, it was split into 99 different levels that were all seamlessly connected. Making the technique extremely easy to learn and progress in.

If she had just reached the Nascent Soul Realm, this kind of technique would be wonderous, as it would allow a Nascent Soul Realm Expert to easily learn a powerful palm technique in at most a few weeks!

It had to be known, that it normally took months, if not years to learn a Nascent Soul Realm combat technique. Not to mention, the more powerful the technique was, the longer it took to learn!

Hm… Most of the people here should only be able to learn somewhere between the first and twenty ninth level, with my strength showing as the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, it should be fine for me to learn up to the thirtieth level of the technique.

Planning on how to proceed with the assessment after seeing the palm technique in front of her, Chun Hua closed both her eyes before memorizing the palm technique.

To make sure that she blended in with the rest of the participants, she also got up to spar with some of the other participants in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Making sure to show a steady progress in strength throughout the third assessment.

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Chapter 652 End of Disciple Assessments, 1000 New Disciples!

"Next up is… Chun Hua! You managed to comprehend the thirty-first level of the palm technique and your official ranking for the third assessment is 14 out of 3000! Congratulations on successfully becoming a disciple of the Star Shattering Sect!"

As the third assessment came to an end, Chun Hua passed the third assessment without any problems and successfully became a disciple of the Star Shattering Sect.

Although her ranking was among the lowest of the Foundation Establishment Realm participants, Chun Hua did this in an attempt to get the elders of the Star Shattering Sect's attention away from her without being too obvious.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

In the end, this worked perfectly, as other that the Peak Core Formation Realm Outer Sect Elders, none of the Nascent Soul Realm Elders kept their divine sense focused on her for a long time.

The person at the centre of these elders was instead a young boy and girl, who had both managed to comprehend the fiftieth level of the palm technique in such a short time with their Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation base.

"If only these two could feel just how many different divine senses are locked onto them, I'm sure they would be scared to death!" Muttering this to herself while feeling grateful for these two's help in taking away the attention of all the Nascent Soul Realm Elders watching over the assessment for the new disciples, Chun Hua found a place to sit down and relax until the announcements of who among the three thousand remaining participants would enter the Star Shattering Sect…

"Last, in the number one thousand place and having successfully comprehended the… Fifth… Level of the palm technique is… Wai So Dim! Congratulations on becoming an Outer Sect Disciple of the Star Shattering Sect! Even though your performance during the comprehension assessment was the worst among everyone present, your performance in the rest of the assessments is enough for you to barely enter…"

"Yes! I managed to get in!" Following the final participant being named, a cry of happiness could be heard from the person in question ignored what the elder said. Only focusing on the fact that he managed to get into the Star Shattering Sect.

"Damn, how can a dim fellow like him get in, but I, who comprehended the twenty-first level of the palm technique can't!?"

"That's right! Even if I wasn't great, I should at the very least be better than that guy!"

""Yeah!""

Although the people failing to become disciple was talking badly about him, it by no means meant that the young man called Wai So Dim was weak in any way.

On the other hand, he was someone who had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and could be considered one of the strongest among all the participants!

The only thing dragging him down was the fact that it looked like his comprehension was abysmal…

Swish~

Before the participants who failed to become disciples of the Star Shattering Sect started attacking the young man who had placed last to vent their feelings, a kind looking old man appeared in front of the large stone monument.

"Everyone, this marks the end of the disciple acceptance of the Star Shattering Sect! For the one's who failed to become disciples, if you still want to join the Star Shattering Sect and think you still have what it takes, you are all welcome to join a branch sect and enter the Star Shattering Sect this way. The elders will help you with any question regarding the branch sects and their locations on your way out!"

Watching the old man appearing before calming down the participants who failed to enter the sect, Chun Hua could not muster any admiration for the old man's ability to calm the crowd of young people.

The reason for this was simple, as she clearly felt that the old man was someone in the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Before we get any further, I would like to introduce myself, I'm the current Vice Sect Master of the Star Shattering Sect and I will be giving all of you a brief introduction to the Star Shattering Sect and will be answering any questions you might have-"

"…"

Not daring to stand out knowing that the other party was a Nascent Soul Realm Expert, Chun Hua tried her best to make herself invisible as she listened to Elder Song explain the rules of the Star Shattering Sect and what they would be doing. From new disciple tournaments, choosing a profession to train and so on.

"-With this, the new disciples of the sect, all of you can make your way up the Ninth Star Peak where a group of elders will guide you towards your new home!"

Time slowly passed and Elder Song's introduction to the Star Shattering Sect came to an end. Soon, Chun Hua found herself making her way up the Ninth Star Peak together with the thousand young people who had successfully managed to pass all the different assessment to officially become disciples of the Star Shattering Sect.

However, she couldn't keep herself from shaking all over the closer she got to the Ninth Star Peak. From past experiences, she understood very well how terrifying the formation guarding the Shattered Star Peaks was.

Back when she had first encountered it, if not for an ancient sacrificial artifact activating by itself, saving her life and teleporting her away in time, Chun Hua didn't doubt that the formation guarding the Shattered Star Peaks would have killed her without her having any time to resist.

Exactly because of this, Chun Hua only got more and more nervous the closer to this terrifying formation that she got. Wondering if she should just turn around and forget about entering the Shattered Star Peak…

No! I can't turn around now! If I give up now, how will I be able to reach the central region with my own strength? Even if I get stronger and eventual make my way there, it will all be far too late at that point in time!

Thinking about her reason for entering the Shattered Star Peaks, Chun Hua showed a determined expression on her face as she walked the final distance and officially crossed the invisible barrier separating the Shattered Star Peaks from the outside world.

Thump~

"Huh…?"

Not able to stop herself from letting out a small exclamation of surprise after crossing through the invisible barrier formed by the terrifying formation, Chun Hua soon showed a relieved expression on her face as she realized that she had successfully made it into the Shattered Star Peaks without getting killed by the formation.

"W-what is this?! Why is the qi in here so dense!?"

"T-this is the qi inside an immortal sect…? A true holy land for cultivation!"

"Just cultivating here for a few days will be the same as a month on the outside… No wonder the Star Shattering Sect is said to have more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert!"

Around her, the rest of the disciples all showed a similarly surprised expressions on their faces, the reason however was a bit different than her…

"This dense qi…"

Calming down from the happiness she felt after having safely entered the Shattered Star Peaks, Chum Hua also began feeling the dense qi all around her as a frown slowly appeared on her face.

For the qi here to be this dense… The person in charge of the Star Shattering Sect should not be someone who is just in the Domain Lord Realm! But how is this possible!? A power with an expert at this level should be located close to the central region. Not close to the borders of the continent!

Having far more knowledge than the rest of the young people present, Chun Hua could not help feeling a shiver run down her spine as she realized that the person behind the Star Shattering Sect might be someone above the Domain Lord Realm.

If that was really the case, there was a high chance that the other party had already noticed her…

"…"

Thinking this to herself, Chun Hua could only pray that this was not the case and try to find what she came to the Star Shattering Sect for before leaving.

…

"Hm? Looks like she might have guessed that someone might already know about her."

Chun Hua was not surprised at the dense qi inside the Chaotic Qi Formation, but instead just showed a terrified expression on her face. Meaning that she had likely already experienced such a blessed environment before and had some idea about what kind of existence could create such an environment.

Knowing this, Xuan Hao felt even more curious about her and where she had come from. Even if the Chaotic Qi Formation was still far away from its full potential when it came to the density of qi inside it, it was still not something that Xuan Hao could achieve with his current strength.

To create something similar, he guessed that the strength of at least a Soul Ascension Realm Expert was required!

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Chapter 653 Cover Blown!

Following one thousand new disciples entering the sect, everything became rather lively, with the formerly newest disciples happily teaching these new disciples about the sect as seniors. Making sure to inform them about the different special places located all over the Seventh Star Peak, while making sure to warn them about not approaching the core of the sect without permission from the elders.

During this time, Chun Hua also blended into the sect and didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Secretly listening in on the conversations taking place all around her while trying to learn as much as possible about the Star Shattering Sect through the senior disciples.

Even if their knowledge about the sect was not at the level of an elder, Chun Hua still managed to gain a lo of information about the Star Shattering Sect from listening to these senior disciples.

The most important thing she learned from this, was that the centre of the Seventh Star Peak was a place where the Peak Experts of the Star Shattering Sect were gathered, a place that she would avoid at any cost to avoid having her cover blown and end up dead.

Other than that, she also managed to learn about some of the more famous elders and disciples of the Star Shattering Sect. The most spoken of elder was Elder Song, who she had seen when he introduced the Star Shattering Sect to them just a short time ago, while the most famous disciple was someone named Chu Yang, a disciple who had managed to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm below the age of 30!

After hearing that there was actually such a talented disciple present inside the Star Shattering Sect, Chun Hua felt like her premotion of there being an expert above the Domain Lord Realm was true. After all, without such a powerful expert, how would such a genius disciple be nurtured properly?

Even where she came from in the central region of the continent, someone breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm below the age of 30 could already be considered to be among the most talented young geniuses in the central region!

"If I'm not wrong, the expert above the Domain Lord Realm should be the Grand Elder called Xuan Hao… But why haven't he caught me yet- Wait! Perhaps he is currently outside the sect!?" Muttering this to herself, Chun Hua suddenly had a feeling she understood why she had been able to enter the Star Shattering Sect without being discovered.

If he truly is not here at the moment, I will have to find that place as quickly as possible and leave before he returns!

Coming up with a plan on how to proceed, Chun Hua could not wait for her to be left alone so she could begin searching for the place she had risked her life to find.

Luckily for her, it did not take long for her to find an opportunity to leave the rest of the new disciples without anyone noticing!

The fact that the Nascent Soul Realm Elders had left, and the strongest elder present was only at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm made this far easier.

…

Still focused on keeping an eye on Chun Hua, Xuan Hao of course noticed it when she secretly snuck away before making her way down the Seventh Star Peak before heading back towards the way she had come from.

"Hm… After I sealed up the entire Shattered Star Peaks, the only way to enter is indeed by becoming a disciple of the sect… Looks like her reason for entering the Star Shattering Sect is not related to the sect itself but was instead just to enter the Shattered Star Peaks." Muttering this to himself while watching Chun Hua, Xuan Hao could not help wondering if there would be more people like her in the future.

Given the things he had seen on the Main Star Peak, the Second Star Peak, the Ninth Star Peak and the Eighth Star Peak, Xuan Hao was sure that the rest of the Star Peaks were also hiding something. The only problem was that it was far harder for him to discover what it was, as it was not as obvious as those 4 Star Peaks.

Digging into the Star Peaks was not an option either, as he had already tried doing that with the Qi Spring Lake at the centre of the Seventh Star Peak. From this, he understood that his strength was still too weak to dig into the Star Peaks at the moment. Maybe even when he reached the Soul Ascension Realm, it would be impossible to dig into the Star Peaks of the Shattered Star Peak…

"But for her to not move deeper into the Shattered Star Peaks… It looks like she is heading towards either the Ninth Star Peak or the Eighth Star Peak…" Watching Chun Hua make her way to the base of the Seventh Star Peak before moving back in the direction of the Eighth- and Ninth Star Peak, Xuan Hao silently left the Seventh Star Peak before secretly appearing a few hundred meters in the air above Chun Hua.

Hiding from a Nascent Soul Realm Expert like Chun Hua was not hard with the help of his domain and Xuan Hao was not at all worried that he would be discovered by the other party.

…

Who in the world is that?!

Unknown to Xuan Hao, Chun Hua moving towards the Eighth Star Peak in the distance below him had already found out about him appearing above her, as she barely managed to stop herself from freezing on the spot and showing anything that might give away the fact that she found out about someone hovering in the air above her.

Not knowing what to do as all sorts of thoughts ran through her head, Chun Hua started panicking internally after discovering that someone was following her, her bright green eyes shone for a brief moment as she looked up into the air while pretending to look around for something.

I'm unable to see through the domain of the other party! Is it perhaps the Domain Lord called Shu Yao… Or perhaps the one called Xuan Hao!?

Not daring to look for too long as it might cause some suspicion in the other party, Chun Hua quickly showed a happy expression outwardly before making her way towards the Eighth Star Peak, while deep inside, she was trying to come up with all sorts of ways to escape from her current predicament.

Whoosh~

Reaching the base of the Eighth Star Peak after only travelling for a short time, Chun Hua did not show any hesitation as she began ascending the mountain. Understanding that any hesitation might cause the person following her to take action to capture or kill her.

If I can reach that place, I should have a chance to escape…

Already having a plan on how to proceed, Chun Hua did not take long to reach the Peak of the Eighth Star Peak before she made her way down into the valley of the Half Spirit Race located below.

Thump~!

Landing on the ground below, there was not a single member of the Half Spirit Race present, and the town located not too far away from where she landed was completely quiet.

Around a year ago when the Half Spirit Race joined the Star Shattering Sect, they had at first sent only a single person, but at this point in time, the entire Half Spirit Race had already finished moving from their ancestral home and into the Star Shattering Sect on top of the Seventh Star Peak.

As most of the members of the Half Spirit Race were secretly curious about the outside world and wanted to find out about the things outside the valley, they had spent their entire life inside, this move was not too difficult and had already been completed less than three months ago…

"Hm?" Noticing this quiet town, Chun Hua could not help showing a confused expression on her face for a short moment. Not having expected for it to be empty.

If I'm not wrong, the town should have been the home to a non-human race the last time I came here! How come it disappeared!?

Not knowing that the Half Spirit Race had become part of the Star Shattering Sect as she had barely stayed at the Seventh Star Peak for a few minutes before secretly running away, Chun Hua could not help feeling a wave of helplessness wash over her.

I wanted to use the expert of this race to buy some time for myself to escape, but that is no longer possible. Now the only chance I have to escape is by using my last remaining Heaven Concealment Talisman…N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

Thinking this to herself, Chun Hua showed a determined expression on her face before taking out a small talisman and attaching it to her body.

…

"Hm?"

Watching Chun Hua from above, Xuan Hao could not help showing a surprised expression on his face after seeing Chun Hua suddenly taking out a small talisman and attaching it to Before completely disappearing from sight.

"Ah… No wonder she felt familiar… So, she was the person who entered the ancient teleportation formation back in the primeval jungle!"

Swish-!

Understanding why he felt somewhat familiar with Chun Hua after having seen her use a talisman to hide herself, Xuan Hao did not wait around and directly used his movement technique to move toward the ancient teleportation formation located in the valley of the Half Spirit Race.

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Chapter 654 Caught!

Reaching the ancient teleportation formation less than a second after Chun Hua disappeared from his sight, Xuan Hao first encased the ancient teleportation formation in a layer of ice before his domain spread towards the location where Chun Hua had been standing before she disappeared.

Fwoosh!

Knowing that she was only hiding with the help of a talisman, Xuan Hao decided to use the simplest way possible to find her-

RUMBLE-!

And that was forcefully using his domain to destroy the surrounding area!

Boom!

Not able to escape from the attack of his domain in time due to the sheer speed at which Xuan Hao had managed to seal up the ancient teleportation formation in a layer of ice before launching an attack with his domain, Chun Hua bore the aftermath of the attack-

"Ah!"

Letting out a scream of pain as the talisman hiding her was directly shattered. Forcing her to appear only a second after she had first used the talisman in a vain attempt to hide herself from Xuan Hao.

Given the difference in cultivation between herself and Xuan Hao, she had already expected that she would not have a chance to escape after she had been discovered by the other party… But she didn't expect for things to end so quickly!

Not to mention her hiding herself before trying to escape through the ancient teleportation formation, she had barely even been able to take a few steps before she had been injured and the talisman hiding her was forcefully shattered!The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

Even if she had been able to avoid the attack, Xuan Hao had already sealed up the ancient teleportation formation in a thick layer of ice to prevent her from escaping if this really happened!

What should I do now… Do I just have to wait for the other party to kill me…?

Thinking this to herself as she felt how helpless her current situation was, Chun Hua could not help feeling regretful about trying to sneak into the Shattered Star Peaks through becoming a disciple of the Star Shattering Sect.

Maybe if she had cultivated diligently for a few hundred years and got lucky, she might be able to reach the Soul Ascension Realm with her talent. Even if she couldn't reach the Soul Ascension Realm. Reaching the Domain Lord Realm should have been good enough!

At that point in time, she would have been able to return to the core region by herself in time…

But in the end, all of this didn't matter, it was far too late for her to regret it at this point in time. Now she could only pray silently that the expert from the Star Shattering Sect would not kill her without even talking to her.

Feeling pain all over her body after the attack earlier, Chun Hua turned towards the person that had seemingly appeared out of thin air a few meters away from her before asking this.

In her eyes, the person was definitely the Grand Elder called Xuan Hao, as the other Grand Elder was a woman and not a man like the one that was currently standing in front of her.

"Y-Your excellency… Are you perhaps Grand Elder Xuan…?" Knowing that the other party should be an expert above the Domain Lord Realm, Chun Hua could not stop her voice from shivering when asking this. Knowing very well that her life and death was in the hands of the one standing in front of her.

…

Thump~

Watching as Chun Hua landed weakly on the ground after being hit by the aftermath of his domain attack, Xuan Hao could not help feeling happy that he hadn't accidently ended up killing Chun Hua before he could talk to her.

If he really ended up killing a potential disciple by mistake, he had no idea what to say, it was extremely difficult to find anyone talented enough to become his disciple and given that the system had not said anything about Chun Hua already having a master, Xuan Hao really wanted to accept her as his fourth disciple…

"Y-Your excellency… Are you perhaps Grand Elder Xuan…?"

"Hm? Indeed, I'm Grand Elder Xuan!" Hearing the injured girl barely muster up her courage to ask him this, Xuan Hao didn't bother hiding his identity.

"So… Might I ask who you are and for what reason you entered my sect…?"

"Y-your excellency, I beg of you to s-spare me! I didn't mean to enter your sect without permission! My name is Chun Hua and I'm from the Central Region's Chun Family. My family is about to encounter a dangerous situation and I wanted to return as quickly as possible to warn them!

The only reason I snuck inside, is because of the ancient teleportation formation here being the only one I know of nearby that would allow me to return to the central region with my current strength. "

Seeing that Xuan Hao didn't kill her outright and instead just asked her a few questions, Chun Hua showed a happy expression on her face for a short moment before quickly explaining her situation.

Not daring to hide anything from Xuan Hao, as she understood very well that those experts above the Domain Lord Realm would easily be able to tell if a small Nascent Soul Realm Expert like her was lying.

From a family in the Central Region…?

Hearing the Chun Hua was actually from a family in the Central Region of the Continent, Xuan Hao could not help feeling curious about the strength of the experts located in the Central Region of the Ewaria Continent.

The only thing he knew about the place so far, was that there were several different empires located in the central region. Among these different empires, the Sky Empire with two Soul Ascension Realm Experts was considered on the weaker side among the powers of the Central Region.

After all, even the Sky Empire's core of power was located in the Central Region of the Continent, Xuan Hao had never been there before and had no idea what the situation at the Central Region of the continent looked like.

If Chun Hua was from the Central Region, she should at least have some understanding about the different powers there and might even be able to help him gain some more understanding about the Soul Ascension and the realms beyond it.

"The Chun Family from the Central Region? Do you perhaps have any information about the strength of the different powers in the Central Region?" Putting aside the matter of taking her in as a disciple for now, Xuan Hao decided to first ask her about the Central Region to satiate his curiosity.

"Ahm… I… I didn't really get much time to learn a lot about the different powers and experts of the Central Regio, as my family happened to encounter a disaster shortly after I started cultivating. Forcing me to leave… B-but I know that the most powerful experts around are at a realm above the Soul Ascension Realm!

Outside of this, I don't really know much about the strength of the different powers in the Central Regions… To be honest, I never even knew about the Sky Empire before accidently ending up here…"

"…"

Listening to what Chun Hua said, Xuan Hao had no idea what to say. Other than the fact that he now knew that there were experts above the Soul Ascension Realm present in the Central Region of the Continent, he gained close to nothing from what Chun Hua told him.

"Haa… By the way, I forgot to ask about this earlier, but what kind of race do you belong to…?"

Given that her cover had already been blown, Chun Hua no longer looked like a normal human girl like she had done earlier.

Instead, she had several vines attached to her body, some of them snaked around her arms and legs, while her hair had changed from a normal plain black to long brightly coloured flowy hair reaching down to her hip.

A few flowers could even be seen growing from the top of her head. Making her look rather interesting in Xuan Hao's opinion…

"Ha? AH!"

Just now realizing that the talisman she had been using to hide her real appearance was also destroyed earlier, Chun Hua showed a panicked expression on her face before looking towards Xuan Hao to see his reaction.

Only after realizing that he was only looking towards her with a curious expression did she manage to relax slightly before building up enough courage to answer Xuan Hao's question.

"My race is… My race… Hm… Ehm… I… I don't know…?"

"… "

Does this girl know anything? Did she perhaps just wander around aimlessly until she reached the Nascent Soul Realm and happened to end up here while escaping the Primeval Fire Ants and Emerald Demon spiders?

Not knowing what to say after seeing the awkward expression on Chun Hua's face after admitting that she had no idea what race she belonged to, Xuan Hao could not help feeling like this future disciple of his might be an airhead…

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Chapter 655 Accepting a New Disciple Will Always Brings About New Troubles...

W-what is going to happen to me…? Is the Grand Elder perhaps going to kill me due to not knowing anything about my race… Or perhaps because of the fact that I'm not part of the human race. Grandfather did mention that some humans would kill me on sight after finding out that I'm not human!

Seeing Xuan Hao suddenly go silent after she told him that she had no clue about what race she belonged to, Chun Hua could not help fearing that the worst was about to happen, as she anxiously waited for Xuan Hao to say something.

…

Looks like I won't be able to get any more information about the Central Region from her. At least her talent is great, and she has already reached the Nascent Soul Realm. Taking her in as a disciple would also give Chu Yang someone to spar with. After all, now that he has reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Qing Yi is not strong enough to spar with him and I can't keep him company all the time…

At the same time Chun Hua was nervously waiting for Xuan Hao to do something, the person in question was thinking about the different benefits he could get from taking her in as his fourth disciple.

The fact that she belonged to a nonhuman race did not bother Xuan Hao in the slightest. The only thing that mattered to him was whether or not Chun Hua was talented enough and wasn't someone with a malevolent or troublesome personality that would cause trouble for him!The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

From what he had seen so far. Although Chun Hua had snuck inside the Star Shattering Sect, her reason for doing this was not malicious in any way and she just wanted to try and return to the Central Region where her family was located.

Even if he did not yet have enough time to judge her character, Xuan Hao felt that Chun Hua should not be someone who would end up causing trouble for him. Especially considering how well she had hidden herself and tried to avoid any sort of trouble during the assessments just a few hours earlier.

With what he had seen so far, Xuan Hao was confident that Chun Hua would be the one to create the least amount of trouble among his disciples… Well… Excluding Bai Ning who had always been staying at the sect and befriending the different blacksmithing elders.

In a sense, Bai Ning was his most ideal definition of a perfect disciple. Never creating any trouble, just staying at the sect quietly cultivating while making friends with a few elders. Although it was a bit troubling that he still didn't really have any friends around his own age outside of Chu Yang, Qing Yi, and Zhi Ruo, Xuan Hao didn't believe that this would continue being the case in the future!

Ah… Still have to convince Chun Hua to become my disciple…

Knowing that his thoughts were wandering while a certain someone was nervously looking towards him, Xuan Hao turned his attention back to Chun Hua.

"No need to be so nervous, I don't plan to kill you on account of the fact that you didn't sneak into with any malicious intentions." Realizing that Chun Hua was shivering all over while looking up at him filled with fear, Xuan Hao quickly said this to calm her down a bit.

"T-thank you, your excellency!" Feeling a surge of renewed energy fill her body after hearing that Xuan Hao had no intention to kill her, Chun Hua quickly gave a respectful bow filled with gratitude.

At the moment, Chun Hua felt like she had just escaped from death.

This was not an exaggeration, as most sects would kill anyone who dared to enter their sect without permission. The Star Shattering Sect was no different in this regard, as quite a few people had tried forcefully entering the Shattered Star Peaks shortly after the construction of the Chaotic Qi Formation. The fate of these people could be easily imagined, as the only reason Chun Hua had been able to survive was a sacrificial talisman that had barely managed to teleport her away in time before the formation had time to kill her…

"No need to bow like this, you said you wanted to return to the Central Region to warn your family. Right?"

Remembering that she had said that her she wanted to use the ancient teleportation formation to return to the Central Region so she could warn her family about some kind of danger they were about to encounter, Xuan Hao could not help asking about this after stopping her from bowing any further, as she might end up hurting herself.

"Yes! On one of my explorations of an ancient ruin in the primeval jungle, I learnt about some family clans planning to band together to destroy my family now that my family got weaker and weaker over the years...!" Nodding her head vigorously as she said this, a hint of killing intent could clearly be felt from Chun Hua when she talked about the people who were plotting to band together and harm her family.

From this alone, Xuan Hao could tell that although it looked like Chun Hua had not spent much of her life with her family, she still cared deeply about them. Maybe her leaving her family back then was because she wanted to look for an opportunity outside to increase her strength and have the ability to help out her family.

Thinking about this, Xuan Hao's impression of Chun Hua improved, as he felt that taking in such a person as a disciple would only be a good thing.

However, at the same time, he also caught on to the fact that her family seemed to be in some kind of trouble and Chun Hua wanted to return to the Central Region to help out her family. Although he had no idea about where her family was located, Xuan Hao had a feeling that it was not inside the primeval jungle.

Even if Chun Hua was a plant girl, her family should not be plant people. At least Xuan Hao didn't get the impression that they were the same as Chun Hua from what he had heard from her so far…

"You really want to return to the Central Region to help your family…?"

"Yes!"

Not showing any hesitation when answering his question, Xuan Hao did not need Chun Hua to say anything more to know how worried she was about the trouble her family was about to encounter.

At the same time, Xuan Hao understood that there would be no way for him to accept her as his fourth disciple without helping out her family and making sure that they were safe in the Central Region.

What to do… I don't want to give up such a good potential disciple, but… The Central Region is a place that is filled with experts at the Soul Ascension Realm. Even people above the Soul Ascension Realm are present there!

"Hm… Let's do it like this, I will allow you to return to the Central Region through the ancient teleportation formation, but in return I want you to gather information for me about the Central Region and return here within a year, I will implant part of my domain inside your soul, it will help store the information you learn in the Central Region and make sure you don't go back on your promise! What do you think?"

"I will do it!"

Not showing the slightest after hearing what Xuan Hao said, Chun Hua instead showed a happy expression on her face after understanding that she would be able to return to the Central Region and get to warn her family about the incoming disaster.

"…"

Seeing Chun Hua's reaction, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly.

Implanting a part of his domain inside her soul and have it record the information that she learnt about the central region was possible… But anything more was impossible. At most the part of his strength implanted in her soul would erupt when her life came under a serious threat, but that was it.

In the end, this was how Xuan Hao decided to not only help her out if she encountered any life-threatening dangers during the disaster that was about to befall her family, but also a way to test her.

If she really returned a year later, Xuan Hao planned to take her in as his fourth disciple.

If she didn't return, they were simply not fated to be master and disciple…

Fwoosh~!

Not thinking about it any longer, Xuan Hao used his domain to implant a part of his own power deep inside Chun Hua's soul.

"It's done, but before going through the ancient teleportation formation, I will have to check out things on the other side first…" Having implanted part of his power inside Chun Hua's soul, Xuan Hao said this before entering the ancient teleportation formation.

He had not forgotten about the Primeval Fire Ants and the Emerald Demon Spiders that had been fighting on the other side of the ancient teleportation formation when he had first escaped through the ancient teleportation formation!

With her current strength, there was no way for Chun Hua to escape from the underground tunnel network on the other side of the ancient teleportation formation if one of these two races were present on the other side of the teleportation formation!

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Chapter 656 Above the Domain Lord Realm?

"Hmph!"

Reaching the other side of the ancient teleportation formation, Xuan Hao could not help frowning after feeling the familiar suppression on his domain and divine sense that he had experienced the first time he had entered the ancient teleportation formation.

Although he was far stronger now compared to back then, the suppression still prevented him from using his full strength. Flying was possible, but the consumption brought along by doing so would be far too terrifying for him to do so for more than a few minutes.

"Hm? Looks like the fight between the Primeval Fire Ants and the Emerald Demon Spiders reached this cave…" Adjusting to the environment of the primeval jungle, Xuan Hao looked around himself and was shocked upon discovering piles upon piles of decomposing corpses all around him. Belonging to either the Primeval Fire Ants or the Emerald Demon Spiders.

Even without having seen the battle that had taken place inside the cave himself, Xuan Hao could easily imagine how brutal the war between these to demon beast had been. The corpses piled up like small mountains all around the cave was more than enough for him to understand this.

However, at the same time, it made Xuan Hao curious about which of the two had ended up winning.

Given that there were no Primeval Fire Ants around and the cave had not been cleaned up, he guessed that the Emerald Demon Spiders might have been the ones who had won in the end. After all, the Primeval Fire Ants lived inside the cave tunnels and there was no way they would just leave so many corpses around without eating them… Or at the very least cleaning the place up to prevent the corpses attracting any powerful demon beast to come over.

Whoosh~

Not standing around the place where the ancient teleportation formation had been hidden by him for long, Xuan Hao soon made his way towards the exit of the underground tunnel network. Wanting to make absolutely sure that the place was safe and there wasn't any demon beast in the Domain Lord Realm lurking around that could kill Chun Hua before she even had a chance to make her way out of the primeval jungle.

BOOM!

Not even getting halfway through the tunnel network, one such Domain Lord Realm demon beast appeared.

"A Primeval Fire Ant at the Fourth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm… And from the looks of it, it was injured only a few hours earlier…"

Observing the Domain Lord Realm demon beast that appeared in front of him, Xuan Hao could not help showing a surprised expression. The fight between the Emerald Demon Spiders and the Primeval Fire Ants should have ended a long time ago, yet the Primeval Fire Ant in front of him looked like it had just returned from battle.

Not only that, but through his limited divine sense, Xuan Hao could clearly sense at least a dozen or so Domain Lord Realm Primeval Fire Ants approaching his current location. Each of them injured in different ways, with some of the most grievously injured ones being only a single step away from death.

Is the fight between the Primeval Fire Ants and the Emerald Demon Spiders still ongoing? Given the size of the Primeval Fire Ant colony and the Emerald Demon Spiders, they might actually still be fighting each other…

Swish~!

Thinking this to himself as the Primeval Fire Ant discovered him before charging over filled with killing intent, Xuan Hao casually waved his hand as a silver-coloured sword light swept towards the approaching primeval fire ant. Instantly killing it before it even had a chance to resist.

Not only was it injuried, but it was also below him in strength. Making it quite easy for Xuan Hao to kill it in a single move.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

"Looks like the rest of the primeval fire ants noticed me…"

Noticing the approaching primeval fire ants rapidly approaching with far greater speed than before after he killed the injured primeval fire ant, Xuan Hao could not help narrowing his eyes as he looked towards the direction that they were approaching from.

Even if the approaching fire ants were all injured, there was still more than a dozen of them. Even if he was stronger than each of them individually, it would still take some effort to deal with more than a dozen Domain Lord Realm primeval fire ants!

…

"Checking if everything is fine on the other side? Ah! That's right! There was a colony of Primeval Fire Ants and Emerald Demon Spiders fighting back when I escaped through the ancient teleportation formation…" Muttering this to herself as she had watched Xuan Hao enter the ancient teleportation formation, Chun Hua could not help feeling a shiver run down her spine.

If I really crossed over to the other side and the Primeval Fire Ants and Emerald Demon Spiders were still there fighting each other…

Not having to think too long about this, Chun Hua could not help feeling thankful towards Xuan Hao who had entered the ancient teleportation formation to check things out for her and make sure she didn't end up dying the moment she stepped on to the other side of the ancient teleportation formation.

Along with the fact that he had only decided to lightly punish her for sneaking into the Star Shattering Sect by having her gather some simple information, Chun Hua felt that it might not be too bad that she had decided to sneak inside the Star Shattering Sect.

After all, if she didn't try sneak inside the Star Shattering Sect, she might not have been able to find a way back to the Central Region for the next hundred or more years. At that point in time, her family might already be gone when she returned back home…

Even if her life was still at risk from the power that had been implanted inside her soul by Xuan Hao, Chun Hua felt like this was a small price to pay if she could get back to her family and warn them about the incoming disaster in time.

Whoosh~

Just at this moment, the ancient teleportation formation shone brightly for a short moment before Xuan Hao appeared in front of her, a distinct smell of fresh blood drifting off him indicating the fact that he had been fighting on the other side.

"Everything is fine on the other side; you can leave the underground tunnel network without having to worry about the Emerald Demon Spiders or the Primeval Fire Ants!"

"Thank you for your help! I will make sure to gather as much information as possible on the Central Region before returning in a year!" Knowing that Xuan Hao had killed off the powerful demon beasts on the other side of the ancient teleportation formation, Chun Hua was filled with gratitude when saying this.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøvlß1n.

"No need for this, you should get going now… Or I won't be able to ensure that it will be safe for you to leave the underground tunnel network!"

"Yes, I understand! Thank you for your help, I will be back in a year!"

Understanding very well that the primeval jungle was an incredibly dangerous place for someone like herself, Chun Hua stepped inside the ancient teleportation formation filled with determination.

Leaving the primeval jungle would take months with her current cultivation realm and she would have to avoid the Domain Lord Realm demon beasts and other human cultivators along the way now that her disguise was gone.

Even if she would be able to leave the underground tunnel network safely, she would still have a long and dangerous journey in front of her and only after reaching her family would she be able to get a new disguise and a place to rest.

Whoosh~

"W-what is this!?"

Stepping through the ancient teleportation formation, Chun Hua was shocked at the corpses piled up in small mountains all around her as she could not help remembering what Xuan Hao had said about him clearing a path for her out of the underground tunnel network…

Was this perhaps his doing…?

Thinking this to herself, Chun Hua could not help feeling that her guess about Xuan Hao being someone above the Domain Lord Realm was indeed true!

Walking along the underground tunnel network just before reaching the exit, she even came upon close to a dozen corpses of Domain Lord Realm primeval fire ants that were very clearly killed with no more than a few moves. The smell of the blood flowing out from their wounds was similar to the bloody smell she had smelled from Xuan Hao when he had come out of the ancient teleportation formation just before letting her enter.

Looks like I was indeed correct, Grand Elder Xuan Hao should be someone who surpassed the Domain Lord Realm…!

Feeling like she had confirmed that Xuan Hao was indeed an expert above the Domain Lord Realm after seeing the dozen corpses in front of her, Chun Hua nodded her head before leaving the tunnel network and beginning her long journey to leave the primeval jungle.

In her eyes, outside of an expert that surpassed the Domain Lord Realm, who else had the ability to kill over a dozen Domain Lord Realm demon beasts. Not to mention, Xuan Hao had only entered the ancient teleportation for a few minutes before returning!

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Chapter 657 Simplified Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms and...

Chun Hua becoming his fourth disciple would depend on whether or not she would be able to safely return to her family and deal with the incoming disaster that was approaching them.

Not to mention she would still have to make to through the primeval jungle after everything was settled to reach the ancient teleportation formation!

In the end he did not lose anything from letting Chun Hua leave. Even if the location of the ancient teleportation formation was leaked, Xuan Hao planned to seal up the area around it with the help of the Chaotic Qi Formation.

Given the strength of the Chaotic Qi Formation, Xuan Hao felt confidant that even if a Soul Ascension Realm Expert passed through the ancient teleportation formation, he or she would not be able to cause any trouble!

"Haa… I hope she will be able to return safely…"

Whoosh-!

Letting out a sigh as he watched Chun Hua disappear through the ancient teleportation formation, Xuan Hao shook his head before having the Chaotic Qi Formation seal up the area around the ancient teleportation formation.

Swish~

Only turning to leave the Eighth Star Peak after being sure that the ancient teleportation formation had been completely sealed up by the Chaotic Qi Formation.

…

Following Chun Hua leaving to return back to her family, Xuan Hao made sure to explain the situation to the elders of the sect so they wouldn't end up worrying about one of the new disciples suddenly having disappeared into thin air.

Although they were at first shocked after learning that Chun Hua was someone strong in the Nascent Soul Realm that had snuck into the Star Shattering Sect, they quickly accepted this as true. Even if they did not want to believe that they had been fooled by Chun Hua, there was no way they would doubt it. After all, the person telling them this was Grand Elder Xuan.

As for the new disciples who had entered the sect together with her… Given that Chun Hua had not really befriended any of the new disciples during the assessments and didn't bother getting to know any of the other participants, none of the other new disciples realized that she disappeared.

Even the disciple Chun Hua had fought during the second part of the combat assessment didn't seem to have any idea about the fact that she had disappeared.

In the following months, the new disciples of the Star Shattering Sect slowly settled in and became adjusted to their new life on the Seventh Star Peak.

A sizeable portion of them even managed to improve their strength from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm during this time, while the most talented among the new disciples managed to breakthrough to the Fourth Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, some even going even further and reaching the Fifth Stage!

This not only allowed them to start taking on sect mission, but also allowed these new disciples to start mixing together with some of older disciples in the Star Shattering Sect. Even getting the chance to train together with some of the more senior disciple who had already reached the Core Formation Realm!

In the current Star Shattering Sect, most of the outer sect disciples that had once been part of either the Flying Sword Sect or the Spring Flower Sect had already managed to breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The main reason for all of this, was the environment of the Seventh Star Peak. The dense and rich qi that existed everywhere was easy to absorb and helped them improve at twice the speed with only half the effort.

Even if they were not as talented as the inner disciple of the sect, most of them still managed to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm after spending a year on the Seventh Star Peak!

During this time, the number of inner sect disciples had also increased rapidly, as more and more disciples that had previously been stuck at the Peak or Late Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm managed to break through to the Core Formation with the help of the rich qi that was ever present on top of the Seventh Star Peak.

At the same time that the disciples were all improving rapidly, the same could not be said for the elders. After all, reaching the Nascent Soul Realm was far more dangerous and harder to do compared to reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm or the Core Formation Realm.

"Even with the help of the Nascent Soul Realm Elders from the Half Spirit Race, there is still far too few Nascent Soul Realm Experts for us to expand our sect and properly manage the territory under us! Grand Elder Xuan… Did you finish the thing we talked about last time?"

Knowing about this problem, Elder Song had already long started talking with Xuan Hao about finding a solution to this problem.

"Yes! Yesterday I finished a simplified version of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms that I told you about earlier, with this, we should be able to help some of the Outer Sect Elders at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

Nodding his head in response to what Elder Song said, Xuan Hao took out a small book before handing it over to Elder Song.

"This is great! Compared to the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms that you showed me, this is far easier to understand!" Smiling happily after reading through the simplified version of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms, Elder Song could not wait to share this with some of his old friends that had been stuck at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm for over a hundred years.

At this point in time, all of these old friends were only a single step away from death and the only way for them to survive at the moment was breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, it was especially for this reason that Elder Song was so happy when seeing the simplified version of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms.

If all of these old people who had been stuck at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm could break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, the Star Shattering Sect would be more than capable of expanding its territory without having to worry about things growing unstable-

BOOM!

Just at this moment, a loud explosion could be heard coming from the centre of the mountain peak followed by a terrifying aura spreading out in all directions before covering the entire Seventh Star Peak.

"Wha- This is!?"

"No need to worry, it's not something dangerous…"

While Elder Song was showing a surprised expression on his face not understanding where the explosion and terrifying aura had come from, Xuan Hao calmed down Elder Song. Already understanding what was happening.This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

"Looks like Feng Chen is finally breaking through to the Domain Lord Realm… Took him long enough…"

"Feng Chen… Is breaking through to the Domain Lord Realm!?"

"Yes…"

Hearing what Xuan Hao said, Elder Song could not help showing a surprised expression on his face. After all, this was someone breaking through to the Domain Lord Realm! Not to mention the increase in strength the Star Shattering Sect would experience from having another Domain Lord Realm Expert supporting it, Elder Song was happy knowing that the person breaking through was none other than the current sect master.

Given the fact that the Star Shattering Sect was rapidly increasing its strength and Nascent Soul Realm Experts were becoming more and more common, it was a little odd for the sect master to only be someone at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Even if he had already formed a pseudo domain, he had still not truly taken the final step and reached the Domain Lord Realm… However, from now on things would be different, as the terrifying aura spreading out from the centre of the Seventh Star Peak began growing stronger and stronger.

Swish~

Moving outside, both Elder Song and Xuan Hao gazed towards the centre of the Star Shattering Sect where Feng Chen was cultivating in seclusion.

At this point in time, a visual phenomenon of massive sword also began materializing above the location where Feng Chen was cultivating.

"A sword domain… How not surprising…" Muttering this to himself as he watched the massive sword hanging in the air slowly growing larger and stronger with each passing second, Xuan Hao was not at all surprised that the domain manifested by Feng Chen was a sword domain.

Feng Chen had spent his entire life as a sword cultivator and had even comprehended true sword intent. If he ended up comprehending a domain other than a sword domain, that would be odd…

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao found a place to sit down and observe Feng Chen's breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm.

Even if he was stronger than Feng Chen, observing his breakthrough would still allow him to deepen his understanding of the Domain Lord Realm and might even help him improve the strength of his own domain!

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Chapter 658 Feng Chen Reaches the Domain Lord Realm!

At the same time Xuan Hao and Feng Chen discovered that Feng Chen was breaking through to the Domain Lord Realm, the rest of the elders and disciples also discovered that although a terrifying aura had engulfed them, it did not hurt them in the slightest.

"This is… Someone is breaking through! And from the looks of it, it's not a simple breakthrough!"

"The location of the aura is the sect master pavilion… Did he perhaps break through to the Domain Lord Realm!?"

As time passed, a few of the stronger elders quickly discovered the origin of the terrifying aura. Not taking too long to conclude that the terrifying aura and visual phenomenon was a result of Feng Chen breaking through to the Domain Lord Ream.

"The sect master is breaking through to the Domain Lord Realm? Does this not mean that the sect will have another Domain Lord Realm Expert outside the two Grand Elders in the future!?"

"To think the Star Shattering Sect is about to grow even stronger… It was a good choice for me to join the sect instead of the local sect I originally planned to join!"

The disciples and weaker elders soon caught onto this news, as all of them were filled with happiness knowing that the terrifying aura spreading across the entire sect was a result of the sect master's breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm.

Not only that, but it also helped these elders and disciples understand just how terrifying the strength of a Domain Lord Realm Expert was, unconsciously making them respect the two Grand Elders, Shu Yao, and Xuan Hao, who had already reached the Domain Lord Realm.

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Fwoosh-!

At the same time that everyone inside the Star Shattering Sect's attention was gathered towards the visual phenomenon that had appeared in the air along with the figure of Feng Chen that was barely visible at the centre of this phenomenon, the person in question had both his eyes closed. Remaining fully focused on his breakthrough without caring about what was happening in the world outside.

Whoosh~

Having entered a mysterious state, Feng Chen's pseudo domain rapidly started expanding in all directions.

"If its anything like my breakthrough-"

Rumble-!

Muttering This to himself as he watched Feng Chen's pseudo sword domain rapidly expanding in all directions, Xuan Hao didn't even manage to finish what he was saying before the building below Feng Chen was destroyed by the rapidly expanding pseudo domain.

Although Feng Chen's pseudo domain was far weaker than his own when he broke through to the Domain Lord Realm, it was still more than strong enough to kill the elders and disciples watching the breakthrough nearby.

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For this reason, Xuan Hao jumped forward before using his own domain to protect the Star Shattering Sect. Forcing Feng Chen's pseudo sword domain to expand over his domain that covered the Star Shattering Sect like a protective barrier.

WHOOSH!

The entire thing only lasted for a short moment, and by the time that the elders and disciple below realized that Feng Chen's pseudo domain had expanded in all directions, it had already imploded and was rapidly reducing in size-

Boom!

Finally coming to a stop after having reduced to a circumference of close to 20 meters in size. Although small compared to Xuan Hao whose domain had reached a hundred meters, it was still considered large for other Domain Lord Realm Experts who had just broken through!

"Now comes the most difficult part…" Seeing that Feng Chen's Sword Domain had been formed, Xuan Hao could not help feeling worried for Feng Chen.

After all, the most difficult part of reaching the Domain Lord Realm was merging the newly born domain together with the nascent soul and officially step into the Domain Lord Realm!

Given that Feng Chen's domain was bigger than normal, it would also mean that the difficulty of merging his domain and nascent soul together would be increased!

Whoosh~

Watching from afar, Xuan Hao saw Feng Chen Nascent Soul floating out from his body before starting to merge together with his new domain. Not a single ounce of hesitation was present in his actions, as he did this!

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Pain…

This was the only thought that appeared in Feng Chen's mind when he started merging together with his newly born sword domain, as a terrifying pain spread throughout his entire nascent soul. Digging into the very depths of his soul.

Not only was it painful but merging his nascent soul and sword domain also brought along a special type of pain that made it feel like his soul was being sliced apart by his own sword domain!

Soon, a few minutes passed as his nascent soul and domain got closer and closer to fully merging together, but at the same time, Feng Chen also felt that his nascent soul was growing weaker and weaker.

No! I can't let myself lose at this step!

Feeling his nascent soul slowly starting to break apart, Feng Chen showed a determined expression on his face as he sped of the merging process-

BOOOM-!

Not even a second later, Feng Chen's sword domain merged together with his exhausted nascent soul.

Whoosh~

After his nascent soul returned to his dantian, Feng Chen suddenly felt an enormous rush of qi coming from above him.

The qi descending down from above was extremely beneficial and was of a way higher quality compared to what he absorbed before. Even the qi that was present on the Seventh Star Peak was incomparable to this qi!

Crack~

Soon Feng Chen felt himself being filled to the brim and before long his dantian underwent a drastic change and expanded by several times its former size. Announcing that he had directly reached the Domain Lord Realm!

But this was not the end as the qi continued to descend from above!

Early, Mid, Late-

BOOM!

Peak First Stage Domain Lord!

Feng Chen's strength managed to improve all the way to the Peak of the First Stage of the Domain Lord Realm. After stabilizing his cultivation base, it would not be odd for him to break through to the Second Stage of the Domain Lord Realm in a year or two!

"This… This is the Domain Lord Realm? I… Can fly…?"

Muttering these words to himself as he was oblivious to the many people staring up at him in awe, Feng Chen was standing in the air without the help of any artifacts with a look of amazement on his face before starting to use his new ability to fly around the Star Shattering Sect with a childish smile on his face.

From a distance, Xuan Hao could not help rolling his eyes when he saw how Feng Chen was flying around above the sect.

If you have time to admire your new ability to fly, could you at least restrain your sword domain?!

Indeed, although Feng Chen had successfully broken through to the Domain Lord Realm, his control over his sword domain was not stellar… Forcing Xuan Hao to keep his own domain out to cover the Star Shattering Sect. Preventing Feng Chen's sword domain from accidently destroying any buildings that happened to be near where he flew.

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"Haaaa… This should be enough playing around…!"

Seeing that Feng Chen was not showing any signs of stopping his victory lap around the sect while displaying his new flight ability after close to five minutes, Xuan Hao decided to take matters into his own hands-

Swoosh-!

"Ha? AH!"

Before Feng Chen had any time to react, a massive hand suddenly manifested in front of him before forcefully grabbing him.

"Wha-what is this-"

Swish~

Not having any time to finish his sentence, Feng Chen felt himself being moved at a speed that far surpassed his understanding-

Bang!

"This- G-Grand Elder Xuan Hao…"

Recovering from the sudden movement before landing on the ground, Feng Chen could not help shivering when he saw the person in front of him was none other than Xuan Hao. For some reason he felt that the Xuan Hao standing in front of him at the moment looked far more terrifying compared to how he remembered, and he could not help feeling that he had done something wrong…

"Ah! M-my domain!" Suddenly realizing something, Feng Chen showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

Given the expression on Xuan Hao's face, he understood that he had been the one who had made sure he didn't accidently end up destroying everything he flew over with his sword domain…

"You understand why I interrupted your little victory lap?"

"Yes…"

"Haa… You should focus on stabilizing your cultivation base for now. After all, you just broke through to the Domain Lord Realm!" Shaking his head as he said this, Xuan Hao didn't bother scolding Feng Chen for his childish behaviour more than this.

Even if it could have ended up causing quite a lot of damage to the sect for Feng Chen to fly around with his uncontrolled sword domain…

For now, the most important thing for Feng Chen was to stabilize his cultivation realm and get his domain under control!

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Chapter 659 Worry of the Nearby Powers

A few hours after Feng Chen had been sent back to stabilize his cultivation base by Xuan Hao, the elders and disciples of the Star Shattering Sect slowly started calming down before returning back to what they had been doing before Feng Chen's breakthrough.

However, deep down, all of them felt happy knowing that the sect had gained another powerful expert at the Domain Lord Realm to support. Not to mention, the person who had broken through was none other than the sect master!

When talking about a sect, the person who would normally be mentioned would always be the sect master. Even if he was not the strongest person in the sect...

For this reason, the elders were especially happy that Feng Chen had broken through to the Domain Lord Realm.

...

Following Feng Chen's breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm, the simplified version of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms was passed on to the Outer Sect Elders and Sect Elders. Allowing the elders already in the Nascent Soul Realm to improve their strength, while the elders stuck at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm slowly started breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Of course, the people benefiting from the simplified version of the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms was not only the elders, as the elders who learned the codex began using it when teaching the disciples under them. In turn, this also caused the strength of the disciples of the Star Shattering Sect to experience a period of rapid growth, as all of them benefited from the Codex of the First Four Mortal Realms.

Outside the Star Shattering Sect itself, the different sects and kingdoms located closest to the Star Shattering Sect had already begun sending their envoys over in an attempt to submit before the Star Shattering Sect started expanding.

The main reason for this was that the kingdoms closest to the Star Shattering Sect were not much stronger than what the Heavenly Sky Kingdom had been in the past before its fall, Elder Song who was in charge of talking to the envoys from these different kingdoms and sects was more than happy to accept these different powers submission.

Doing this would not only allow the Star Shattering Sect to expand more easily in the future without having to waste a lot of time and resources on taking control over these powers, but it would also put pressure on the different powers still considering whether or not to submit to the Star Shattering Sect before they even started expanding...

Even if the Star Shattering Sect was a power with several Domain Lords in it, the number of elders and disciples in the sect itself was far smaller compared to what other Domain Lord Realm level powers had. This was also one of the reasons why the Star Shattering Sect had to wait until they had more Nascent Soul Realm Experts before expanding.

After all, the people who would keep peace inside the territory of the Star Shattering Sect in most cases would not be the Domain Lord Realm Experts, but instead the elders and disciples of the sect.

Elder Song who had been in charge of the management of the Flying Sword Sect for many years understood this very well, as back then, the Nascent Soul Realm Experts would only guard important locations or the sect itself.

The elders and disciples would be the ones to keep the different smaller sects and powers in order while dealing with the different small problems that appeared. From demonic cultivators to demon beasts, the elders and disciples of the sect would normally be the ones to deal with these as long as the problem didn't involve anyone too powerful for them to handle!Ñøvl-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

The new contribution system that was set up together with the new Grand Mission Pavilion in preparation for this.

The Grand Mission Pavilion would serve as a place for the disciples to find missions on different problems inside the territory of the sect, completing these missions would reward them with contribution points that could be used for different things like buying pills and artifacts.

However, even if there was a proper way to get the different missions to the disciples and enough rewards to encourage them to take on these missions, it could not change the fact that there were still far too few disciples in the Star Shattering Sect.

To solve this problem, Elder Song ordered the Flying Sword Sect and the Spring Flower Sect that was now turned into branches of the Star Shattering Sect to start accepting disciples. Not forgetting to transfer some elders over to teach these new disciples.

The most talented of these disciples could work their way into becoming disciples of main sect in the Shattered Star Peaks, while the less talented could work to become elders of their respective branches. If they grew strong enough in the future, there would of course also be a chance for these people to enter the main sect in the future.

The news of this quickly spread and many disciples that had failed to enter the main sect of the Star Shattering Sect rushed towards one of these two branches. Having remembered what Elder Song had told them about being able to enter the Star Shattering Sect in the future if they worked hard enough and were able to make up for their lack of talent with hard work.

At the same time that the Star Shattering Sect had started accepting a massive number of disciples through the two large branch sects that had once been the main sect of the Flying Sword- and Spring Flower Sect, the different powers that wanted to stay independent from the Star Shattering Sect could not help getting nervous.

All of them understood that the Star Shattering Sect was recruiting a large number of disciples in preparations for expanding their territory, alas, there was nothing they could do about it, as the Star Shattering Sect was back by two Domain Lords. Not knowing that Feng Chen had broken through to the Domain Lord Realm as well.

The pressure on the ancestors of these different powers that were trying their best to breakthrough to the Domain Lord Realm increased further, as the time they had left before they would have to deal with the Star Shattering Sect seemed to grow closer.

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"Looks like the Star Shattering Sect is starting to make preparations for expanding their territory..."

Inside a large empty manor located on a small hill inside the capital city of the Flame Sky Kingdom, Elder Sheng Mei who had been trying her best to convince the king about the benefits of joining the Star Shattering Sect could not help muttering this to herself as she looked towards the large palace at the centre of the capital city.

"Haa... Even if that old man manages to break through to the Domain Lord Realm, it won't be any good for our Flame Sky Kingdom to be independent with what is coming... Without the support of a powerful power, there will be no way for out kingdom to survive what is about to come..." Muttering these words as she turned away from the palace in the distance, Elder Sheng Mei's face was filled with pain for a brief moment before she moved towards a small inconspicuous room in the manor.

Creak~

Using her divine sense to activate a small hidden formation inside this room, a small pair of stairs leading down soon appeared in the middle of the room.

Step~ Step~

Not saying anything after the appearance of this path leading down below the manor, Elder Shen Mei soon came to a small room filled with all sorts of ancient texts and books written in a long-forgotten language that was no longer spoken on the current Ewaria Continent.

If Xuan Hao was present, it would not take him long to recognize that the language of these ancient texts and books was none other than the ancient language of the forgotten past that he was trying to learn.

Picking up one of the ancient books on a small table inside the hidden room below the manor, Elder Sheng Mei moved towards a small bookshelf before placing the ancient book inside it.

Swish~

Placing the ancient book on the bookshelf activated a small formation hidden inside the ancient book, as the bookshelf itself seemed to turn into a mirage before disappearing completely. Revealing yet another hidden path.

Step~ Step~ Step~

Walking along this hidden path, Elder Sheng Mei soon found herself in front of a massive space that was several miles wide. Looking closer, it was easy to see several scars of battle radiating a powerful killing intent left behind inside the massive underground space.

"Great Lord Kubera... If only you were still around..." Letting out a sad sigh as she muttered this to herself, Elder Sheng Mei gazed sadly towards something inside the massive underground space in front of her-

Swoosh~

Ptsh-!

"Ah-!"

Trying to enter the wide underground space in front of her, Elder Sheng Mei could only let out a scream of pain before rapidly retreating.

"Looks like I'm still far too weak to enter..."

Swish~

Shaking her head as she said this, Elder Sheng Mei turned around and left. Resealing the hidden paths behind her.

The powerful killing intent left behind from the battle that had once taken place inside was enough to force a powerful Nascent Soul Realm Expert like Elder Sheng Mei away even countless years after the battle that had once taken place had ended.

From this, it could easily be imagined how powerful the people fighting back then had been!

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Chapter 660 Star Sword Scripture

Back at the Star Shattering Sect, shortly after having made sure Feng Chen was not causing any problems and was focusing on stabilizing his cultivation base, Xuan Hao was happily making his way back to his small palace.

"With Feng Chen reaching the Domain Lord Realm, the sect quest for increasing the strength should have finished…" Muttering this to himself as he reached the small palace, Xuan Hao used the system to show the sect quest in question.

[Sect Quest: Increase the strength of the Star Shattering Sect]

[Domain Lord Realm Experts: 3/3] (complete)

[Nascent Soul Realm Experts: 20/20] (complete)

[Reward: Improved version of the Flying Sword Sect's cultivation mantra, the Flying Sword Mantra]

Other than the fact that the name of the sect had changed from the Flying Sword Sect to the Star Shattering Sect, everything was the same as he remembered it. Even the reward of an improved cultivation mantra for the Flying Sword Sect's main cultivation mantra had remained the same.

This made Xuan Hao quite curious whether or not the new improved cultivation mantra that he would get would be a sword related cultivation mantra or something completely new that would not only be suitable for the sword cultivators of the sect.

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Well… There is no other way to find out what kind of cultivation mantra I will get other than this… Yes!

Whoosh~

Redeeming the reward for the sect quest, Xuan Hao saw a thick ancient looking book appear in front of him. The ancient book hovered gently in the air, as a mysterious yet sharp aura could be felt drifting off it.

Even just feeling the aura surrounding the ancient book, Xuan Hao did not have to look at the title on top of the ancient book to understand that it was indeed a sword cultivation mantra.

"Star Sword Scripture?" Muttering the name of the cultivation mantra that he had received from the system; Xuan Hao could not help feeling a bit disappointed knowing that it was a sword cultivation mantra and not a more universal cultivation mantra that could be used by all the disciples of the Star Shattering Sect.

"This is!?"

However, this disappointment only lasted for a short moment, as he opened the Star Sword Scripture and began reading through the introduction of the cultivation mantra on the first few pages-

"The Star Sword Scripture is actually a cultivation mantra leading all the way to the Soul Ascension Realm!"

Indeed, the Star Sword Scripture was not an ordinary cultivation mantra or like any of the cultivation mantras he had encountered before. Instead, it was a cultivation mantra that pointed directly towards the Soul Ascension Realm!

If not for the fact that he had comprehended more than just the sword dao, Xuan Hao did not doubt that he would be able to breakthrough to the Soul Ascension Realm within the next few years with the help of the Star Sword Scripture.

For cultivators cultivating the solely the dao of the sword, the Star Sword Scripture was a heavenly Scripture that would help them more easily walk the path from the Qi Condensation Realm to the Soul Ascension Realm.

Even if the Star Sword Scripture was not too useful when it came to breaking through the Soul Ascension Realm himself, it was extremely useful for the many sword cultivators of the Star Shattering Sect. The one benefiting the most would definitely be Feng Chen, as the Star Sword Scripture contained several methods for someone who had recently reached the Domain Lord Realm with the dao of the sword stabilize their cultivation base…!

"Hm? Even if it's extremely useful for sword cultivators… It might be too hard to understand…" Moving away from the introduction before starting to read through the Star Sword Scripture starting from the Qi Condensation Realm, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he realized that the Star Sword Scripture was far harder to understand than he expected.

Even with his own strength close to the Peak of the Domain Lord Realm, he barely managed to understand the first few parts of the Star Sword Scripture for the Nascent Soul Realm.

If even understanding the entire Nascent Soul Realm part of the Star Sword Scripture was not something he could do in a short period of time. Comprehending the Domain Lord Realm and Soul Ascension Realm part of the Star Sword Scripture was most likely something that would take years to fully comprehend!

"Looks like I got excited too quickly… However even if its hard to understand, as long as someone manages to comprehend it. Reaching the Soul Ascension Realm should only be a matter of time!" Shaking his head as he said this while looking at the ancient book in his hands, Xuan Hao had no idea how to feel about the Star Sword Scripture.

He was excited knowing that the Star Sword Scripture was a powerful cultivation mantra leading all the way up to the Soul Ascension Realm… But at the same time, he was sad knowing how hard it was to learn. Maybe only Feng Chen, outside of himself, would have a chance of learning it in the current Star Shattering Sect!

From the looks of it, getting a new sect cultivation mantra that could be used by the entire sect was something that would have to wait until the future…

Swish~

After spending the next few hours looking through the Star Sword Scripture and thinking about what to do with it knowing just how hard it was to learn, Xuan Hao ended up finding Feng Chen first before giving him the Star Sword Scripture.

Leaving shortly after to not disturb him too much, Xuan Hao had him put the first few chapters detailing the Qi Condensation Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm part of it on the first floor of the Grand Library for anyone among the disciples and elders to see, while the later parts of the Star Sword Scripture would be put on the Second floor and finally the third floor of the Grand Library before leaving.

Hoping that this way, the chances of a disciple being able to learn the Star Sword Scripture appearing would increase.

Feng Chen also understood this after first reading through it and understanding just how hard the Star Sword Scripture was to comprehend.

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Like this, time slowly passed inside the Star Shattering Sect.

Other than Feng Chen reaching the Domain Lord Realm and a new mysterious cultivation mantra that nobody could comprehend appearing in the Grand Library. Nothing much changed inside the Star Shattering Sect as days slowly turned into months.

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The two large branch sects of the Star Shattering Sect started recruiting new disciples from everywhere. Soon filling up the two sects that had been emptied out after the Flying Sword Sect and the Spring Flower Sect had decided to move almost everyone to the Shattered Star Peaks where their new main sect was located.

Not only the two large branch sects had started accepting disciples, but soon a lot of smaller branches of the Star Shattering Sect began appearing before also starting to accept disciples.

These small branches were not too powerful and the strongest elder in charge of them was normally only at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm... However! These branch sects not only appeared inside the territory that was governed by the Star Shattering Sect, but also started appearing inside the territory of the nearby kingdoms and sects that had already submitted to the Star Shattering Sect.

This of course caused the different powers that had yet submit to the Star Shattering Sect to start panicking, as they understood that the time for their ancestors to break through to the Domain Lord Realm was slowly starting to run out.

It had only been a little over 2 years since the Star Shattering Sect had been established, yet they had already slowly begun expanding in all directions!

The only power that did not get affected by this that was close to the Star Shattering Sect was the Seven Fates Sect.

After the sect master of the Seven Fates Sect had reached the Domain Lord Realm, the entire Seven Fates Sect had stopped expanding and completely isolated themselves from the outside world.

Given that the Seven Fates Sect had a Domain Lord in it and was not really hostile for now, Elder Song decided to ignore for the time being, as he instead decided to focus on expanding the Star Shattering Sect into the surrounding kingdoms and sects located around the Star Shattering Sect that had already submitted.

Dealing with the Seven Fates Sect was inevitably something that would happen and Elder Song understood this very well… But at the same time, he also understood that it would be best if the Seven Fates Sect would willingly decide to leave for the core parts of the Sky Empire now that they had a Domain Lord Realm Expert backing them instead of fighting.

From what he had learnt about the Sky Empire, Elder Song understood that this was what would normally happen when a sect or kingdom got a powerful expert at the Domain Lord Realm.

After all, there were far more resources in the core parts of the Sky Kingdom. Not to mention the qi between heaven and earth was richer the closer to the core of the continent one got!

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Chapter 661 The Time for the Establishment of the Sect Alliance is Approaching!

As the time for the meeting regarding the new sect alliance of the Sky Empire approached, Xuan Hao was spending his time teaching his three disciples, holding a few lectures for the rest of the disciples, increasing his expertise of the different profession he had learned, and most importantly… Getting closer and closer to fully merging his ice domain and sword domain fully together into a single domain!

Although he was only a single step away from succeeding at this point in time, this single step had caused him to stagnate for close to two months at this point in time!

To try and breakthrough this barrier that had appeared in front of him, Xuan Hao decided to focus on finding unique cultivation mantra. The reason for this was rather simple…

[Sect Quest: Gather Unique Cultivation Mantras for the Sect.]

[Description: The sect is lacking when it comes to the different cultivation mantras available for the disciples. Gather 10 unique cultivation mantras. Not one can be the same and all of them have to at least reach the Earth Rank.]

[Unique Cultivation Mantras: 9/10]

[Reward: Enter a State of Enlightenment for one hour]

The reward for completing the unique cultivation mantra gathering quest might be the key to overcoming the barrier that prevented him from merging his two domains together perfectly into a single domain.Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

Even if the state of enlightenment only lasted for a single hour, all he needed was a single push and he should be able to successfully merge his ice and sword domain together into a single unique domain.

"Only one more left and I will be able to complete it." Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help remembering the reward he had gotten from completing the lecture sect quest just a few days ago.

Not only did he not manage to get his hand on a new unique cultivation mantra, but he didn't even get a good cultivation mantra!

Instead, what he ended up with was an exact copy of a cultivation mantra that already existed inside the Grand Library of the sect.

To be honest, Xuan Hao had not expected for something like that to happen… But then again, the Star Shattering Sect had gained a rather large collection of cultivation mantras of the Earth Rank, so it was inevitable that he would accidently end up getting a cultivation mantra that already existed.

Originally, he had planned to try and use the enlightenment to overcome the barrier that prevented his domain from advancing before he would have to leave for the capital of the Sky Empire in preparation for the sect alliance officially being established.

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However, now that he had failed to gain the last unique cultivation mantra he required, this was no longer possible…

"Whether or not my ice and sword domain manage to merge together won't matter too much. After all, I will not be able to breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm and then the Soul Ascension Realm before reaching the Sky Empire…" Shaking his head as he said this to himself, Xuan Hao stood up before heading outside.

Even if he could not reach the Soul Ascension Realm before going to the capital of the Sky Empire, Xuan Hao did not worry too much about his safety.

After all, reading through the book that Yi Min had given him that would record what was happening in the Sky Empire, Xuan Hao understood just how chaotic the Sky Empire was getting over the past few years.

Not only had the plague god begun to slowly establish themselves as the fourth major religion of the Sky Empire, but the Followers of the Fire God and the Cult of the Scarlet Moon had failed in stopping them from doing this.

The main reason for this, was that these two religious organisations had fallen out with The Order of the Sky God, one of the three major religious groups already established in the Sky Empire… Because of this, every time the Followers of the Fire God and the Cult of the Scarlet Moon tried attacking the church of the plague god. Mysterious people would always appear to attack them from behind to assist the church of the plague god…

Although they already understood who these people belonged to, there was nothing they could do about it. After all, even if the Order of the Sky God had been severely weakened, their main supporting pillar, the cardinal, was still alive and well!

Having read about this, Xuan Hao was rather surprised that the church of the plague god had actually managed to establish themselves in the Sky Empire. However, the location that they had done so was nowhere near the Star Shattering Sect, so Xuan Hao didn't really care too much about it…

On the other hand, he was far more concerned about the increased appearance of demonic cultivators in the areas close to the Frozen Wastelands. Although the demonic cultivators appearing were at most comparable to Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, Xuan Hao still felt worried given how close the Star Shattering Sect was to the Frozen Wasteland.

The only good news about this, was that the demonic cultivators increased appearances was not only in the places close to the borders of the Sky Empire where the Star Shattering Sect was located, but also at the borders of other empires.

One particular empire was especially unlucky, as a demonic cultivator at the True Demon Realm had appeared. The True Demon Realm… This was the demonic cultivators name for a realm with the same strength as that of the Soul Ascension Realm!

It was easy to imagine just how terrifying the appearance of such a demonic cultivator had been to an empire…

Even with the Soul Ascension Realm Experts of the empire in question moving out the moment the demonic cultivator appeared, it still managed to destroy over a dozen kingdoms before they managed to make their way over.

The fight that ensued afterwards was even more devastating, as the fight ended up causing the destruction of close to a hundred kingdoms before the demonic cultivator was being forced to retreat back into the Frozen Wasteland.

If such a demonic cultivator appeared on the Sky Empire's border with the Frozen Wasteland where the Star shattering Sect was located, Xuan Hao could easily imagine how bad it would be for the Star Shattering Sect.

Even if the sect could survive by hiding inside the Chaotic Qi Formation, the formation itself might end up catching the attention of these Soul Ascension realm Experts.

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Although Xuan Hao was confident in the Chaotic Qi Formation, he had no idea if it had the strength to deal with multiple Soul Ascension Realm Experts and if it could be avoided, he didn't want to find out either-

"Hm? Qing Yi? What are you doing here?"

"Master! I was looking for you!"

Seeing Qing Yi suddenly appearing in front of him with a haggard, yet energetic look on her face, Xuan Hao could not help feeling worried that something bad might have happened.

"What is it? Did you run into any problems with your cultivation? Maybe some questions regarding alchemy?"

"Yes and no… From what Chu Yang told me, I know that you helped him strengthen his foundation before he tried breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm! Given that I already reached the Peak of the Core Formation Realm, I wanted to ask master if you could help me out with strengthening my foundation as well…"

Going from overly energetic to a quieter tone towards the end, Qing Yi turned nervous as she waited for Xuan Hao's response.

"Oh? It's just this? Of course, I will be more than happy to help you. Go rest for a few hours and we will start tomorrow morning."

"Thank you master, I will go rest now!"

Whoosh~

Hearing her master's positive response, Qing Yi sped off as she excitedly made her way back to her own room to rest.

"… How energetic…"

Not knowing what else to say when seeing how excited Qing Yi was, Xuan Hao could only shake his head before making his way outside the small palace.

During the past few months, Qing Yi was not the only one that had improved rapidly after focusing more on her cultivation due to Chu Yang's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, but Chu Yang and Bai Ning had also managed to improve.

Chu Yang had reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul realm and had grown familiar with his strength after practicing with the different Nascent Soul Realm Elders of the sect and his master. At this point he had already reached the Peak of the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and was only one step away from reaching the Second Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

However… Among the three disciples of Xuan Hao, the one who improved the most was not Qing Yi or Chu Yang, but Bai Ning!

Over the short period of only a few months, he had managed to go all the way from the First Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Ninth Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

Even compared to Chu Yang and Qing Yi, Bai Ning's speed of cultivation was by far the fastest, the only bad thing about his rapid improvement, was the fact that Bai Ning had not spent much of his time learning combat techniques or movement techniques.

Instead, spending most of his time improving his blacksmithing skills and chatting with the different elders from the Sea of a Thousand Furnaces, a place he had grown extremely fond of ever since moving to the Seventh Star Peak…

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Chapter 662 Chaos in the Azure Sky Kingdom

As the day slowly passed with walking around the sect and talking to the different disciples and elders of the sect, Xuan Hao felt himself relaxing as he soon found himself at the shore of the qi spring lake located at the centre of the Seventh Star Peak.

Over the past few years since it had first been constructed, the qi spring lake had already been filled up. Allowing Zu Fei to start growing different kinds of lotus flowers like agreed, while at the same time finally giving Elder Song the chance to use the qi spring lake to help the disciples and elders enter and improve their strength after completing a difficult sect mission or as a reward for one of the many events he helped hosting.

At first the elders and disciples didn't really know much about the benefits brought by cultivating inside the qi spring lake, but after the first few people entered and returned having experienced a qualitive improvement in strength, the disciples and elders all tried their best to get a chance at entering the qi spring lake.

"Looks like Elder Song knows how to manage the number of people entering the qi spring lake already..." Glancing towards the qi spring lake that didn't seem to show any signs of its water level lowering even after the sect disciples and elders got a chance to cultivate inside it, Xuan Hao could not help admiring Elder Song.

Even without him having to say anything, Elder Song had already found a balance in the number of people that could enter the qi spring lake to stop it from overflowing and at the same time does not end up drying it up.

In the future, expanding the qi spring lake would not be a bad idea... Or maybe creating a few small rivers running off the side of the mountain to form a few smaller qi spring lakes that will be easier for disciples to access...

Thinking this to himself as he gazed over the peaceful qi spring lake at the centre of the Seventh Star Peak, Xuan Hao could not help feeling just how important the qi spring lake would be for the development of the Star Shattering Sect in the future.

Even if the qi spring lake was not that important when it came to the safety of the sect itself, it was slowly starting to become a goal for the disciples and elders of the sect to enter the qi spring lake to cultivate and increase their strength.

In a sense, the qi spring lake had started to serve as a form of motivation for the disciples and elders of the sect to continue improving and trying their best to complete the difficult sect missions or get a good ranking in some of the events hosted by Elder Song!

"Hm? Someone trying to enter the Shattered Star Peaks? Is it perhaps another envoy from a power that wants to submit?" Suddenly feeling two people at the Nascent Soul realm appearing at the base of the Ninth Star Peak before patiently waiting in front of a small gate that had been created to symbolize entering the Star Shattering Sect and to prevent people from accidently getting killed by the Chaotic Qi Formation when visiting, Xuan Hao thought about something for a moment before disappearing from the shore of the qi spring lake.

...

"Are you really sure that the Star Shattering Sect would be willing to accept us? After all, our current situation is not too great. Especially considering the recent surge of demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands...!"

"No need to worry about any of this, our Ascendant Frost Hall's trouble is nothing to a sect the size of the Star Shattering Sect. Not to mention, considering how close we are to their territory, the demonic cultivators would inevitably start causing chaos inside their territory!

At that point in time, it would not be odd for the Star Shattering Sect to forcefully take over the territory of our sect to ensure that they would be able to better prevent the demonic cultivators of the Frozen Wastelands from entering their territory... Us joining them can only be considered a positive thing given our current situation!"

At the same time outside the small gate leading into the Shattered Star Peaks located at the base of the Ninth Star Peak, the two Nascent Soul Realm Experts Xuan Hao had sensed were talking with each other with a serious tone.

From their conversation, the two Nascent Soul Realm Expert were both elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, the only sect inside the Azure Sky Kingdom that had managed to remain independent in the fact of Su Wuhan's constantly trying to absorb them into being part of his kingdom.

Swish~

"..."

Silently arriving a few meters above the two people and hearing their conversation clearly, Xuan Hao could not help thinking to himself.

Compared to Elder Song who was rather familiar with the surrounding powers that he planned to expand over; Xuan Hao only knew a tiny amount of information on the different powers.

Outside of the fact that there was rumoured to be a dangerous mystic realm inside their territory and the fact that they were the only sect that had dared place their main sect on a mountain range that bordered the Frozen Wastelands filled with demonic cultivators.

Given that the Ascendant Frost Hall spent most of their time fighting demonic cultivators trying to attack them from the Frozen Wastelands, Xuan Hao could understand why the Ascendant Frost Hall wanted to join the banner of the Star Shattering Sect now that the number of demonic cultivators appearing was increasing.

Even before the increase in demonic cultivators showing up, they had only just barely managed to keep them at bay. Now that the number of demonic cultivators was increasing, it was obvious that they would end up getting destroyed without any outside help.

Thinking about it like this, joining the recently emerging Domain Lord Realm level power located only a short distance away from them, the Star Shattering Sect, was the only way out of their current situation. Outside of producing a Domain Lord Realm level expert themselves...

"Haa... Relying on help from the Azure Sky Kingdom is not really possible given their current situation. After the disappearance of that Su Wuhan, the entire kingdom collapsed in on itself, I won't even find it suppressing if the Azure Sky Kingdom completely disappears over the next 5 or 10 years...

I agree that joining the Star Shattering Sect is our best option at this point in time, if I didn't, I wouldn't have come here together with you!"

"Haha! At least you admit it this time around! Back in the sect, you-"

"Shut it..."

"Haha~"

Listening to the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall chatting with each other, Xuan Hao could not help showing a thoughtful expression on his face after hearing the current situation of the Azure Sky Kingdom.

Even after some time had passed, Xuan Hao still clearly remembered the massive amount of spiritual metal he had found below the capital city of the Azure Sky Kingdom.

Now that the Azure Sky Kingdom was collapsing on its own, Xuan Hao could not help feeling that this was the perfect place for the Star Shattering Sect to start it first massive expansion.

Not only would it be easy to secure a large territory without having to waste too much time dealing with the local powers, but it would also secure a source of spiritual metal for the sect in the long term!

If the Ascendant Frost Hall joined them, this would become even easier to do. Especially considering the fact that they could now be considered the strongest faction inside the Azure Sky Kingdom after the disappearance of Su Wuhan and the fast collapse of his kingdom.

Having to deal with the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wasteland was not something Xuan Hao was too worried about given the strongest that had appeared inside the Sky Empire so far was only in the Nascent Soul Realm.Where Stories Blossom: NvεlB¡n.

Not to mention, the Star Shattering Sect would have to deal with them when the Ascendant Frost Hall got destroyed any way, so why not just deal with it now and absorb the Ascendant Frost Hall in the process?

Not to mention, fighting and dealing with demonic cultivators was a perfect thing for training the disciples of the Star Shattering Sect!

After all, even if demonic cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm had appeared, they were still rare. The most common demonic cultivators appearing were all comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm or the Core Formation Realm. The perfect opponent for the disciples of the Star Shattering Sect!

Whoosh~

Having made up his mind on how to proceed with absorbing the Ascendant Frost Hall and turn the Azure Sky Kingdom into a place where the disciples of the sect could go to train in real life combat against demonic cultivators, Xuan Hao landed on ground before revealing himself-

"You-!?"

"An elder of the Star Shattering Sect?!"

Causing both elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall to jump up from shock after suddenly seeing someone appearing from the other side of the gate leading up to the Ninth Star Peak.

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Chapter 663 Elders From the Ascendant Frost Hall

"Who-!?"

"An elder of the Star Shattering Sect?!"

Hearing the surprised exclamation from the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao smiled slightly to himself as he felt a wave of happiness upon hearing one of the two addressing him as an elder instead of a disciple.

Given his young appearance compared to most elders, he had been mistaken for a disciple not only when outside, but also by the newer disciples of the Star Shattering Sect that had no idea who he was.

Then again… The reason why he was addressed as an elder, might have something to do with the fact that he managed to approach the two of them without any of them noticing before he had already appeared in front of them…

"Greetings elder, we are both elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall who have come here as representatives of our sect."

Quickly recovering from the shock of seeing Xuan Hao, the oldest one among the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall bowed his head as a show of respect. The remaining elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall also did the same after recovering from the shock of Xuan Hao suddenly appearing in front of them.

"We have come here to ask the Star Shattering Sect for help in dealing with the recent surge of demonic cultivators appearing from the Frozen Wasteland. In return, the Ascendant Frost Hall will be more than willing to join the Star Shattering Sect!"

Not wasting any time, the elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall directly told Xuan Hao the reason why they had come to the Star Shattering Sect.

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Having wanted to convince the elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall by himself, Xuan Hao froze for a short moment. Not really knowing what to say upon seeing both of the elders looking at him nervously.

Not expecting that the elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall would just outright tell him that he wanted to join the banner of the Star Shattering Sect in return for protection against the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wasteland.

"I understand, the Star Shattering Sect is indeed looking towards expanding in the direction of the Azure Sky Kingdom first… So, the Ascendant Frost Hall joining us would be a great thing."

Thinking about what to say for a moment before saying this, Xuan Hao looked towards the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall. Curious about what they would say after knowing that the Star Shattering Sect was already planning to expand into the Azure Sky Kingdom where their sect was located.

"This is great! If the Star Shattering Sect expands into the Azure Sky Kingdom and takes control over their territory along with our sect's territory, we will no longer have to worry so much about dealing with the constant invasion of demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands!"

"Haha, indeed! With a powerful sect like the Star Shattering Sect around, those demonic cultivators won't be able to cause any trouble!"

Contrary to the reaction he had expected from the elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall, the two elders happily exclaimed before excitement spread all over their faces. Looking like they had just escaped from the pits of hell and ascended into the heavens.

"…"

Just how bad is the current situation of the Ascendant Frost Hall…?

Not able to stop this thought from appearing after seeing how these to elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall acted in front of him, Xuan Hao felt curious about just what had happened to the Ascendant Frost Hall after the recent surge in demonic cultivators.

"Ah… Elder, we are sorry for our behaviour just now… We were just happy hearing that the Star Shattering Sect was willing to accept us. After all, the Ascendant Frost Hall is not a big sect and at most has a few experts at the Nascent Soul Realm…"

Realizing how disrespectful both of them had been in a moment of happiness, one of the two elders quickly calmed down before stepping forward to apologies to Xuan Hao with an awkward expression on his face.

"No need to worry about that, your happiness is understandable. For now, why don't we enter the sect and discuss the matter in more detail?"

Shaking his head not really caring about the behaviour of the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao decided to invite them inside the Star Shattering Sect to further discuss the matter about their sect joining the Star Shattering Sect.

Not only would he be able to awe them with just how splendid the Star Shattering Sect was developing over the past few years, but he would also be able to find Elder Song for help with discussing the proper terms with them.

The entire management thing and stuff like that was not really his thing…

"Haha! Elder, we are more than willing!"

"Yes!"

Nodding their heads happily as they agreed to what Xuan Hao said, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall soon made their way through the simple gate leading up the Ninth Star Peak together with Xuan Hao.

…

"This is-!?"

"The qi between heaven and earth is so rich here… No wonder the Star Shattering Sect managed to produce more than one Domain Lord…"

Stepping through the small gate that symbolized the start of the Star Shattering Sect, both elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help exclaiming loudly as they felt the change in the qi all around them the moment they stepped through the small gate and onto the path leading up the Ninth Star Peak.

"Elder Cui… This place is truly a heaven for cultivators, do you think we will have a chance to come here and cultivate after joining under the Star Shattering Sect?"

"Maybe… In normal circumstances of willingly joining a more powerful sect, there will be a chance for us to enter the main sect if we are strong enough. However, I have no idea about how the Star Shattering Sect operates..."

"Haa… Looks like we will only find out after joining them… I really want to come here to cultivate in the future…"

Walking up the path leading to the top of the Ninth Star Peak where the forest filled with spiritual herbs had been transformed into a massive spiritual herb garden, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall secretly chatted with each other through their divine sense while following behind Xuan Hao.

Not forgetting to look everywhere around them to take in the beautiful yet simple view of the Nine Star Peaks that slowly became visible the farther up they got.

"…"

Of course, none of the two were aware that their secret conversation was heard by Xuan Hao whose domain easily captured the conversation transmitted through their divine sense…

"This-!? Wh-what is this place?!"

Finally reaching the top of the Ninth Star Peak after a few minutes making their way up the mountain, one of the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall could not stop himself from saying this after seeing the massive spiritual herb garden that appeared in front of him stretching on for miles on end.

Although the entire Ninth Star Peak had not yet been completely covered due to just how large of a task it was to transform the entire Ninth Star Peak into a spiritual herb garden, a large chunk of it had already been transformed and this was more than enough to awe the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall

"This is the spiritual herb garden of the Star Shattering Sect. The different spiritual herbs used for alchemy or other things are grown here, as the Ninth Star Peak has the best environment for growing spiritual herbs among the different star peaks."

""…""

Not knowing what to say when they heard what Xuan Hao said, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall looked at each other with a similar quiet yet understanding expression on their face.

Joining the Star Shattering Sect would be the best thing the Ascendant Frost Hall would experience since its first ever Nascent Soul Realm Expert appeared in the past!

No matter what, they must do their absolute best to join the Star Shattering Sect!

Whoosh~

Not spending too much time on the Ninth Star Peak, Xuan Hao and the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall travelled through the recently constructed path going from the Ninth Star Peak to the Seventh Star Peak where the main sect of the Star Shattering Sect was located.

…

"So… This is the Star Shattering Sect…?" Unconsciously muttering this to himself when he witnessed the Star Shattering Sect slowly appearing in front of him, Elder Cui, the oldest person among the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, felt like he finally understood the difference between a sect with a Nascent Soul Realm backing and one with a Domain Lord Realm Expert.

Not only could he feel a terrifying aura from the centre of the sect in front of him that far surpassed the Nascent Soul Realm, but he could also sense several different experts in the Nascent Soul Realm far stronger than him sparring not too far away from the entrance of the sect itself.

"Elder Cui…"

"Calm down for now, let's follow the elder from the Star Shattering Sect and see just how strong a sect with more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert inside it is!"

Hearing his fellow elder nervously calling out to him, Elder Cui put on a strong front saying this through his divine sense, while deep down, he was extremely nervous about entering the Star Shattering Sect…

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Chapter 664 Nascent Soul Realm Disciple!?

"So many disciples in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm..."

"This is amazing..."

Watching the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall nervously following behind him as they kept looking around themselves, Xuan Hao could not help chuckling silently to himself as he felt proud seeing their reaction.

Not to mention the sheer number of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators present inside the Star Shattering Sect that they could feel through their divine sense, the strength of the disciples walking around chatting with each other was more than enough to amaze the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Back in their own sect, even a single disciple reaching the Core Formation Realm would be an amazing feat that would only happen once every few years... But just going through the entrance to the Star Shattering Sect on top of the Seventh Star Peak, they had already spotted more than a dozen such geniuses walking around chatting with each other.

From this alone, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall also realized that the disciples in the Core Formation Realm should not be the strongest disciples of the Star Shattering Sect and should at most be inner disciples!

This thought alone caused both of the elders to shiver when thinking about just how strong the core disciples of the Star Shattering Sect would be if the inner disciples had already reached the Core Formation Realm.

Would they have reached the Peak of the Core Formation Realm... Or maybe even the Nascent Soul Realm...?

Deciding not to think too much about this as they felt it would hurt their pride as elders standing at the top of a powerful sect, the two elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall quietly followed behind Xuan Hao as they made their way deeper inside the Star Shattering Sect.

Deep down, both of them were hoping that they would not end up meeting one of the core disciples of the Star Shattering Sect along the way-

"Master, I want to- Hm? Who are these two elders?"

However, their wishes were not heard, as a young man only a little over eighteen years old suddenly appeared in front of them with a stable aura that was close to reaching the Second Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

There really are disciples at the Nascent Soul Realm inside the Star Shattering Sect...

To think I would only be comparable to a disciple who looks like he is less than 20 years old... What was my cultivation over the last few hundred years for...?

Realizing that there were indeed disciples inside the Star Shattering Sect, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall felt like their pride as core elders had been damaged.

"Chu Yang? These two elders are from the Ascendant Frost Hall, a sect that is located in the Azure Sky Kingdom." Not carrying too much about the interesting expressions that appeared on the faces of the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall after seeing Chu Yang, Xuan Hao instead turned his attention towards Chu Yang. Wondering what he had come to him for.

Indeed, the young man who had appeared in front of them and shocked these two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall with his very clear Nascent Soul Realm cultivation base was none other than Chu Yang!

"I see... Another sect that's trying to join us." Nodding his head in understanding after hearing about the identity of the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Chu Yang began inspecting the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Ever since the establishment of the Star Shattering Sect, a large number of sects and other powers had come to the Star Shattering Sect from time to time wanting to join under the banner of the Star Shattering Sect.

However, as of now, there had not been any of these powers that had been invited up the Seventh Star Peak.Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

In a sense, it could be said that the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall were the first outsiders to enter the Star Shattering Sect!

"Ah! I almost forgot!"

Suddenly remembering the reason why, he had been looking for his master while inspecting the two Nascent Soul Realm Elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Chu Yang turned his attention back to his master-

"Master, just a few hours ago, Elder Song asked me to participate in one of the upcoming tournaments for new disciples as a judge over the next few days and I wanted to ask if master has any ideas on how to go about it... After all, it will be my first time joining a tournament as a judge..."

Completely ignoring the fact that there were two outsiders present, Chu Yang said this while looking towards his master filled with expectations.

"This is... You don't have to worry too much about it, acting as a judge is not too hard and at most you would have to interfere in case a battle gets out of hand." Hearing that Chu Yang would be doing something that only elders would normally do, Xuan Hao was surprised for a short moment before answering his question.

At the same time, Xuan Hao could not help feeling curious as to why Elder Song wanted Chu Yang to participate in one of his tournaments as a judge.

Perhaps Elder Song was already looking to help Chu Yang understand the responsibilities of an elder?

No matter what it was, Xuan Hao didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Chu Yang getting to meet the different elders and disciples of the sect.

Even if there were some responsibilities to being a judge during a tournament, with Chu Yang's cultivation realm having reached the Nascent Soul Realm, it would not be hard for him to interfere in case something happened in a battle between two Core Formation Realm disciples...

"Thank you master! I will keep your words in mind and try my best as a judge during the tournament!"

Whoosh~

Not staying around for much longer after listening to his master, Chu Yang used a movement technique before quickly disappearing towards the outer part of the sect where most of the tournaments and other competitions would normally take place.

From the looks of it, Chu Yang was going to help out with some of the preparations for the tournament before it started.

"Well then... Let's get going, we should at least finish up the matter of your sect before it gets dark!" Looking back towards the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall that had remained silent during his short exchange with Chu Yang, Xuan Hao said this before signalling for them to continue.

Nod Nod Nod~!

Not saying anything, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall obediently nodded their heads while secretly looking in the direction Chu Yang had disappeared in.

From the looks of it, these two had been rather shocked after meeting Chu Yang.

...

Knock Knock~

Reaching the core part of the Star Shattering Sect not too far away from the qi spring lake at the centre of the Seventh Star Peak, Xuan Hao came to a stop in front of a small courtyard before gently knocking on the door leading inside.

"Who is it- Grand Elder Xuan?! What brings you here?"

Soon emerging from the small courtyard Elder Song opened the door with a surprised expression on his face after seeing the person who had come, a curious Song Jia could be seen gazing over from further inside the courtyard.

"I came to discuss something regarding the future expansion of the sect... These two are both elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall who are looking to join our sect." Not beating around the bush, Xuan Hao directly stated his reason for coming while introducing the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall that were following behind him.

"Hm? Ascendant Frost Hall...? I understand, please come in." Showing an understanding expression after hearing where the two elders were from, Elder Song invited all three of them inside while secretly telling Song Jia to go over and spend some time with Zhu Fei through his divine sense.

Whoosh~

Entering Elder Song's courtyard, the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall grew even more nervous, both of them understanding that the future of their sect would likely be decided during the upcoming conversation.

"Well, for now, why don't you tell me about the current situation of the Ascendant Frost Hall?"

After everyone found a place to sit down, Elder Song was the first to speak as he looked towards the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall with a serious expression on his face.

Even standing at the side, Xuan Hao could not help chuckling in secret upon seeing Elder Song switch from his normal kind expression to one filled with extreme seriousness.

"Yes! The current Ascendant Frost Hall is-"

Taking the lead among the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Elder Cui quickly explained the current situation of the Ascendant Frost Hall. Allowing both Elder Song and Xuan Hao to understand just how bad things had gotten for this sect after the recent surge in demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands...

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Chapter 665 Ascendant Frost Hall's Unique Cultivation Mantra

"-And that is how it is… If things go on for any longer, there is no doubt that the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands will overwhelm us!"

After Elder Cui from the Ascendant Frost Hall explained the current situation of their sect to Elder Song and Xuan Hao, he nervously turned to look towards both of them. After all, given the current situation of the Ascendant Frost Hall that he had explained to them, the Ascendant Frost Hall had no time to discuss things slowly over a few months and instead needed help to deal with the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands as quickly as possible.

Even a few weeks were too long to wait, as the demonic cultivators would more than likely have destroyed half the Ascendant Frost Hal at that point in time… And that was only in the case that no stronger demonic cultivators appeared during this time!

"Hm… Given what I've heard about the recent surge in demonic cultivators together with what you are saying, things are indeed looking bad for your Ascendant Frost Hall…"

"Indeed! That's our main reason for coming here! Joining the Star Shattering Sect would allow us to not survive this ordeal and at the same time would also allow your sect to take control of the Azure Sky Kingdom more easily!"

Nodding his head upon hearing what Elder Song said, Elder Cui could not help stressing the matter of their reason for coming to the Star Shattering Sect, while also mentioning the benefits of them joining the Star Shattering Sect.

"…"

Silently watching Elder Cui and Elder Song start discussing about the matter of the Ascendant Frost Hall joining under the Star Shattering Sect, Xuan Hao could not help rolling his eyes before deciding to leave.

Even if he didn't understand the matter of absorbing a power like the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao still understood that the discussion between Elder Song and Elder Cui would not end any time soon.

For that reason, Xuan Hao decided to leave the two alone while going outside to do something else while waiting for the two to conclude their discussion.

Swish~

Similar to Xuan Hao, the remaining elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall also silently decided to leave the room during Elder Cui and Elder Song's discussion to silently sit down and cultivate in the small garden inside Elder Song's courtyard. Knowing that there was no place for him to join the discussion between Elder Song and Elder Cui.

"How curious…" Muttering this to himself as he gazed towards the second elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall that started cultivating, Xuan Hao could not help marveling at the uniqueness of the cultivation technique used-

Wait… Maybe the cultivation mantra of the Ascendant Frost Hall is unique enough to complete the sect quest!?

As this thought occurred to him while watching the second elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao felt like he had to get his hands on the cultivation mantra of the Ascendant Frost Hall before he left for the capital of the Sky Empire.

But… Knowing the speed that it would take for Elder Song to finish up everything and start officially taking in the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao understood that this matter would at least take a few months to complete!

Even if a group of elders at the Nascent Soul Realm were sent over to ensure that the Ascendant Frost Hall remained safe during this period of time, the different techniques and cultivation mantras of the Ascendant Frost Hall would most likely not enter the Great Library before he had already left for the capital of the Sky Empire…

Not to mention, the techniques and cultivation mantras of the Ascendant Frost Hall entering the Great Library of the sect would not count towards the completion of his sect quest!

From the looks of it, his only chance at being able to complete the sect quest before having to leave for the capital of the Sky Empire, was getting his hands on the cultivation mantra of the Ascendant Frost Hall. Now the only question that remained, was how…

Given that the Ascendant Frost Hall was going to join under the Star Shattering Sect, he could not really go and forcefully take away their cultivation mantra.

Taking it away secretly was not really an option either, as the Ascendant Frost Hall would likely learn about their cultivation mantra having been stolen and put into the Great Library at some point in the future…

"Hm… If none of that works, why don't I just visit the Ascendant Frost Hall personally and ask about it? With my strength, I should be able to set up some protection against the demonic cultivators coming from the Frozen Wastelands and convince them to give me their cultivation mantra…" Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao soon nodded his head.

"Yes, I will do it like that!"

Swish~

Having come up with a way to get his hands on the cultivation mantra of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao turned around and made his way back inside Elder Song's courtyard where Elder Song and Elder Cui were still energetically discussing with each other.

…

"-And then we can go along with- Hm?"

Suddenly seeing Xuan Hao reappear after having left just a few minutes earlier, both Elder Song and Elder Cui could not help stopping their conversation as both of them curiously turned to look towards him.

"Grand Elder Xuan? Is there something wrong?"

"Elder Song, I just thought about a way to deal with the Ascendant Frost Hall's immediate problem with the demonic cultivators and wanted to suggest that instead of using a large number of Nascent Soul Realm Elders to deal with the matter."

"Hm? Let's hear it then! If it can be done without sending a dozen or so Nascent Soul Realm Elders over, I will be more than happy to follow along with your suggestion!"

Narrowing his eyes in anticipation after hearing what Xuan Hao said, both Elder Song and Elder Cui gazed towards Xuan Hao, waiting for him to explain how he wanted to help the Ascendant Frost Hall with the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

"Instead of having a group of Nascent Soul Realm Elders go- I will go myself and deal with the matter!"

"Wha- Don't you have to leave for the sect alliance establishment in another few weeks?! How do you have time to deal with the matter of the Ascendant Frost Hall in this period of time?"

Showing a doubtful expression on his face after hearing that Xuan Hao would be going to the Ascendant Frost Hall himself, Elder Song could not help reminding him that he would be leaving for the capital of the Sky Empire in a few weeks.

With this in mind, there was no time for him to be going to the Ascendant Frost Hall and helping them deal with the surge in demonic cultivators. Even if he could go there for a week and keep things under control, he would still have to leave, and the Ascendant Frost Hall would soon enter into a state of crisis once again!

"Don't worry about it, I'm planning to leave a few things behind for the Ascendant Frost Hall to block out the demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands before leaving. Not to mention, I'm quite curious about the recent surge in demonic cultivators and also plan to have a quick look inside the Frozen Wastelands to see if I can find out anything about what is happening and see if I can stop it from affecting us.

After all, if things inside the Frozen Wastelands continue to escalate and the demonic cultivators coming out gets stronger and stronger, we will not only have to deal with demonic cultivators comparable to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

Reassuring Elder Song that he would properly deal with the matter of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao also told him about wanting to check out the situation of the Frozen Wasteland.

Although checking out the situation of the Frozen Wasteland was not originally a part of his plan and was only something he said to convince Elder Song, Xuan Hao did plan to do it, as he was curious about the current situation of the Frozen Wasteland…

"Hm… I understand, you can take the other elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall with you when going to the Ascendant Frost Hall… Me and Elder Cui will continue discussing the matter of them officially joining us."

Given the fact that he had already told Elder Song about the appearance of a terrifying demonic cultivator surpassing the strength of the Domain Lord Realm, Xuan Hao understood that Elder Song would not refuse his suggestion, so him agreeing with his suggestion did not come as a surprise.

Instead, the thing that caught Xuan Hao slightly off guard, was the fact that Elder Song asked him to bring the second elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall along with him… But then again, it would be far easier to explain his reason for showing up if he brought an elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall along with him…

"Thanks, I still have some matters to finish before leaving… So, with that in mind, I plan to leave for the Ascendant Frost Hall around tomorrow."

"Understandable, Elder Cui here should also want some time to discuss the matter with his fellow elder…"

As Xuan Hao and Elder Song talked with each other, Elder Cui had completely zoned out trying to figure out what Xuan Hao's identity was. Only when hearing his own name being called out did he realize both Xuan Hao and Elder Song were looking towards him.

"Y-yes!"

Not knowing what else to say, Elder Cui just answered with a simple nervous yes before seeing Xuan Hao turn to leave once again.

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Chapter 666 Danger Approaching the Ascendant Frost Hall!

Having already promised Qing Yi to teach her about strengthening her foundation just a few hours earlier, Xuan Hao decided to first do that before leaving together with the second elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall the next day.

The main reason why he wanted to leave as quickly as possible, was due to the fact that he didn't have long before he would have to leave for the capital of the Sky Empire.

Not only did he want to help the Ascendant Frost Hall stabilize the current border they had with the Frozen Wasteland, but he also wanted to investigate the reason behind the massive increase in demonic cultivators coming from there.

Of course, going into the deeper parts of the Frozen Wastelands where demonic the more powerful demonic cultivators in the True Demon Realm resided was not an option with his current strength.

Even if he reached the Soul Ascension Realm in the future, the deeper parts of the Frozen Wasteland were still an extremely dangerous place for a normal cultivator like himself. Especially considering the fact that most demonic cultivators had techniques that allowed them to devour their opponent's cultivation base…

Shaking his head as he thought about this, Xuan Hao soon returned to his palace before spending the rest of the day and the night preparing to teach Qing Yi before leaving for the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Spending a few hours to point her on the right path should be more than enough to ensure that she would be able to successfully enter the Nascent Soul Realm through a golden cloud tribulation, as for a unique cloud tribulation like the one Chu Yang went through… There was not any special way to prepare for it according to what he understood about the cloud tribulation so far…

"Well, then let's get started!"

"Yes, master!"

Having already prepared the day before, the matter of teaching Qing Yi did not take long at all. Especially considering that he had already grown extremely familiar with what was needed to properly strengthen someone's foundation in preparation to reach the Nascent Soul after the time he had spent guiding Chu Yang before his cloud tribulation.

Like this, a few hours quickly flew by with Xuan Hao teaching Qing Yi…

"Thank you for your guidance master! I will try my best to strengthen my foundation according to your teachings and break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"That's great! I have something important to do for the next few weeks, so it would be great if you could inform Bai Ning and Chu Yang about my absence when they return later today."

"Yes, I will make sure to do so master!"

"Then I will see you and the other two in a few weeks' time."

Whoosh~

Turning to leave directly after seeing Qing Yi nodding her head with a serious expression on her face and agreeing to inform his other two disciples, Xuan Hao jumped into the air before moving towards Elder Song's courtyard where the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall were staying.

…

Thump~

Landing inside Elder Song's courtyard where Elder Song and the two elders were already waiting for him, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly upon noticing the nervous expression plastered all over the faces of the two elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Even from a glance, he realized that the two of them should have already realized the fact that he was one of the Domain Lord Realm Experts from the Star Shattering Sect. Even if they didn't realize it before, they should at the very least have realized it after seeing him descending down from the sky before landing in front of them…

"G-Grand Elder Xuan, g-greetings…"

"No need to be that polite, we will be travelling together until we reach the Ascendant Frost Hall…"

Hearing the shaky voice of the second elder that would be travelling with him to the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao tried his best to ease up the atmosphere and stop the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall from shaking all over-

Rustle~!

Sadly, the second elder only started shaking even more violently as he didn't dare raise his head to look directly at him.

"…"

Not knowing what to say in such a situation, Xuan Hao turned towards Elder Song for help.

"Ehm! Every second maters as the Grand Elder won't be able to stay and help your Ascendant Frost Hall for more than a few weeks, so it would be best for both of you to set off as quickly as possible!"

Understanding what Xuan Hao meant, Elder Song walked up to the nervous elder and reminded him about the importance of the matter.

"Y-yes… Yes! I understand, I'm sorry for my earlier behaviour… It's just my first time ever meeting someone in the Domain Lord Realm, so I got quite nervous…" Suddenly realizing how he had acted, the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall quickly apologised before indicating that he was ready to leave.

"Well then, we will be leaving."

"Safe journey Grand Elder Xuan, I hope you can deal with the matter of the demonic cultivators in my sect!"

"Good luck, remember to inform me about the matter of the Ascendant Frost Hall when you return before you leave for the capital of the Sky Empire!"

Whoosh~

Hearing Xuan Hao was about to leave, both Elder Cui and Elder Song waved goodbye before Xuan Hao jumped into the air and began rapidly ascending to a proper flight height.

"Wait! How are we going to traaaaaaaa-"

Swish-!

Stunned for a short moment after seeing Xuan Hao suddenly flying into the air while leaving him behind, the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall was stopped mid-sentence, as he was suddenly pulled into the sky by Xuan Hao's domain.

""…""

Seeing this scene, both Elder Song and Elder Cui could not help looking at each other.

For some reason, both of them had a feeling that the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall would not be enjoying his time during the journey to the Ascendant Frost Hall…

…

"So, this is the Azure Sky Kingdom? There qi between heaven and earth is so much richer here compared to the Frozen Wasteland… But the yin qi here is close to none! The best way to cultivate in a place like this is devouring the cultivation and souls of cultivators or devour a large quantity of mortals!

Hehe… Luckily, it looks like the Azure Sky Kingdom has more than enough mortals to spare, I'm sure they won't mind if a few million go missing! Hehe!"

At the same time Xuan Hao started heading towards the Ascendant Frost Hall, a demonic figure appeared at the natural border in the shape of a mountain range that separated the Azure Sky Kingdom from the Frozen Wasteland.

It was also on top of this mountain range separating the Azure Sky Kingdom from the Frozen Wasteland that the Ascendant Frost Hall was located!

Swish~!

As a large pair of demonic wings appeared behind the demonic cultivator before he flew into the sky to cross the mountain range, the demonic cultivator suddenly came to a stop as he discovered the Ascendant Frost Hall that covered most of the mountain range separating the Frozen Wasteland from the Azure Sky Kingdom.

"Hm? Looks like there is a sect on the mountain range… Hehe~ Given that it's just some random sect at the borders of the Sky Empire, the strongest expert should at most be someone in the Ninth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm! Even if someone Half a Step into the Domain Lord Realm is really present, I can always escape through the air…

If I can devour an entire sect filled with cultivators, I should be able to break through to the Third Demonic Transformation and become a true expert in the outer region of the Frozen Wasteland! Not only that, but I will also be one step closer to becoming a true demon!"

As a sinister smile slowly appeared on the lips of the demonic cultivator that revealed itself to be a demonic cultivator that had reached the Second Demonic Transformation, comparable to the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, the demonic wings flapped gently as the demonic cultivator soon made its way towards the Ascendant Frost Hall.

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Given that the demonic cultivator didn't even bother hiding himself as he flew towards the Ascendant Frost Hall, the Nascent Soul Realm Experts of the Ascendant Frost Hall quickly discovered him approaching.

Swish-!

Swish-!

Swish-!

In a short time, several people rushed out from the Ascendant Frost Hall ready to face the approaching demonic cultivator charging towards them filled with killing intent.

Boom!

A powerful aura comparable to the Eighth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm also erupted from the centre of the Ascendant Frost Hall before an old woman with a solemn expression on her face appeared from the deepest part of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Even from a glance, it was obvious that this old woman was none other than the Sect Master of the Ascendant Frost Hall!

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Chapter 667 Frost Guardian Formation

"This demonic cultivator is far stronger than the rest. Even if it has not reached a realm comparable to the Domain Lord Realm, it should not be far off… Everyone! Get in position and get ready to mobilize the Frost Guardian Formation!"

As the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall appeared, she didn't waste any time before commanding the Nascent Soul Realm elders of the sect-

Whoosh-!

Not long after, a bluish shield emerged from the borders of the Ascendant Frost Hall before covering the entire sect. The Nascent Soul Realm elders each supported a part of this massive formation, while the sect master herself acted as the centre of the formation.

Fwoosh~

Boom!

Not only did the formation protect the Ascendant Frost Hall, but it also strengthened the sect master herself. Instantly allowing her strength to reach a brand-new realm with the support of the formation.

"Hah… To think I would be able to witness the might of the Frost Guardian Formation in my lifetime…" Muttering this to herself as she felt endless power surging through her body, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall turned to look up at the demonic cultivator that had momentarily stopped in the air above the sect after seeing the formation.

Swish~

Utilizing the formation to create small steps made of ice in the air, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost used these steps to move through the air before finding herself on top of the Frost Guardian Formation.

Although it was far from true flight that a Domain Lord Realm Expert was capable of, it was still more than enough to allow her to face off against the demonic cultivator floating in the air above her.

"How pathetic, this formation might allow you to reach my level for a short moment, but there is no way you will be able to defeat me! All this will do is prolong your own suffering!"

Not at all intimidated by the formation that emerged to protect the Ascendant Frost Hall and strengthened the sect master, the demonic cultivator sneered disdainfully while looking down at the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall using the formation to move through the air.

Knowing that there was no expert in the Half Step Domain Lord Realm or the Domain Lord Realm present inside the Ascendant Frost Hall, the demonic cultivator at the Second Demonic Transformation, there was no need for him to remain cautious!

"Well, let's see how strong this formation is!"

Not bothering to say any more words, the demonic cultivator dived down towards the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall that had emerged from the top of the formation.

BOOOOM!

The clash between the demonic cultivator from the Frozen Wastelands and the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall instantly caused a storm of destruction to ravage through the land not protected by the Frost Guardian Formation.

Not only did a few weaker demonic cultivators lurking nearby end up perishing due to this, but even a few disciples from the Ascendant Frost Hall that had no time to enter the sect in time ended up dying. Even a few mortal villages located far away from the mountain range were unlucky enough to get hit by large chunks of rocks that had been blown off from some of the mountains.

Whoosh-!

Not stopping at only a single attack, the demonic cultivator erupted with a terrifying killing intent as several terrifying attacks rained down on the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Boom-boom-boom!

I have to finish it before those leeches shows up!

Not wanting to risk another demonic cultivator with a similar strength showing up to take advantage of the situation, the demonic cultivator used all of his strength and went all out trying to kill the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

The faster he could kill the sect master, the faster he could destroy the formation.

Like this, he would be able devour the cultivators of the Ascendant Frost Hall within the shortest span of time. Reducing the risk of another demonic cultivator showing up to steal away part of his resources!

…

"The Azure Sky Kingdom changed quite a bit compared to the last time I was here…" Muttering this to himself as he flew through the air while looking down at the constant fighting happening everywhere below him, Xuan Hao felt quite surprised at just how chaotic the Azure Sky Kingdom had become since he last passed through it.

Not only were the ordinary mortals fighting each other over food, but the different cultivation clans and sects of the Azure Sky Kingdom were also fighting with each other for the spirit stone mines and other precious cultivation resources now that the king of the Azure Sky Kingdom was no longer around to supress them.

"Indeed… Things rapidly deteriorated over the past few months due to the recent surge in demonic cultivators.

Even if my Ascendant Frost Hall end up blocking most of the stronger demonic cultivators before they have a chance to enter the Azure Sky Kingdom, the sheer number of demonic cultivators make it impossible to stop all of them…"

Having calmed down after spending close to an hour screaming in fear, the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall respectfully responded to what Xuan Hao said to himself.

"That's true… Blocking the entire border between the Azure Sky Kingdom and the Frozen Wastelands is impossible with the Ascendant Frost Hall's current strength. Not to mention, the demonic cultivators can enter through other kingdoms bordering the Frozen Wasteland before making their way into the Azure Sky Kingdom…" Nodding his head before saying this, Xuan Hao turned his attention towards a fight taking place only a short distance away from them.

Ptsh!

"Haha! Just a little more and I will be able to undergo the first demonic transformation!"

Well… It was not much of a fight, as a demonic cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm was laughing madly while slaughtering a group of cultivators who were only in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

A few cultivators in the Core Formation did pass by and see this scene, but in the end decided not to help out as they quickly left without even thinking about working together to deal with the demonic cultivator.

Roaming freely around slaughtering mortals and cultivators alike, the current Azure Sky Kingdom is slowly turning into a paradise for these demonic cultivators…

Shaking his head as this thought occurred to him, Xuan Hao slowly raised his hand as a silver light danced around his fingers before shooting towards the madly laughing demonic cultivator in the distance.

"AHhhhhHHhh-!"

Only able to let out a painful scream, the demonic cultivator didn't even have time to react before his body and soul was reduced to dust by the silver light.

"…"

Watching this scene take place from the side, the second elder from the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help shivering as the fear he had felt when learning about Xuan Hao being a Domain Lord Realm Expert returned.

The reason for this fear was not due to killing the demonic cultivator, but more so the silver light that had killed it with such ease.

Not only did the silver light take no effort for Xuan Hao to make, but the second elder also understood that if he was standing in the place of the demonic cultivator, there was no doubt in his mind that he would have ended up just like the demonic cultivator!

For someone like him that had always been at top ever since reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, this feeling of someone being able to easily kill you without the slightest effort was completely new to the second elder.

"I can't kill all the demonic cultivators in the Azure Sky Kingdom, but at least I can kill those on the way." Shaking his head saying this, Xuan Hao seemed to not notice the expression on the face of the second elder.

"I-Indeed! Making sure no more demonic cultivators can enter is the most important. After that, cleaning up the ones left inside the Azure Sky Kingdom should only be a matter of time…" Calming down a bit after hearing what Xuan Hao said, the second elder nodded his head in agreement before looking into the distance where another demonic cultivator had appeared.

Whoosh~

However, just before he could say anything, the demonic cultivator in question turned into dust.

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Can you at least allow me to prepare myself first!?

Not able to silently curse at Xuan Hao for suddenly giving him a heart attack, the second elder decided to not look at the ground below before reaching the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Like this, Xuan Hao and the second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall continued their journey towards the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Any demonic cultivator that was unlucky enough to show up along the way would mysteriously turn into dust after being hit with a silver light that descended from the sky.

This not only shocked a lot of people but also gave rise to a lot of different legends about the origin of the silver light among both mortals and cultivators alike…

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Chapter 668 Terrifying New Enemy

Bang!

Barely managing to knock back the demonic cultivator that was trying its best to break through the Frost Guardian Formation protecting and strengthening her, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help frowning.

Fighting with the demonic cultivator was by no means something that she could continue doing. Even after fighting for only a few short minutes, she had almost fully exhausted the energy of the Frost Guardian Formation after forcing the demonic cultivator back just now.

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Hearing the mocking voice of the demonic cultivator before seeing him suddenly stop before looking back in the direction of the Frozen Wasteland that he had come from."

"This is… More demonic cultivators!?"

Looking in the same direction as the demonic cultivator, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help showing a look of despair upon noticing several demonic cultivators appearing in the distance. Even worse, all of them had a similar pair of wings indicating that they had at least reached the same realm as the demon she had barely been able to fight over the last few minutes with the help of her sect's formation.

Now that a group of these demonic cultivators appeared, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall understood very well that there would be no way for her to resist them. Even buying time for the elders and disciples to evacuate was not an option.

"…"

Knowing this, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help looking towards the entrance of the mystic realm that was located just outside the border of the Frost Guardian Formation.

Although not inside the formation itself, it would not be too hard to evacuate the sect inside the mystic realm without getting caught by the demonic cultivators. The only problem was… Other than the lucky disciple that had managed to find his way back out of the mystic realm, they had close to no knowledge of just how dangerous it was inside!

But then again… Entering the mystic realm for a chance at survival would be a far better option compared to dying at the hands of demonic cultivators!

Turning to look towards the demonic cultivator that had stopped attacking her and instead focused his attention on the approaching demonic cultivators, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall secretly contacted one of the Nascent Soul elders helping maintain the formation before instructing him to begin evacuating the disciples and elders into the mystic realm.

Whoosh~

Not daring to waste any time after hearing what the sect master said, the elder in question quickly stopped supporting the formation before starting to gather up the elders and disciples in preparation for entering the mystic realm when the formation broke.

In the end, this was the only time that they would be able to escape, as opening a small path in the formation for them to escape through would inevitably be a weak point that the demonic cultivator floating above could take advantage of.

At least, when the formation broke, it would obscure the divine sense and view of the sect and those inside for a short moment. Giving the disciples and elders time to escape into the mystic realm before the demonic cultivator could catch them-

BOOOM!

However, before anything more could happen, a loud explosion could be heard in the distance, as one of the demonic cultivators flying over suddenly exploded mid-air before turning into a stream of blood that quickly flew into the distance.

"Wha-!?"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Not even having enough time to comprehend what happened, both the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall and the cultivator she had been fighting watched with disbelief as the group of powerful demonic cultivators all exploded before turning into stream of blood that made their way back inside the Frozen Wasteland that the group of demonic cultivators had come from.

Swish~

Not a second later, a new figure appeared from the Frozen Wasteland before devouring the streams of blood that the group of demonic cultivators had turned into before smiling with ecstasy.

"Third… Third Stage of the Demonic Transformation!"

Before the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could say or do anything, the demonic cultivator in the air above the Ascendant Frost Hall muttered this to himself as a fearful expression appeared on his face.

Although he would have a chance to reach the Third Demonic Transformation after devouring the cultivators of the Ascendant Frost Hall, the demonic cultivator understood very well just how big the difference between the Second Demonic Transformation and the Third Demonic Transformation was.

Even if he had no clue about this, the fact that the other party had just casually killed a group of demonic cultivators in the Second Demonic Transformation Realm should be more than enough for him to understand…

Whoosh-!

Not daring to waste any time, the demonic cultivator directly used a forbidden technique before escaping in the opposite direction with a speed far surpassing what someone is his realm should be capable of.

Sacrificing some of his lifespan and cultivation base was a small price to pay if he could escape from his current life and death situation.

After all, the demonic cultivator understood better than anyone else what would happen if he got caught by the other party!

"This coward…"

Not knowing what to say after seeing how fast the demonic cultivator fled, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall smiled wryly as she turned her attention towards the terrifying demonic cultivator in the distance.

If he continues staying like this, I should have enough time to lower the formation and-

Whoosh-!

Before she even had time to finish her train of thought, the demonic cultivator that was still far away suddenly appeared a short distance away from the Ascendant Frost Hall.

"Want to try and escape like that little fellow? Don't worry, that won't be happening… Not to mention, I already placed a blood imprint on that little guy's body, so he won't be able to escape after I finish up devouring the blood of you little insects!"

Hearing the demonic voice of what could only be described as some sort of demonic creature that had crawled out from the abyss, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not stop herself from shivering fearful. Only now realizing that the person in front of her no longer resembled a human.

Although demonic cultivators who had reached the First and Second Demonic Transformation Realm could transform parts of their bodies for a certain period of time, they could not fully take on the form of a demon like a demonic cultivator in the Third Stage of the Demonic Transformation.

Not only could a demonic cultivator in the Third Demonic Transformation Realm keep himself transformed for longer, but the time that the transformation lasted would slowly increase the stronger the demonic cultivator grew.

After the demonic cultivator could permanently keep his demonic form active, he would be able to attempt breaking through to the True Demon Realm!

The demonic cultivator currently in front of the Ascendant Frost Hall had already reached this stage and could be considered at the final stage before the True Demon Realm!

Of course, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall had no idea just how strong the demonic cultivator in front of her was. All she knew, was that the demonic cultivator was more than strong enough to easily destroy her Ascendant Frost Hall!

"Well then, goodbye little human- Hm!?"

Just as the demonic cultivator was about to make his move and destroy the formation of the Ascendant Frost that had already started cracking apart due to the sheer amount of stress it had been under just earlier, he narrowed his eyes before turning to look in the direction that the demonic cultivator from earlier had just escaped in.

"Someone killed that demonic cultivator and erased my blood imprint!? To erase my blood imprint with such ease… The other party should at least be someone in the Seventh Stage of the Domain Lord Realm!"

"…"

Not daring to say anything as she heard what the demonic cultivator said, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help praying that the Domain Lord Realm Expert that the demonic cultivator mentioned would come over and deal with the demonic cultivator about to destroy her sect!

…

Ptsh!

Having just killed a demonic cultivator comparable to a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator using some sort of forbidden technique to escape from the direction of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he felt a powerful imprint left behind inside the body of the demonic cultivator.

Fwoosh!

Erasing the imprint with his domain, Xuan Hao narrowed his eyes before staring in the direction of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

Not to mention the person who left behind the imprint, even the demonic cultivator he had just killed should be more than strong enough to destroy a sect like the Ascendant Frost Hall!

"Looks like your sect might be in trouble, you should make your way over on your own, I will go ahead to check out what happened."

Whoosh-!

Not wasting any more time after saying this to the second elder and putting him down on the ground, Xuan Hao directly used the Drifting Cloud Steps before disappearing in the direction of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

"…"

The second elder of the Ascendant Frost Hall could only stare in the direction Xuan Hao had disappeared in with a confused expression plastered all over his face, still not fully understanding what had just happened.

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Chapter 669 Powerful Opponent! Third Stage Demonic Transformation Realm!

Using the drifting cloud steps, it did not take long for Xuan Hao to reach the perimeter of the mountain range that the Ascendant Frost Hall was located on.

"This is... A demonic cultivator at the Peak of the Third Demonic Transformation..." Discovering the demonic cultivator hovering in the air only a short distance away from the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao could not help frowning.

A demonic cultivator at the Peak of the Third Demonic Transformation Realm should be comparable to a Peak Domain Lord Realm Expert.

At his current realm, although he was close to the Peak of the Domain Lord Realm, Xuan Hao had no idea about just how well he would fare in an actual battle against an opponent at this realm.Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

To be honest, I'm starting to look forward to it...

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly. Ever since he reached the Eighth stage of the Domain Lord Realm, he had never gotten a chance to test out his strength properly against an opponent...

The demonic cultivator floating in front of the Ascendant Frost Hall was truly a perfect opponent to test out his current strength!

"So, you are the one that destroyed my imprint? If I devour your cultivation base, I'm sure I will have a chance to break through to the True Demon Realm!" Not bothering to hide his intentions of killing him and devouring his cultivation base, a sinister smile slowly appeared on the inhuman face of the demonic cultivator as he discovered Xuan Hao moving over.

"Indeed..."

"Hehe, this is great! I thought you might be someone more powerful... But from the looks of it, you have only reached the Eighth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm! Haha, killing you won't even take me more than a few seconds!"

"..."

Hearing the demonic cultivator suddenly laughing at him, Xuan Hao didn't bother talking with the other party-

Swish-!

Directly using the drifting cloud steps to close the distance between himself and the demonic cultivator before taking out his sword and slashing down towards the demonic cultivator with all his strength. Not bothering to try and probe the true strength of the other party, something that was common to do in fights to get a feel for the strength of one's opponent.

"Wait- Aaah-!"

BOOOM!

Not having expected for Xuan Hao to suddenly launch an all-out attack from the start, the demonic cultivator in the Third Demonic Transformation Realm could only cry out in pain as the sword cut into his flesh before trying to get to his soul.

ROAAR!

Letting out a primal roar as he felt the threat of death approaching, the demonic cultivator rapidly started growing in size while at the same time retreating in the direction of the Frozen Wasteland to attempt Xuan Hao from launching a follow up attack.

Bang!

"Y-you! How dare you attack me like that!"

Finishing his transformation and stopping the sword of Xuan Hao from getting to his soul, the demonic cultivator stared in the direction of Xuan Hao filled with killing intent. However, this time around the playful manner from earlier had completely disappeared.

From the earlier attack, the demonic cultivator understood that Xuan Hao would not be an easy opponent to deal with!

No... It would be more accurate to say that the demonic cultivator had no idea if it could even kill him!

"This should be far enough away from the Ascendant Frost Hall..." Looking in the direciton the demonic cultivator that had already retreated far into in the Frozen Wasteland due to his earlier attack, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of relief.

Given just how terrifying a battle between cultivator at the Domain Lord Realm was, Xuan Hao wanted to move the demonic cultivator away from the Ascendant Frost Hall to prevent it from getting accidently destroyed during their fight.

"But... How did he grow so big...?" Muttering this to himself as he made his way over towards the demonic cultivator, Xuan Hao could not help feeling amazed at the sheer size of the demonic cultivator after his transformation.

Not only had he grown to a size of around 30 meters, but he had also grown another pair of arms...

Swish-!

Knowing that he could not allow for the demonic cultivator to fully recover and come over to him, Xuan Hao made the first move as he moved toward the massive titan sized demonic cultivator.

Not bothering to think too much about the sudden size change and new arms of the demonic cultivator...

...

BOOOOOM-!

Feeling the aftershocks of the powerful sword attack from Xuan Hao when he forced the demonic cultivator back into the Frozen Wasteland, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help throwing up a large amount of blood as the Frost Guardian Formation slowly started crumbling away around her.

Although the power from Xuan Hao's sword slash was focused on the demonic cultivator, the tiny amount that leaked out and hit the formation of the Ascendant Frost Hall, was far too much for the formation to handle.

Crack~

Soon enough, the formation completely broke down. Revealing the haggard state of all the Nascent Soul Realm Elders who had been using their power to support the formation so far.

"This is a fight between Domain Lord Realm Experts..." Standing up after wiping away the blood around her lips, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help staring in the direction that the demonic cultivator and mysterious human Domain Lord had disappeared in.

Even in her current state, she still could not believe just what had happened today.

First the constant stream of demonic cultivators and then, when everything had finally started calming down again, a powerful demonic cultivator showed up and forced her to go all out and use the Frost Guardian Formation to fight back.

To make matters even worse, just when she was about to lose, an even more powerful demonic cultivator showed up!

This time around, she thought her sect was done for sure... But then a mysterious human Domain Lord showed up in the last second and began fighting the demonic cultivator.

Boom-boom-boom!

Just listening to the sounds constantly erupting from the Frozen Wastelands, she could easily imagine just how terrifying the battle was growing.

"At this point in time I don't even care anymore..." Muttering this to herself, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall laid down on the ground exhausted. Wanting nothing more than to return to her quiet days spent cultivating peacefully in seclusion without anyone coming to disturb her-

"SECT MASTER!"

"..."

Hearing the loud voice calling out for her, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall could not help cursing at the heavens inside her head.

Swish~

"What is it...?"

Turning her head in the direction of the loud voice, the sect master was not even surprised upon seeing the second elder suddenly appearing in front of her.

"Sect Master... Is something wrong...?"

"No, I just exhausted my dantian and nascent soul and need some time to recover... By the way, why are you here?" Coming up with an excuse for her current situation of lying like a dead fish on the ground without moving a single muscle, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall asked this.

From what she remembered, the second elder should be making his way to the Star Shattering Sect to ask for assistance and...

"Ah... Is the Domain Lord Realm Expert perhaps one of the Domain Lords from the Star Shattering Sect?"

"Yes..."

Not even giving the second elder any time to answer her question, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall quickly put two and two together and figured out the identity of the Domain Lord that had come to her rescue.

"Wait... If a Domain Lord from the Star Shattering Sect is here... You succeeded!?"

"Well, yes, but-"

Swish-!

BANG!

Interrupting the second elder before he had a chance to talk, a massive demonic looking arm suddenly came flying through the air before landing a few meters away from both of them. Looking closer it could clearly be seen that the demonic arm had been cleanly sliced off in one move.

"It looks like the Domain Lord from the Star Shattering Sect is winning... Or at the very least, he should be doing quite well..."

"Indeed, Grand Elder Xuan can be considered the strongest person in the Star Shattering Sect according to what I learned so far!"

"Grand Elder Xuan?"

"Yes! Grand Elder Xuan is-"

Swish-!

BANG!

Once again, the second elder was interrupted mid-sentence, as another arm came flying through the air before landing a short distance away from where the first had landed.

"Maybe we should move away from the sect for the moment until Grand Elder Xuan finishes his fight..."

"Sound like a great idea sect master..."

Coming to an agreement, the sect master and the second elder both made their way towards where the rest of the elders and disciples had gathered before starting to move away from the place where the fighting between Xuan Hao and the demonic cultivator was taking place.

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Chapter 670 Strength of a Third Stage Demonic Transformation Realm Cultivator

Boom-boom-boom!

Not aware of what was happening back at the Ascendant Frost Hall after he had left, Xuan Hao could not help frowning while looking at the demonic cultivator standing over 30 meters tall in front of him.

Wiggle~

Along with a creepy sound, a new arm sprouted forth from the area he had just cut one arm off a few seconds earlier.

The thing in question that frustrated him was the fact that after already cutting off one of the demonic cultivator's arms twice, the demonic cultivator almost instantly managed to grow them back without showing any signs of being exhausted by regrowing two large arms.

He already understood that the main strength of a demonic cultivator was their physical strength… But he had not expected for their recovery rate to reach such a terrifying level after reaching the Third Demonic Transformation Realm.

Even after fighting for a few minutes, Xuan Hao could not find a way to kill the demonic cultivator in front of him…

Maybe I can try and use the combined power of my ice and sword domain…?

Keeping an eye on the demonic cultivator as this thought occurred to him, Xuan Hao could not help shaking his head.

The fact that his two domains were still only partially merged together, meant that he currently had no way to control the force of his two domains after forcefully merging them together into an attack.

Not only had he not tried doing something like that before, but it would also be dangerous for him if the power ended up backfiring-

Bang!

Barely manging to block the four massive fists of the demonic cultivator attacking him, Xuan Hao was forced to end his train of thought and focus on fighting the demonic cultivator.

Swish~!

Ptsh-!

Directly using the Earth Splitting Sword to cut off another arm!

ROAR!

Wiggle~

Not bothered by losing an arm, the demonic cultivator let out a primal roar before his arm grew back and he once again attacked Xuan Hao with all his strength!

…

As the fight between Xuan Hao and the demonic cultivator continued over the next half hour with no clear winner, the damage caused by their fight was slowly starting to spread towards the direction of the Ascendant Frost Hall, something Xuan Hao had tried to avoid happening.

After all, not to mention the Ascendant Frost Hall, the entire Azure Sky Kingdom might end up getting destroyed if their fight moved to the mountain range where the Ascendant Frost Hall was located.

At that point in time, even if the people from the Ascendant Frost Hall had evacuated, they would not be able to stay safe due to just how widespread the destruction of a battle between experts in the Domain Lord Realm was… And that was not considering the fact that both Xuan Hao and the demonic cultivator's strength were far above that of a normal Domain Lord…

Rumble-!

With Xuan Hao and the demonic cultivator slowly getting closer and closer to the Azure Sky Kingdom, the impacts of their attack caused earthquakes in all direction.

"What is happening!? Is the sky going to collapse!?"

"Dad… What is that big arm over there?"

"God… The gods are fighting!"

Although weak when they reached the borders of the Azure Sky Kingdom, they grew stronger and stronger, causing the mortals to start panicking.

After more time passed and the earthquakes became more violent, the cultivators started noticing the fight taking place in the Frozen Wastelands.

"So powerful… The people fighting should be above the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"To think experts at this level are fighting so close by, I hope they won't end up getting any closer to the Azure Sky Kingdom…"

"Maybe I should escape in the direction of the Star Shattering Sect, it should be safe with more than one Domain Lord protecting it. Even if those two fighting end up reaching the Azure Sky Kingdom, there is no way they would carelessly offend a sect with more than one Domain Lord!"

Part of them started praying that the fight wouldn't end up reaching the Azure Sky Kingdom, while some cultivators decided escaping in the direction of the Star Shattering Sect. Hoping the two experts fighting wouldn't dare wantonly cause chaos inside the territory of a powerful sect with more than one Domain Lord.

Whatever their reaction was, all of them were similarly filled with fear looking in the direction of the Frozen Wasteland where the fight was taking place. Deep down, they understood that they wouldn't be able to escape in time if the fight was truly moving in the direction of the Azure Sky Kingdom!

…

"What in the world is happening at our border with the Frozen Wasteland. Don't tell me… Did a powerful demonic cultivator perhaps show up!?"

At the same time both mortal and cultivators of the Azure Sky Kingdom were panicking due to the aftershocks of the battle between Xuan Hao and the demonic cultivator starting to affect them, a middle-aged man sitting inside a large flying ship not too far away from the Azure Sky Kingdom could not help frowning as he looked down at the artifact in front of him.

"General Liu! Did something happen- Wha-what is this energy reading!?"

Walking over after hearing the loud voice, one of the soldiers who had been standing guard at the door could not help exclaiming in surprise after seeing the energy reading displayed on the artifact, while at the same time also giving away the identity of the middle-aged man as none other than one of the Domain Lords from the Sky Empire that had explored the secret realm before its collapse.

If Xuan Hao was here, it would not be hard for him to realize that General Liu was not only fine after escaping from the secret realm, but his strength had even increased to the Fourth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm!

"Looking closer, it looks like there are two people and they should be fighting…" Muttering this to himself, General Liu could not help frowning.

The fact that two powerful people had appeared from the Frozen Wasteland was not a good thing, as the only thing coming from the Frozen Wasteland would be demonic cultivators!

Even if the Sky Empire could deal with them, it would still take time to do so. During this period of time, there was no saying just how much destruction two demonic cultivators would be able to do.

Luckily, both of them started fighting before entering the Sky Empire… Or else there would have been no way to notice them with this artifact…

Shaking his head as he thought about this, General Liu didn't waste any time to take out a high-quality communication talisman and informing his superior about it.

"Everyone get ready, we are moving to the Azure Sky Kingdom, it should be the place that the demonic cultivators will enter from!"

Finished informing his superior about the emergency, General Liu didn't waste any time before heading towards the Azure Sky Kingdom to keep an eye on the demonic cultivators that were about to enter the territory of the Sky Empire.

Given his current strength, General Liu understood that there was no way for him to interfere in the battle… But with the help of the flying ship, he would still be able to escape in case anything happened.

Of course, there was no way for him to tell that one of the "demonic cultivators" fighting was in fact not a demonic cultivator!

…

BOOOM-!

Blocking the attack of the demonic cultivator with a wall of ice made through his ice domain, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he looked back and saw the mountain range of the Ascendant Frost Hall getting closer and closer.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Looks like I will have to use try and fully merge the power of my ice and sword domain if I want to have a chance at killing this demonic cultivator…

Feeling his frown deepening even further as he thought about this, Xuan Hao could not help feeling fearful thinking about what would happen in case it backfired, and he ended up wounding himself.

Although he should be able to escape, the Azure Sky Kingdom and anything nearby would most likely end up getting devoured by the demonic cultivator in front of. Including the territory of the Star Shattering Sect!

Well… Except the Shattered Star Peaks that was protected by the Chaotic Qi Formation…

But then again… If he continued fighting with the demonic cultivator without making any progress in finding another way to kill him, they would eventually end up reaching the territory of the Star Shattering Sect and everything would end up getting destroyed from their battle…

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao decided to give merging the power of his two domains together fully into a single domain.

As for waiting for the Sky Empire to show up to deal with the demonic cultivator? Xuan Hao didn't count on it happening any time soon. After all, the demonic cultivator was still not in the True Demon Realm and couldn't really be considered a threat to the Sky Empire…

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Chapter 671 Descend of the Ice God's Sword

Having made up his mind, Xuan Hao focused his attention on his partially merged domain. Even though his ice domain and sword domain had not yet fully merged together, he could still clearly feel how much the power of his domain had increased after the partial merger.

Fully merging his two domains together into one, the power of his domain would surly reach a brand new level that would allow him to break through the though defences of the demonic cultivator and kill him!

Swish-!

Not wasting any time, Xuan Hao directly forced his ice and sword domain to merge together. Instantly causing a violent ice storm to engulf the area over five miles around him.

Not only did the ice storm created by him fully merging his two domains together fully end up freezing everything around him, but the demonic cultivator standing no more than a few hundred meters away from him was also swallowed up by the violent ice storm-

BOOOOM-!

Directly forcing him to erupt with a power demonic energy that protected his physical body and resisted the ever-present ice qi from the violent ice storm. Preventing it from entering his body and freeze his soul.

Shing~!

However, the ice storm manifesting was not the end, as an even more terrifying sea of swords emerged with Xuan Hao at the centre before merging together perfectly with the ice storm to create a massive domain spanning five miles in all directions!

The domain not only froze everything it came in contact with, but the sea of swords hidden within the ice storm also sliced through everything it came into contact with.

Ptsh!

Ptsh!

Ptsh!

Having to deal with both an endless sea of swords cutting into him together with the ice qi trying to invade his body and freeze his soul, the demonic cultivator quickly began losing control of his body as the combined might of the ice and sword domain was far too much for him to resist!

ROAR!

Whoosh-!

Knowing that he would not be able to last inside Xuan Hao's domain for long, the demonic cultivator was not stupid enough to stay and decided to escape in the opposite direction of Xuan Hao. Wanting to leave the domain as quickly as possible.

"Think I will let you escape that easily!?"

Feeling the strain on his soul from forcefully merging his ice and sword domain together into a single domain, Xuan Hao understood that he wouldn't be able to keep up his current state for a long time.

In such a situation, there was no way he was going to let the demonic cultivator run away and wait for him to run out of energy!

BOOOM-!

Barely managing to control his now massive domain, Xuan Hao forcefully formed a massive pair of ice hands to grab hold of the large body of the demonic cultivator trying to escape before forcing him to the ground.

RUMBLE-!

"ROAR! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME! I WILL TEAR YOU APART WHEN I GET FREE!"

Understanding that his life was at risk, the demonic cultivator roared angrily on the ground while trying to free himself from the grasp of the massive pair of ice hands formed by Xuan Hao's domain.

Crack~

Given just how strong the demonic cultivator was, it did not take more than a few seconds for him to start weakening the massive hands formed by Xuan Hao's domain as several cracks began forming all over them. Showing that they would break apart at any moment and free the demonic cultivator.

"Hmph!"

However, Xuan Hao already predicted this and by the time the demonic cultivator was just about to break free from the giant ice hands, as a massive sword of ice over a dozen meters in height rapidly started forming above the demonic cultivator.

BOOM!

Erupting with even more strength than before to break free from the ice hands, the demonic cultivator's entire body shone in a bright crimson colour as the cracks on the pair of ice hands holding him in place rapidly began expanding before-

BANG!

Shattering under the might of the demonic cultivator!

"HAHA! FINALLY FREE AGAIN!"

Laughing loudly after freeing himself, the demonic cultivator was just about to escape from Xuan Hao's domain when he suddenly looked up and felt a shiver run down his spine.

Having been too focused on trying to break free from the giant pair of ice hands holding him in place on the ground and due to Xuan Hao doing his best to hide the presence of the sword with his domain, the demonic cultivator didn't notice when the massive sword that was now hanging above him filled with killing intent had formed.

Shing-!

Not giving the demonic cultivator any time to react after breaking free from the restraints of the massive pair of ice hands, the ice sword hanging in the air above the demonic cultivator quickly descend. Carrying the power of the perfectly merged ice and sword domain along with it!

"DAMN YOU!"

Using all his strength to form a crimson barrier to block the descending sword, the demonic cultivator could not help cursing at Xuan Hao as he watched the sword hit his crimson barrier.

BOOOOOOOOM-!

Barely lasting for a little over a second against the power of the descending sword of ice, the demonic cultivator could not help screaming out in pain as the sword broke through his crimson barrier and directly pierced through his massive body and reached his soul.

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Although the pain he felt only lasted for a short moment before he was killed by the sword, this short moment felt like an eternity, as the pain from having his soul frozen before being cut into a million pieces by the power of the ice sword was far more terrifying compared to any torture he had ever practiced over his long years as a demonic cultivator.

Following the death of the demonic cultivator, the sword no longer had anything blocking its path and directly pierced into the ground below-

RUMBLE-!

Piercing a few meters into the ground, the surrounding area shook violently as everything within a hundred miles of the impact zone was instantly transformed into a frozen hell with anything inside being frozen to death.

"STOP!"

Feeling that the frozen hell created by the ice sword was still expanding as the ice sword moved deeper into the ground, Xuan Hao used all his strength to stop the ice sword from piecing any further into the ground.

BOOM!

As the ice sword stopped piercing further into the ground, the frozen hell created by it stopped expanding.

At this point in time, the frozen hell had already expanded to cover hundreds of miles in all directions around it and was only a few miles away from where the Ascendant Frost Hall was located.

"To think the strength of perfectly merging two domains together is this powerful... If I'm not wrong, the strength of this attack should have reached the Soul Ascension Realm..." Muttering this to himself as he exhaustedly sat on top of the ice sword after having stopped the ice sword from causing any further damage, Xuan Hao could not help marveling at the strength of the combined power of his two domains.

Even if he had ended up exhausting almost all of his strength for only a single attack, the power of that single attack was far stronger than any attack he had learned so far.

"Hm... I will call it Descend of the Ice God's Sword..."

Coming up with a new name for his new move, Xuan Hao could not help chuckling to himself as he soon stood up before leaving in the direction of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

The frozen hell created by his attack was not really anything Xuan Hao cared about clearing up as it was located inside the Frozen Wasteland.

Thinking a bit further about it, the frozen hell created by using his first ever personal technique, Descend of the Ice God's Sword, would serve as a barrier preventing the demonic cultivators of the Frozen Wasteland from entering the Azure Sky Kingdom and any of the kingdoms close to the Azure Sky Kingdom that similarly bordered the Frozen Wastelands.

In the end, it looked like Xuan Hao had ended up creating a barrier that would keep the Ascendant Frost Hall safe from the demonic cultivators of the Frozen Wasteland by accident...

On one side, this was really not something Xuan Hao expected to happen... But on the other hand, this would give him a lot more time to explore the Frozen Wasteland and look for the reason why the demonic cultivators became so active all of a sudden.

Of course, exploring the Frozen Wasteland would have to wait until he met with the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall and got his hands on their unique cultivation mantra for his sect quest!

Even if he wanted to explore the Frozen Wasteland, completing the sect quest that would help increase his strength took priority.

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Chapter 672 Meeting the Sect Master of the Ascendant Frost Hall

Arriving at the border between the Sky Empire and the Frozen Wasteland only a short time after Xuan Hao had finished his battle with the demonic cultivator, General Liu could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine as he stared out into the frozen hell that had been created by Xuan Hao's new technique that perfectly merged together the power of both his ice and sword domain.

Even standing far away from the frozen hell created by the ice sword that was still present in the Frozen Wastelands, General Liu could very clearly feel the terrifying power contained inside of it.

Domain Lord or not, General Liu felt like his life would be in danger if he carelessly stepped inside the frozen hell in front of him!

"What in the world is this!? G-General… Do you really think this was left behind by the battle of two demonic cultivators in the Third Demonic Transformation Realm…? To me it feels more like-"

"Quiet! You should know what it would mean for our Sky Empire if an existence at that level appeared! Not to mention… The one who caused this scene should have come from the Frozen Wastelands!

Hearing the fearful voice of one of his subordinate standings at the deck of the flying ship, General Liu recovered from his momentary daze before reprimanding his subordinate for his careless words.

"I… I understand general, I will be more careful with my words…"

Knowing that he had made a mistake earlier, the soldier in question quickly apologised before retreating back to avoid accidently saying something stupid again.

"I will have to inform his majesty about this! Everyone! Stay here and keep watch over the Frozen Wasteland. Report to me if anything abnormal happens!"

Whoosh!

Not wasting any time after understanding just how serious things were, General Liu rushed back inside the Flying Ship to inform the current emperor of the Sky Empire about what had taken place in the Frozen Wasteland.

After all, given the fact that it might involve someone above the Domain Lord Realm, the emperor had to be personally informed!

"…"

Being left alone to watch over the Frozen Wasteland, the group of soldiers who had barely reached the Nascent Soul Realm could not help looking fearfully at each other before looking in the direction of the eerily quiet frozen hell that now spread as far as they could see with their limited strength.

The thought of it being done by a True Demon Realm demonic cultivator kept echoing in their minds!

What had taken place in the Frozen Wastelands was sure to cause waves in the Sky Empire. Even more so considering the very real prospect of a possible True Demon Realm demonic cultivator appearing to cause chaos!

…

It looks like the people from the Ascendant Frost Hall made it quite far away from their sect. Well… Given the fact that more than three of the arms I cut off landed in their sect, this should have been a good idea.

If I ended up accidently killing one of their elders or disciples with one of the arms I cut off, I really would have no idea how to ask them for their core cultivation mantra…

Shaking his head as he thought about this while flying in the direction of the members of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao could not help looking forward to getting his hands on their cultivation mantra and officially completing the sect quest.

Swish-!

Given his current speed, Xuan Hao did not need long to reach the fleeing members of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

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Using his divine sense to scan through the group of Ascendant Frost Hall elders and disciples below him, Xuan Hao could not help exclaiming in a slightly surprised voice after noticing that almost everyone except a few exhausted elders had close to no injuries.

The only person among them that was in a bad situation was an old lady at the Eighth Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

However, she should be able to fully recover by herself with enough time.

All things considered; it looked like the Ascendant Frost Hall had suffered close to no damage when it came to their core fighting power!

To be honest, Xuan Hao had not expected this and thought that the sect master and a few of the Nascent Soul Realm elders might have ended up perishing due to being forced to fight off a powerful demonic cultivator by themselves before having resist the remnant power of him knocking the Third Stage Demonic Transformation Realm demonic cultivator further inside the Frozen Wastelands.

The fact that none of the powerful elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall had ended up dying was great news for Xuan Hao.

Swoosh~

Not thinking about it anymore, Xuan Hao slowly began descending towards the group of disciples and elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall.

"Who is it!?"

"Look! Someone is flying!"

"Not only that, but that person is descending down towards the direction of the sect master!"

Not hiding his presence as he slowly descended down towards the area where the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall was slowly trying to recover her strength, both the disciples and elders of the Ascendant Frost Hall spotted him.

Thump~

"""…""""

Landing on the ground, none of the elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall dared saying anything. Only barely working up the courage to stand around their sect master for protection.

"Grand Elder Xuan!"

However, just as things were starting to get tense, a voice called out from behind the group of elders before the second elder made his way to the front with a happy expression on his face. Rendering the elders speechless and wondering what kind of connection the unfamiliar person who had just descended from the sky had to do with their Second Elder.

"Second Elder, do you know who this is- Wait, is this perhaps the Domain Lord from the Star Shattering Sect!? I'm sorry for my earlier rude behaviour, this little one is known as Frozen Flower and is currently the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall!"

Bang!

About to ask the Second Elder who the person was, the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Frozen Flower, quickly put realized Xuan Hao's identity before the Second Elder even had a chance to say anything. Not wasting any time to prostrate herself in front of Xuan Hao by smashing her head into the ground…

"No need, I'm just here to inform you that the demonic cultivator has been dealt with and its fine for you to return to your sect…"

Not knowing what to say when an old woman looking like she was half a step into the grave with a young sounding name like Frozen Flower almost smashed her head into the ground trying to apologies for what was essentially nothing, Xuan Hao felt a shiver run down his spine as he quickly motioned for the old lady to get up.

"Yes, your excellency!"

"…"

Feeling a bit worried when he saw that the old woman had actually started bleeding from her forehead, Xuan Hao could not help feeling like the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall might have some sort of problem.

Even the elders standing at the side were looking a bit worried after seeing the actions of their sect master…

"Ahm… Grand Elder Xuan, is there perhaps anything else you want to say…?" Understanding that it would not be good for his sect master if Xuan Hao kept staying around, the Second Elder quickly said this while signalling Xuan Hao with his eyes for help, his fear from earlier when he had flown with Xuan Hao completely gone.

"Yes, other than dealing with the powerful demonic cultivator, I have also finished dealing with the problem of the increasing number of demonic cultivators from the Frozen Wastelands!"

"Really!?"

Hearing what Xuan Hao said, one of the elders could not stop himself from asking. After all, since the creation of the Ascendant Frost Hall, they had always had to deal with the constant harassment of demonic cultivators preventing them from ever expanding their territory beyond the mountain range that their sect had been created on top of.

"Yes, you don't have to worry about any demonic cultivators invading your sect in the near future!"

Nodding his head as he reconfirmed what he had just said, Xuan Hao felt the way that the elders and disciples looked towards him changed from one of initial fear due to his unexpected arrival to one of awe and admiration.

Even the weaker disciples of the Ascendant Frost Hall that were only in the Qi Condensation Realm very clearly understood just how much it would affect their sect that they would no longer have to dedicate most of their resources and people towards dealing with the constant harassment of the demonic cultivators.

The elders understood this even more, as they would finally have time to properly focus on cultivating instead of fighting demonic cultivators all the time!

After all, even if fighting was a good way to hone one's strength, one would still need a quiet place and time to cultivate and breakthrough. Only rarely would someone be able to break through while fighting!

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Chapter 673 The Ascendant Frost Scroll

Knowing that the second elder had likely already explained what had taken place in the Star Shattering Sect to his sect master during their escape from their sect, Xuan Hao decided to ask the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall for their core cultivation…

"You want our core cultivation mantra…?"

Not able to stop herself from frowning as her face became serious after hearing what Xuan Hao said, Frozen Flower thought hard about what he said.

Considering that we really join the Star Shattering Sect, this probably going to happen anyway at some point in time. Not to mention, the cultivation mantras of the Star Shattering Sect should be far stronger than ours and our cultivation mantra should not hold any real use for them outside of being a bit unique compared to ordinary cultivation mantras… The reason the Grand Elder is asking for it might not be to get his hands on our cultivation mantra, but instead a way for him to show how supportive and willing we are when it comes to joining the Star Shattering Sect to the rest of the elders of the Star Shattering Sect!

After all, considering he travelled all the way here together with the Second Elder, he should be the main reason why the Star Shattering Sect wants us to join them!

"Here! This is my Ascendant Frost Hall's core cultivation mantra, The Ascendant Frost Scroll!"

Not realizing that her thought process was a bit messed up as she nodded her head with an understanding look on her face, Frozen Flower took out an ancient looking scroll before handing it over to Xuan Hao without the slightest bit of unwillingness present on her face.

"… Thank you…"

Not knowing what else to say as the current sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall willingly handed over her sect's core cultivation mantra without any resistance, Xuan Hao felt that the entire things was a bit too easy… But then again, he had just saved their entire sect from destructions, so some veneration and adoration from their elders and disciples were expected.

The only thing that was unexpected, was that the one who seemed to admire and respect him the most was not the young disciples, but instead the old sect master…

"Well then… I will get going, someone should be coming to visit your sect soon to discuss the matter about officially joining."

Swish~

Not staying around for any longer after saying this due to the increasingly weird gaze he felt from the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall, Xuan Hao rapidly flew away with the core cultivation mantra of the Ascendant Frost Hall in hand.

"""…"""

Having watched the entire scene of their sect master handing over their core cultivation mantra without any resistance or questions, the rest of the elders from the Ascendant Frost Hall had no idea what to say.

For now, they could only pray that joining the Star Shattering Sect would allow their Ascendant Frost Hall to grow stronger. Maybe, they would even be able to take command over the entire Azure Sky Kingdom and manage it for the Star Shattering Sect!

…

Leaving the elders and disciples of the Ascendant Frost Hall to make their way back on their own, Xuan Hao began making his way back towards the Frozen Wastelands where he had fought the demonic cultivator just a few minutes earlier.

As for returning to the sect to complete the sect mission for gathering unique cultivation mantras, Xuan Hao decided to wait with that until after he had investigated the Frozen Wastelands and what might have caused the sudden surge in demonic cultivators.

Given that he had already managed to kill a demonic cultivator at the Third Demonic Transformation Realm, Xuan Hao didn't worry too much about encountering any strong demonic cultivator during his short trip to the Frozen Wasteland.

If he really ended up encountering a demonic cultivator at the True Demon Realm so close to the border of the Sky Empire, he could always try and escape back inside the Sky Empire and try to stay alive until the Soul Ascension Realm Experts from the Sky Empire showed up.

Even if they might tolerate a demonic cultivator at the Third Demonic Transformation Realm, as the damage such a demonic cultivator could cause to an empire was limited and the fact that such a demonic cultivator could be used to help temper their Peak Domain Lord Realm Expert, the same could not be said for a True Demon Realm Expert!

The only reason that Xuan Hao even felt that he was confident in escaping from a True Demon Realm Expert, was due to his drifting cloud steps.

Although he had yet to fully master it, if he truly went all out using it with his current level of spatial manipulation, he could archive a somewhat accurate short distance teleportation with each step. Even if it was not a hundred percent accurate, it would still allow him to cross a distance of a thousand miles at a speed far exceeding anything normally possible in the Domain Lord Realm.

Whoosh~

With all of this in mind, Xuan Hao was not at all worried about dying if he ended up encountering a True Demon Realm Expert as he passed the border between the Azure Sky Kingdom and the Frozen Wastelands.

If worst came to pass, he could always turn around and escape back towards the Sky Empire and wait for the Soul Ascension Realm Experts to come and deal with the problem for him!

Not to mention, after having used the Descend of the Ice God' Sword to kill the Third Demonic Transformation Realm demonic cultivator, Xuan Hao was really curious about just how strong an expert in the Soul Ascension or True Demon Realm was and how they would fare against his attack…N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

After all, at this point in time, he had yet to ever meet an expert who had reached the Soul Ascension Realm!

…

"So… Something that troublesome happened at the border with the Frozen Wasteland… And just when the sect alliance is about to be established of all times…"

At the same time Xuan Hao was making his way back into the Frozen Wasteland, a refined yet regal older man sat on top of a majestic throne as he gazed thoughtfully towards the communication talisman placed right beside him before turning towards a person dressed in a full plate of metal armour made from spiritual metal of the highest grade found in the Sky Empire respectfully standing beside him without saying a single word.

"…"

The invisible pressure created by the gaze from the one on top of the throne seemed to cause a shiver to run down the man's spine as he felt like his soul was about to get squished to death by some unknown force.

"Go to General Liu and check out the situation of the Frozen Wastelands for me. Remember to keep a lookout for any of the churches. After all, even if they might be fighting with each other on the surface, there is no way to tell whether or not they are planning something beneath the surface!"

"Yes, your majesty! This one will carry out your orders and make sure nothing will be able to harm the Sky Empire!"

Swish-!

Bowing his head filled with both respect and fear, the man in the full plate of armour soon turned into a stream of light and disappeared from the throne room in the direction of the Frozen Wastelands.

During the short interaction, not a second was wasted with useless chatter, as both of them had known each other for long enough to understand some of the unspoken words and what else to keep an eye on other than the three churches!

At the same time, the identity of the majestic older man on top of the throne was also revealed to be none other than the current emperor of the Sky Empire! A Soul Ascension Realm Expert!

…

"Something like that happened in the Frozen Wastelands!? Haha! I'm sure his majesty the emperor is thinking that we had something to do with it, that annoying dog of his should already be on his way to investigate the matter! Haha, I wonder how fun his expression will be when he finds out we have nothing to do with it!"

Not too far away from where the Emperor of the Sky Empire was located, the cardinal belonging to the Order of the Sky God was laughing to himself as he looked outside at the streak of light quickly leaving the capital of the Sky Empire before heading in the direction of the Frozen Wastelands.

"Haaah… This is too good to be true, now that those two are busy focusing on the church of the plague god and his majesty has his attention focused on the Frozen Wastelands, I will have free reign to move around!"

But then again… The creator of the frozen hell located just outside our border with the Frozen Wastelands should at the very least be someone in the Soul Ascension Realm that has gone through the First Tribulation…

Muttering the first part to himself as he looked outside, the cardinal soon narrowed his eyes upon thinking about the culprit behind what had happened at their border with the Frozen Wasteland.

Even if he was unrelated to the matter, the cardinal could still not help feeling a bit worried thinking that there might be an unknown Soul Ascension Realm Expert roaming around the Sky Empire…

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Chapter 674 Other Side of the Frozen Hell...

Arriving back at the border between the Frozen Wastelands and the Azure Sky Kingdom, Xuan Hao did not take long to spot the flying ship located only a short distance away from the Ascendant Frost Hall.

"If I'm not wrong, that should be a flying ship belonging to the Sky Empire..."

Inspecting the flying ship, Xuan Hao did not take long to figure out who the flying ship belonged to, the symbol of the Sky Empire being etched into the side of the flying ship was especially helpful when it came to finding out where it was from...

Swish~

Not wanting to have to risk his full strength getting revealed and have to deal with the danger that might involve, Xuan Hao did not hesitate in the slightest when it came to using his domain to hide himself while moving close to the ground before sneakily making his way inside the frozen hell he had created not too long ago.

Luckily for him, it seemed that the frozen hell he had created could not only be used for preventing demonic cultivators from invading the Azure Sky Kingdom, but it could also be used for hiding his presence from the people standing on top of the flying ship fully focused on keeping an eye on the Frozen Wastelands.

After all, even if he could hide himself with his domain, he had no way to tell if the Sky Empire's people had some kind of artifact that would be able to see through his domain.

Using the frozen hell as a cover together with his domain was the best way for him to sneak past them without getting discovered.

Like this, Xuan Hao slowly travelled through the frozen hell to not accidently alert the people from the Sky Empire.

"Looks like this should be far enough..."

Only after the flying ship had left the range of his divine sense and he could no longer see it, did he start relaxing before increasing his speed.

Whoosh-!

Not taking more than a few minutes to reach the other side of the frozen hell he had created after increasing his speed, Xuan Hao could not help momentarily freezing upon witnessing the scene on the other side of the frozen hell.

"To think there are so many demonic cultivators at the First Demonic Transformation Realm and below here..."

Indeed, different from his expectations of the demonic cultivators avoiding the frozen hell he had created, a large crowd of demonic cultivators below the Second Demonic Transformation Realm had decided gathered together on the other side of the frozen hell.

Just looking over the massive number of demonic cultivators gathered, Xuan Hao could at least count over a hundred demonic cultivators with strength comparable to the Nascent Soul Realm, while there were over a thousand demonic cultivators who had strength comparable to the Peak of the Core Formation... And that was not counting the tens of thousands demonic cultivators below this level...

Why did so many demonic cultivators gather here in such a short period of time?

This thought appeared in his head the moment he saw the massive gathering of demonic cultivators. Making him even more curious about just what had taken place inside the Frozen Wastelands for so many demonic cultivators to suddenly try and leave.

Outside the majority of demonic cultivators that were just waiting around, there were some demonic cultivators gathered close to the frozen hell that would sometime try to brave the terrifying frozen hell with a desperate look on their face... Of course, the only outcome of these demonic cultivators was death!

"..."

Deciding to try and get closer and see if he could find out anything from listening to the conversations between these demonic cultivators, Xuan Hao left the frozen hell before moving closer to the place where the demonic cultivators were all staying.

Given that none of the demonic cultivators were anywhere close to the Domain Lord Realm, Xuan Hao did not bother hiding himself-

"Who is it!?"

"S-someone came out from the frozen hell!"

"Flying... No wings... I-It's a Domain Lord from the Sky Empire!"

As a result, the demonic cultivators did not take long to spot him before they started panicking after realizing that he was flying without the help of wings or a special artifact. Not taking long to realize that person who had come from the frozen hell was not a demonic cultivator, but instead a Domain Lord Realm Expert!

Swoosh-!

Swoosh-!

Swoosh-!

Not daring to stay around knowing that the other party was a Domain Lord Realm expert from the empire that they had been trying to enter, the demonic cultivators rapidly began escaping in all direction. Knowing very well what would happen to them if the other party caught them!

"Hmph!"

Fwoosh!

Not intending to let any of them escape, Xuan Hao used his qi to form a hundred small swords that soon descended on the demonic cultivators.

"Agh-!"

"No! Please spare me great-"

"Damnable mainstream cultiva-"

"M-mercy- Ah!"

Given the sheer difference in strength between him and the demonic cultivators, what followed could only be considered to be a one-sided massacre. The hundred small swords formed by Xuan Hao beautifully dancing across the battlefield, cutting down one demonic cultivator after the other.

"Please don't I-"

Ptsh!

Before long, almost all of the demonic cultivators ended up dying under the hundred small swords formed by Xuan Hao.

Not a single demonic cultivator managed to escape alive... Outside of a few demonic cultivators that had reached the First Demonic Transformation Realm that had deliberately been kept alive for information.

"Killing them is good... If not, I'm sure they will end up causing trouble in the future."

Shaking his head as he muttered this to himself, Xuan Hao turned his attention towards the small group of demonic cultivators he had spared in hopes of them having some understanding over just what was currently happening inside the Frozen Wasteland for so many demonic cultivators to do their best at escaping the place.

"So then... If you don't mind, I have a few questions to ask..."

"""..."""

Hearing what Xuan Hao said and feeling the terrifying pressure belonging to someone who had reached the Domain Lord Realm bearing down on them from above, the demonic cultivators in question could not help shivering all over.

Not only had the person in front of them just killed over ten thousand demonic cultivators, but he had also done so within less than a minute!

For this reason, the demonic cultivators had a feeling that the person in front of them was not a normal Domain Lord Realm Expert, but instead someone close to surpassing the Domain Lord Realm!

This realization made the still surviving demonic cultivators shiver even more, as they understood that there was likely no way out of their current situation. Even if they answered all of his questions, they understood that the most they would be able to get was a painless death!

After all, if they were in a similar situation as Xuan Hao, this is exactly what they would do. The only real difference would be the fact that they would most likely not even bother to ask any questions and would just devour the other party and try breaking through to the next realm.

"Your excellency... Is there a chance that you will let me go if I answer all of your questions...?"N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Taking the first step forward, one of the demonic cultivators could not sit still for much longer as he shakingly stepped forward and asked the question that had been on all the remaining demonic cultivator's mind.

Even if they were almost certain of the answer, they could not stop themselves from hoping that there would be a way out of their current situation deep down.

"Hm... It depends on the answer, I might let you go if its satisfying..."

Not wanting for the demonic cultivators to end up killing themselves or refuse to answer his questions, Xuan Hao decided to not outright say that he would kill them and instead gave them a possible way out.

At least his way, some of the demonic cultivators would do their best when it came to answering his question. Even if they understood deep down that it wouldn't help their current situation.

Oh well... I can always abolish their cultivation and let them go, that way I will keep my word, while at the same time preventing them from causing any damage in the future...

Shaking his head as he thought about this, Xuan Hao soon began asking the demonic cultivators about the current situation of the Frozen Wasteland.

His main aim was to get a grasp over just what had been happening for so many demonic cultivators to start risking their life escaping from the Frozen Wastelands without caring about just how bad it would be for them to live in a place controlled by people who would hunt them down.

The surviving demonic cultivators did not bother hiding anything after hearing what he wanted to know and began fighting among each other to deliver the most in-depth answer. Hoping that there would be a chance for them to get out of their current situation alive.

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Chapter 675 Fate of the Surviving Demonic Cultivators!

Having finished listening to the reason why the demonic cultivators were trying their best to escape from the Frozen Wastelands, Xuan Hao could not help narrowing his eyes as a frown slowly appeared on his face.

"So… The reason why all of you are trying to escape from the Frozen Wasteland is because some powerful demonic cultivator is awakening from some sort of deep slumber?"N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

"Yes! Rumours are that the one awakening is some sort of ancient demonic cultivator that was forced into a deep slumber to recover from a battle that took place a long time ago.

Of course, we have no idea how authentic the rumours we heard so far are but given that even True Demon Realm Experts are trying to escape, it's easy to imagine just how terrifying this demonic cultivator is!"

Hearing the response from one of the demonic cultivators, Xuan Hao could still not help feeling like something was wrong.

Even if a powerful demonic cultivator appeared and a few of the True Demon Realm Experts decided to leave, it had nothing to do with these weaker demonic cultivators.

After all, the reason why some of the True Demon Realm Experts left could be due to them having past grievances with the powerful demonic cultivator awakening or perhaps because they felt like there was a chance that the powerful demonic cultivator would find and use them to display his strength to the rest of the Frozen Wastelands.

All things considered, a new powerful demonic cultivator appearing in the Frozen Wastelands should have nothing to do with these weaker demonic cultivators that never entered the core parts of the Frozen Wastelands where these powerful demonic cultivators stayed!

"Then, why did you decide to escape? Isn't it better for you to stay in the Frozen Wastelands and join under such a powerful demonic cultivator?"

Not able to understand why these weaker demonic cultivators had similarly chosen to run away, Xuan Hao decided to ask the group of demonic cultivators.

"Actually… the reason is rather simple, the demonic cultivator that is awakening is also know as the great demon of lust, it's said that back when he was still around neither men nor women could escape his claws no matter how strong or weak, they were!

Because of this, many of the demonic sects and clans from the core parts of the Frozen Wastelands escaped to the outer edges where we stay and inevitably took over the place, we weaker demonic cultivators used to live in! Not wanting to fall prey to the great demon of lust…"

"Yes, yes! Before this, the outer parts of the Frozen Wastelands rarely interacted with the core parts of the Frozen Wastelands! However, the news of the great demon of lust awakening changed all of this, as entire sects from the core part of the Frozen Wastelands uprooted themselves to settle down inside the outer edges of the Frozen Wastelands in hopes of avoiding the great demon of lust!"

"…"

Listening to the reason why so many weaker demonic cultivators were escaping from the Frozen Wastelands were trying to escape and seeing the group of demonic cultivators in front of him starting to get agitated when talking about how their territories had been taken away from them, Xuan Hao had no idea what to say.

Of all the things he had thought about being the reason why so many demonic cultivators were leaving the Frozen Wastelands, this was not the answer he had expected…

The most worrying thing about this news was the fact that some True Demon Realm Experts had decided to escape from the core of the Frozen Wastelands due to the awakening of the great demon of lust.

This news alone was more than enough for Xuan Hao to understand that the great demon of lust should be a demonic cultivator that was stronger than ordinary True Demon Realm Expert. Maybe even a demonic cultivator that surpassed the True Demon Realm!

At this point in time, let alone someone who had surpassed the True Demon Realm, Xuan Hao had never met someone in the True Demon Realm yet!

Even if the Chaotic Qi Formation protecting the Shattered Star Peaks was strong, Xuan Hao had no idea if it was strong enough to resist someone who had surpassed the True Demon Realm…

For this reason, Xuan Hao could not help feeling nervous knowing that a powerful demonic cultivator was going to appear inside the Frozen Wastelands.

The only thing that prevented him from panicking after learning this news, was that the Frozen Wasteland was far too large and the chance of the great demon of lust entering the Sky Empire was rather low… And that was only considering that the great demon of lust actually left the Frozen Wastelands!

At this point in time, Xuan Hao had yet to hear anything about experts who had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm, but he was almost certain that someone like that existed in the core region of the Ewaria Continent.

With this in mind, there was a chance that these powerful experts might act in case a powerful demonic cultivator appeared and started causing chaos!

Of course… There was no way he could be certain about any of this at the moment, as he still knew close to nothing about the core region and what took place over there.

For all he knew, they might not care about the demonic cultivators in the Frozen Wasteland and would just ignore them if they started attacking the dozen or so empires that bordered the Frozen Wastelands…

"Your excellency… Now that we answered your questions, can we-"

Swish-!

Knowing what the demonic cultivators wanted to ask him about, Xuan Hao didn't bother answering them as he directly sent out a stream of sword qi that quickly split up before entering the dantian of the demonic cultivators nervously waiting.

"Agh-!"

"Ahhh!"

"Nooo-!"

Letting out screams of pain and unwillingness, the demonic cultivators had no way to resist as the sword qi that entered their dantian. Only able to scream in pain as their dantian was violently destroyed by the sword qi.

"Y-you promised not to kill us if we answered your questions- Ah-!"

"Indeed, I did… And I'm not going to kill you as promised."

"Then what-"

"I only said I wouldn't kill you… I never said anything about not crippling your cultivation base!"

Seeing the expression of disbelief on the demonic cultivators faces as they realized what was currently happening, they could not help screaming out in pain with even more unwillingness compared to before.

After all, to demonic cultivators like them, crippling their cultivation was worse than death!

Not to mention, they were currently in the Frozen Wastelands. Although they might be able to survive in the short term due to their bodies still being far stronger than a normal mortal, it would not be able to stop other demonic cultivators from attacking them.

Given that their bodies were of far higher quality and still retained some of the essence belonging to a demonic cultivator who had reached the First Demonic Transformation Realm, they would become the prime target for demonic cultivators wanting to breakthrough to the First Demonic Transformation Realm!

Devouring them would essentially allow a normal demonic cultivator at the Peak of the Higher Demon Realm to easily break through to the First Demonic Transformation Realm!

For Xuan Hao to not outright kill them but instead cripple their cultivation and leave them be, would essentially doom them to a fate worse than death!

As demonic cultivators themselves, they understood this very well-

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

And for this reason, close to half of the demonic cultivators decided to use the remaining power in their dantian before they were completely crippled to blow themselves up. Preventing themselves from a fate of ending up getting devoured by another demonic cultivator.

"""…"""

The demonic cultivators who had decided not to blow themselves up were all looking at each other with dark expressions on their faces. Not daring to say anything as they soon turned to look towards Xuan Hao with fear.

Not only was the Domain Lord from the Sky Empire ruthless, but he had even come up with such an evil way to make sure he kept his promise with them while at the same time making sure that they would die.

Even if they were all demonic cultivator and had done countless evil things to reach the Frist Demonic Transformation Realm, they could still not help feeling that the person in front of them was far more ruthless compared to them.

An exalted Domain Lord from the Sky Empire… What is the difference between someone like this and a demonic cultivator!?

"Well then, I will have to get going… Good luck~"

As all the demonic cultivators were thinking this while looking towards Xuan Hao with increasingly fearful expressions, the person in question carelessly waved goodbye before jumping into the air.

Soon disappearing from sight.

…

Rumble~!

Moments after Xuan Hao left the reaming demonic cultivators could not help looking at each other with confused expressions as the ground beneath them began rumbling.

"This is-!?"

"Looks like it would have been a better choice to blow up earlier…"

"Maybe it's not too late, we just need to enter the Frozen Hell!

However, not a second later, this confusion turned into despair, as the demonic cultivators spotted a large group of demonic cultivators moving towards their current location…

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Chapter 676 Bai Ning's Strength is...

Solving the problem of the demonic cultivators that would attack the Ascendant Frost Hall while at the same time finding out the reason why so many demonic cultivators were trying to leave the Frozen Wastelands in less than a day, Xuan Hao didn't see any need to stay in the Azure Sky Kingdom or the Frozen Wasteland-

Whoosh~!

Instead deciding to make his way back towards the Star Shattering Sect to complete the sect quest and hopefully find a way to perfectly merge his ice and sword domain together into a single domain.

As for the remaining demonic cultivators that had already managed to enter the Azure Sky Kingdom, they would be left for the disciples and elders of the sect to deal with. At least it would serve as an excellent way to give them some real combat experience.

No matter how great the combat hall was, it would never be able to compare to a real life and death battle!Where Stories Blossom: NvεlB¡n.

In a way, with how chaotic the current Azure Sky Kingdom was, it had become a perfect training ground for the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Realm disciples of the Star Shattering Sect…

Given that a lot of disciples should be leaving the sect to help clean up the demonic cultivators of the Azure Sky Kingdom, it should be a perfect time for Bai Ning to go out and get some combat experience!

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help nodding his head as he got closer to the Star Shattering Sect.

Bai Ning had close to zero combat experience and had spent most of his time since becoming his disciple locked up in the sect all the time. However, even if he wanted to focus solely on blacksmithing, he still needed to be capable of defending himself!

…

Not taking too long to return back to the Star Shattering Sect, the first thing Xuan Hao did was take out the Ascendant Frost Scroll that he had gotten from the sect master of the Ascendant Frost Hall before placing it inside the Grand Library of the sect with a look of expectation and nervousness on his face.

Although the Ascendant Frost Hall's cultivation mantra was unique, he was not sure whether or not it would qualify for the sect quest…

[Sect Quest: Gather Unique Cultivation Mantras for the Sect. (Complete)]

[Description: The sect is lacking when it comes to the different cultivation mantras available for the disciples. Gather 10 unique cultivation mantras. Not one can be the same and all of them have to at least reach the Earth Rank.]

[Unique Cultivation Mantras: 10/10] (Complete)

[Reward: Enter a State of Enlightenment for one hour]

"Looks like it did indeed count!" Muttering this to himself after pulling up the sect quest, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of relief after confirming that the sect quest had indeed been completed.

Now… Should I use the reward now or wait until I have more time to cultivate…?

Now that the sect quest had already been completed, Xuan Hao could not help turning his attention towards whether or not he should use the reward from the sect quest now or wait until he was on his way to the capital of the Sky Empire.

Although he might have more time to consume the rewards during his journey to the capital of the Sky Empire, he ran the risk of being interrupted during his travel by bandits or demon beasts that might decide to attack during this time.

Using the reward now would not give him as much time, but he would at the very least be certain that he would be able to cultivate and consume what he comprehended during the one hour of enlightenment for a few weeks without any interruptions.

"Master? You are back already!?"

"Ah?"

Having unknowingly made his way back to his palace while thinking about when to use the reward from the sect quest, Xuan Hao was slightly taken aback upon hearing the voice of Bai Ning calling out to him.

"Bai Ning, good that you are here, I actually have something to talk to you about…"

Deciding to first talk with Bai Ning and inform him of his decision to send him to the Azure Sky Kingdom to get some real combat experience fighting against the bandits and demonic cultivators that roamed the kingdom at the moment, Xuan Hao put the decision about what to do regarding the sect quest reward to the side for the moment…

"-And that is all. For the next few weeks, you will be going around the Azure Sky Kingdom and helping the clean-up of the kingdom!"

Having finished explaining that he planned to send him to the Azure Sky Kingdom and what he would be doing there, Xuan Hao could not help frowning after seeing the distraught expression on Bai Ning's face after learning that he would be going to the Azure Sky Kingdom.

"M-master… Are you sure I have to leave the sect?! Do I do something wrong?!"

"Not leave the sect! You are just going to the Azure Sky Kingdom for a few weeks to gain some combat experience!"

Feeling his frown deepen even further upon hearing what Bai Ning said, Xuan Hao had no idea what to say after seeing the increasingly depressed expression on Bai Ning's face. From the looks of it, he wanted to avoid leaving the Star Shattering Sect!

"Master…"

"Hah… No matter how much you want to focus all your attention on blacksmithing, you still need to learn how to protect yourself in case something happens in the future!

Even if your current cultivation realm is far above that of your peers, your actual strength is nowhere near your cultivation base! Fighting against someone in the same cultivation realm is not possible for you, while even someone a minor realm below you would be able to win against you with your non-existent combat experience!"

"…"

Watching as Bai Ning showed an understanding expression while at the same time blushing ever so slightly after hearing his master tell him that he was far weaker than others at his cultivation realm, Xuan Hao could not help feeling satisfied with his reaction.

Even if Bai Ning's cultivation realm had increased by leaps and bounds over the past few years, his combat strength had not followed along with this rapid improvement… The main reason for this was that Bai Ning focused most of his time towards blacksmithing. Never dedicating more than a few hours a month to practicing in the combat hall.

With this in mind, it was obvious that Bai Ning's strength would be weaker than those at the same cultivation realm…

"I understand master, I will go to the Azure Sky Kingdom…" Knowing that his master was correct, Bai Ning lowered his head as he gave up on trying to avoid going to the Azure Sky Kingdom.

What his master had said about his current strength was indeed true and Bai Ning understood this better than anyone else. After all, the opponents he fought against in the combat hall would normally only be in the Sixth or Seventh Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Far from his current cultivation that had already reached the Ninth Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm!

Thinking about it, Bai Ning did indeed feel that it was rather embarrassing for him to not even be able to fight someone at his own cultivation realm…

"It's good that you understand, I don't expect you to be a genius when it comes to fighting… But I at the very least expect you to be capable of fighting someone in the same realm!"

Nodding his head as he said this, Xuan Hao felt happy seeing that Bai Ning understood him.

Hopefully, Bai Ning would be able to use a bit more time on training his combat techniques after this… Of course, without him stepping in to remind him…

"Well then, you can get going for now, you should go meet Elder Song tomorrow and ask him to save a spot for you among the disciples that will be going to the Azure Sky Kingdom to clean the place up!"

Swish~

Making his way back to his cultivation room inside the small palace after saying this, Xuan Hao could not help feeling like he had acted as a proper master for once!

"Well then… Now all that is left is deciding whether or not to use the reward from the sect quest…"

Smiling a bit wryly as he turned his attention back towards the reward from the sect quest, Xuan Hao thought about it for a few minutes before finally coming to a decision.

[Use Reward: Enter a State of Enlightenment for one hour]

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"The risk of being interrupted during the journey is simply far too high…" Muttering this to himself as he looked over the system interface, Xuan Hao didn't hesitate any longer and decided to use the reward from the sect quest.

Whoosh~

The next moment, everything in his surroundings began shifting before he suddenly found himself sitting in a completely blank space stretching on without end in all directions around him.

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Chapter 677 Enlightenment Space

Whoosh-!

Not having the chance to observe his surroundings, the blank space around him began rapidly changing. Transforming from a completely empty space into an endless frozen plane filled with a terrifying ice qi formed directly by the Dao of Ice. For a Domain Lord Realm Expert like Xuan Hao, this was something that was impossible to endure with his current strength!

Crack~

Even before he had any time to react, his divine sense that was always active in an area around his body was invaded by the ice qi and began breaking apart at a speed far too fast for Xuan Hao to react.

Swish-!

Not having any time to react to what was happening, the ice qi that invaded his divine sense soon began tracing it back towards him-

Bang!

However, before the ice qi could invade his body and turn him into a human popsicle, a thin greyish barrier had formed around him and prevented the ice qi from invading his body.

"..."

Not knowing what to say as everything had happened far too quickly for him to react, Xuan Hao remained sitting completely motionless for a few seconds as he recovered from the shock of what had just happened.

If not for the fact that he had some sort of barrier protecting him, he was certain that the ice qi floating around in the air around him would have directly killed him before he even had a chance to react!

Thinking about this, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine before turning his attention towards the greyish coloured barrier that was barely visible covering an area only a few meters around him.Where Stories Blossom: NvεlB¡n.

However, even after spending a few minutes observing it, he could not see through the greyish coloured barrier and was just about to try to examine more closely.

"Hm?"

It was at this moment that Xuan Hao suddenly noticed a small screen belonging to the system had appeared floating in the air not too far away from him at some unknown point in time.

[Dao of Ice, Enlightenment Space: 16 Minutes Left]

Seeing what was written on the small screen floating in the air, Xuan Hao did not take long to understand what was happening.

The system had somehow transported him into some sort of space that would allow him to comprehend the Dao of Ice!

The enlightenment mentioned by the system was not some sort of profound state of mind he would enter but was instead referring to the system allowing him to enter a special space, that would allow him a closer proximity to the Dao and give him an easier time at comprehending the dao!

Understanding this, Xuan Hao did not bother thinking about the greyish coloured barrier protecting him as he quickly closed his eyes and tried to comprehend the Dao of Ice.

"This!?"

Feeling how insights regarding the Dao of Ice that were untouchable and difficult to grasp started to appear inside his mind with ease after cultivating inside the enlightenment space for a short period of time, Xuan Hao could not help feeling shocked to the extreme.

Not to mention perfectly merging his ice and sword domain together perfectly into a single domain, Xuan Hao had a feeling that if he could stay inside the enlightenment space for a few days, he would be able to comprehend the Dao of Ice to a degree where the strength of his past attack that killed the Third Demonic Transformation Realm demonic cultivator could easily be replicated several times over!

If I just focus all my attention on the Dao of Ice, I will...

No!

Feeling that his path was somewhat changing the more in-depth his comprehension of the dao of ice grew, Xuan Hao forcefully stopped himself from comprehending the dao of ice any further as he turned his attention towards the current situation taking place inside his dantian.

Unknowingly, as his comprehension of the Dao of Ice increased, his ice domain rapidly increased in strength and size. Making it far stronger than his sword domain!

Looking inside his dantian, Xuan Hao could see his partially merged sword and ice domain far more closely connected with each other.

However, upon closer inspection, this connection had nothing to do with them merging together but was instead due to his ice domain slowly devouring his sword domain!

The somewhat unstable balance he had created between the two domains that caused them to start merging together with each had now been broken.

Now that his ice domain was now far stronger than his sword domain, it had begun to slowly devour it!

Even if only for a short time, his sword domain had already weakened by a lot compared to before he had entered the enlightenment space...

Looks like I won't be able to comprehend the Dao of Ice any longer, or I will risk my sword domain getting devoured and the time I used on trying to merge two domains together will be wasted...

Glancing up towards the system screen floating in the air that still had a few minutes left on it, Xuan Hao could not help feeling regretful as he turned, he decided to use his remaining time preventing his ice domain from weakening his sword domain and causing any further damage to it.

...

Whoosh-!

Feeling his surroundings change once again as he soon found himself in a new place, Xuan Hao could not help breathing out a sigh of relief.

Although he had stopped trying to comprehend to Dao of Ice, the Dao of Ice was far too strong in the enlightenment space, and he had unconsciously comprehended it even when he tried not to...

Only after getting moved to a new space did the strength of his ice domain stop improving and he could finally let out a sigh of relief knowing that his sword domain was still there.

Turning his attention away from the situation taking place inside his dantian, Xuan Hao did not even have to look up at the system screen to realize what dao the current enlightenment space was connected to... The seemingly infinite number of swords in all shapes and sizes all around him was more than enough to give it away if the terrifying sword qi taking physical shape around him was not enough of a giveaway.

[Dao of the Sword, Enlightenment Space: 20 Minutes Left]

Yes, Xuan Hao now found himself inside the enlightenment space belonging to the Dao of the Sword! This was also the main reason why Xuan Hao was not too worried about his sword domain any longer, as he was certain it would experience a similar growth and be able to catch up to his ice domain.

The only challenge would be to not increase its strength so much that it would end up devouring his ice domain...

Swish~

Although starting out growing slowly due to the suppression from the ice domain, it did not take long before his sword domain started increasing in both strength and size.

After only a little over half of the twenty minutes had passed, his sword domain had already managed to reach the same level as his ice domain!

Boom!

The change caused by both of his domains once again reaching the same level was not something Xuan Hao expected, as both of them rapidly began merging together at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even if his sword domain was still increasing in both strength and size, it was too late for it to surpass the ice domain and try to devour it at this point in time.

So, the ice domain devouring the sword domain was not just something bad... But it instead allowed my two domains to merge together more easily after reaching the same level of strength...

Realizing what had happened to cause his two domains to suddenly start rapidly merging together, Xuan Hao could not help feeling shocked. Not knowing what to say after witnessing both of his domains getting closer and closer to merging into one.

Fwoosh!

Not having any ability to interfere in what was taking place inside his dantian as his two domains merged together, Xuan Hao could not help showing an ugly expression on his face after feeling the terrible damaged that it ended up bringing to the inside of his body.

Boom-boom-boom!

Not only did the power of his two domains rampage inside his dantian causing all sorts of damage while merging together, but the pain he felt through his soul was close to unbearable!

The main reason why his soul felt like it would split apart at any moment, was due to the fact that it had already merged together with the two domains. Now, not only were his two domains merging together, but they were also rapidly increasing in strength the more they merged together...

In return, as their strength increased and they got to merging together, the burden on his soul would similarly increase!

If he could not endure this increased pressure brought by his two domains merging together... His soul would shatter and he would die!

Something Xuan Hao did not think about before entering the Enlightenment Space created by the system, as both his domains were far weaker than they currently were after being strengthened!

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Chapter 678 Nascent Sword Soul, Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm!

Feeling the pain spreading throughout his soul as his two domains were getting closer and closer to merging together into a single domain, Xuan Hao focused all his attention on trying to stabilize his soul to make sure it didn't end getting damaged by the pressure brought along by his two domains merging together.

Opening his eyes after having momentarily stabilizing his situation, Xuan Hao looked around himself with a thoughtful expression on his face.

How do I increase the strength of my soul enough for it to be able to handle the merger between my two domains in such a short period of time...? Perhaps...

Glancing around at the swords stuck in the ground all around him and the sword qi floating around in the air, Xuan Hao suddenly narrowed his eyes as he remembered that the next level of sword intent was related to the soul.

Even though he did not know much about the realm that came after reaching the True Sword Intent Realm other than the fact that it was named the Sword Soul Realm, he was currently located inside the enlightenment space for the Dao of the Sword...

I should give it a try...

Not seeing any other way out that could possibly increase the strength of his soul, Xuan Hao adjusted his sitting position before closing his eyes to try and see if he could truly gain any insights regarding the Sword Soul Realm that he had never come in contact with before...

Like this, time slowly passed with Xuan Hao trying his utmost to understand the Sword Soul Realm that came after the True Sword Intent Realm.

Even if he had no clue about what the Sword Soul Realm was before, the enlightenment space created by the system was after all for the Dao of the Sword and although the sword intent and sword domain belonged to two different branches of the Dao of the Sword, they were ultimately still a part of it... And because of this, Xuan Hao did not take long to gain a rudimentary understanding of the Sword Soul Realm!

...

To understand the Sword Soul Realm in full is really impossible in such a short period of time ...

Shaking his head as he thought about this to himself, Xuan Hao looked up towards the screen from the system to see how much time he had left before he would be sent out from the enlightenment space related to the Dao of the Sword.

[Dao of the Sword, Enlightenment Space: 4 Minutes Left]

"Although not a lot of time, I should be able to condense a nascent sword soul and increase the strength of my soul!" Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao didn't waste any time as he directly closed his eyes before starting the process of condensing a nascent sword soul.

Condensing the nascent sword soul would increase the strength of the soul and could be considered to be the first step towards reaching the Sword Soul Realm.

Given that he didn't really have any more time left and was in rather urgent need of increasing the strength of his soul to be capable of fully merging with his new domain without getting destroyed, Xuan Hao didn't have time to deduce any more information on the Sword Soul Realm outside of how to condense the nascent sword soul.

Whoosh-!

Not wasting any time and knowing what to do, Xuan Hao forcefully pulled out the sword intent that was merged together with his sword domain before condensing it into a small sword shaped object inside his dantian.

If not for the fact that both his ice domain and sword domain were currently in a chaotic state due to them merging together with each other. Extracting the sword intent that had already merged together with his sword domain would have been close to impossible before this without forcefully destroying his own domain.

Luckily, given the current state of things, extracting his sword intent from his sword domain did not cause any damage to sword domain outside of weakening it.

WHOOSH-!

However, in the end, this weakening of his sword domain only ended up bringing it back on the same level as the ice domain. Making the two domains start merging together even faster than before...

"..."

Not paying any attention to the chaotic situation caused inside his dantian as his two domains merged together with each other at an even faster speed compared to before, Xuan Hao carefully connected the nascent sword soul formed from the condensation of his sword intent to his soul.

Bang!

The moment the connect between the nascent sword soul and his soul was officially established, Xuan Hao instantly felt a wave of power rushing through him as the strength of his soul rapidly started improving to a level far beyond what he had thought possible for the Domain Lord Realm.

Not only this, but the pain to his soul brought along by his new domain slowly forming as the sword and ice domain got closer and closer to perfectly merging together also disappeared.

At this point in time, Xuan Hao could be considered to have reached the Nascent Sword Soul Realm.

Not truly having reached the Sword Soul Realm, but already having surpassed the True Sword Intent Realm... A transitional realm between the True Sword Intent Realm and the Sword Soul Realm.

"This is... The situation inside my dantian is really... Bad..."

Having strengthened his soul and dealt with the problem brought along by his two domains merging together, Xuan Hao could not help frowning upon discovering the current state of his dantian.

If not for the fact that he had already reached the Eighth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm and his survivability had reached a far higher level compared to other Domain Lords, Xuan Hao did not doubt that the damage caused by his two domains merging together would have ended up killing him!

Even considering the fact that he had survived so far, Xuan Hao was certain that it would at least take him a few weeks if not months to recover from the damage done to his dantian.

And... Given that he required his dantian when it came to fighting, it would be quite impossible for him to fight anyone above the Nascent Soul Realm during this period of time...

On the positive side of things, the damage caused by the two domains merging together had forcefully made it expand and at the same time forced him to breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm.

Even if it was not the kind of breakthrough Xuan Hao had expected, he was more than satisfied upon realizing that he had actually unknowingly broken through to the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm.

BOOOOOOM-!

Just at this moment, Xuan Hao suddenly felt like a violent explosion went off inside his dantian, further damaging it...

"They finally finished merging together!"

However, Xuan Hao did not care about the extra damage to his dantian, as he was instead far more focused on the origin of the violent eruption of energy inside his dantian... His two domains successfully merging together to form a brand-new domain!

Whoosh~

Using the limited space available to him inside the enlightenment space, Xuan Hao excitedly used the last bit of energy left inside his half destroyed dantian to try out his new domain.

"So... This is my new domain...?"

Seeing an almost completely transparent domain unfurling around him, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly for a short moment before a happy expression replaced it.

Outside of the fact that he could not fully use his domain due to the current abysmal state of his dantian, he could clearly feel the ice-cold qi belonging to his ice domain and at the same time he could also very clearly feel the sharp sword qi belonging to his sword domain.

If he wanted to use the Descend of the Ice God's Sword that he had used to kill the demonic cultivator, it would only take a single thought to merge the two different powers together with each other.

Although... The energy consumption from using the Descend of the Ice God's Sword would still limit its usage. Unless absolutely necessary, it was definitely not a good idea to use such a powerful attack that would drain almost all of his strength...

Whish~

"Hah... Indeed... I can't fully use my domain now due to the current state of my dantian..."

Feeling the domain around him fading as he was reminded about the current state of his dantian, Xuan Hao could not help shaking his head before catching sight of the screen floating in the air indicating the time, he had left inside the enlightenment space.

Although condensing his nascent sword soul and the merger between his two domains felt like they took hours, they didn't take more than a few minutes in total.

[Dao of the Sword, Enlightenment Space: 19 Seconds Left]

Hm? Now that I think about it... I spent 20 minutes inside the enlightenment space for the Dao of Ice and 20 minutes inside the enlightenment space for the Dao of the Sword... I should still have 20 minutes left!Unravel the Unknown, Unleash the Unimaginable: NvεlB¡n.

I wonder... What would the last enlightenment space b-

Whoosh-!

Not having a chance to finish his train of thought, Xuan Hao suddenly felt the familiar sensation of everything around him changing as he was moved to a new enlightenment space...

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Chapter 679 Dao of...

As his surroundings began changing, Xuan Hao didn't waste any time as he got to work on healing his damaged dantian.

Whoosh~!

Only after feeling the now familiar sensation of something capable of killing him just outside the greyish barrier formed by the system, Xuan Hao slowly opened his eyes to inspect the new environment that he found himself inside of.

Wiggle~Unravel the Unknown, Unleash the Unimaginable: NvεlB¡n.

"A... Tentacle growing from the ground...?"

By far, the thing that caught Xuan Hao's attention the moment he opened his eyes, was a weird tentacle like plant sticking out from the ground just outside the greyish barrier formed by the system...

Wiggle~ Wiggle~

No... Not only did it stick out from the ground and wiggle around weirdly, but it was also very clearly poking the greyish barrier trying to get to him!

Not knowing what to say when he saw the tentacle continuing to try and get inside the greyish barrier and reach him to no avail, Xuan Hao decided to ignore the tentacle like plant wiggling around just a few meters away from him as he began inspecting the environment outside.

"This... What kind of dao is this enlightenment space for...?" Not able to stop himself from showing a horrified and at the same time curious expression upon looking around himself, Xuan Hao had no idea how to feel after witnessing the environment he found himself in the middle of.

The ground had a dark purplish hue and almost seemed alive, while at the same time looking like it was decaying into some sort of black mass in several different locations. At the same time, countless weird tentacles, similar to the one just beside where he was sitting, moved around in all sorts of weird ways.

However, this was not the only weird thing about the current enlightenment space he found himself inside of... Instead... The truly horrifying thing was the countless deformed, twisted, grotesque, ugly bizarre creatures aimlessly wandering the endless, decaying, tentacle infested, plane!

Even if he had seen many different demon beasts through his divine sense after having travelled around by himself and with his disciples, Xuan Hao felt that he could not even begin to describe the appearance of these horrifying creatures... Words were simply far from enough to describe the horrifying appearance of these seemingly mindless creatures wandering around the purple tentacle infested planes!

"So... It's the Dao of Corruption..."

[Dao of Corruption, Enlightenment Space: 20 Minutes Left]

Reading the words on the screen made by the system presented to him, Xuan Hao could only turn to look around himself with a confused expression plastered all over his face.

Why had the system brought him to an enlightenment space for the Dao of Corruption?

Was it perhaps because he didn't comprehend more than two different paths of the dao so far and he had as a result ended up in a random enlightenment space... Or perhaps, he was connected to the Dao of Corruption in a way that he had yet to discover himself...

No matter what it is... Learning about a new dao should not be a bad thing. Even if the dao in question seems a bit... special...

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao put the injuries inside his dantian aside for the moment as he sat down and closed his eyes to focus on trying to comprehend the Dao of Corruption.

Hoping to at the very least gain some sort of rudimentary understanding of it so he could at the very least get some idea about what the environment and horrifying creatures wandering around outside the greyish barrier of the system were about.

Like this, Xuan Hao ended up spending the next twenty minutes fully absorbed in the Dao of Corruption. Doing his absolute best trying to grasp this new dao.

...

"In the end, I could only barely start understanding a few basic things related to the Dao of Corruption..." Muttering this to himself as he opened his eyes and looked up towards the screen formed by the system slowly counting down the last few seconds, he had left inside the enlightenment space, Xuan Hao could not help feeling disappointed that he would not be able to stay for longer.

The few basic things he had managed to comprehend from the Dao of Corruption so far, did not only help him gain a better understanding into several other Daos that were connected to the Dao of Corruption like the Dao of Decay and the Dao of Death... But he also noticed that his soul had grown a tiny bit stronger after comprehending a small part of the Dao of Corruption.

In a way, comprehending the Dao should be another way to increase the strength of one's soul... Although, it was a far slower way to do so.

Even after spending twenty minutes comprehending the Dao of Corruption inside the enlightenment space, the improvement and increase in strength brought to his soul was negligible when compared to the qualitive change brought to his soul after he condensed his nascent sword soul and connected it together with his soul.

However, even with all of this in mind, comprehending the different Daos would be something that he could continue doing, while he could only condense one nascent sword soul...

Whoosh-!

As Xuan Hao was lost in thought thinking about the sudden increase in strength his soul had experienced, the environment once again began shifting around him as the horrifying creatures and the decaying purple environment of the enlightenment space belonging to the Dao of Corruption disappeared.

Not even a second passed before the familiar soft sensation of the pillow he would normally sit on during cultivation could be felt beneath him.

Yes... Xuan Hao used a very fluffy and comfortable pillow made of extremely high-grade materials when cultivating. After all, who would choose to sit on some cold and hard bamboo mat for weeks if not months, if they could choose not to...

"I'm back..."

Making sure that he had indeed returned back to his cultivation room, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of relief.

Although entering the enlightenment space had indeed been very beneficial to him. Allowing him to both merge his two domains together and at the same time breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm, it also ended up putting his life in danger!

Even if he did not end up getting too seriously injured, it would still take weeks if not months for him to recover the damage that the merger between his two domains had caused to his dantian...

"Hopefully I should be able to stabilize my cultivation, while at the same time repairing most of my dantian by the time I will have to leave for the Sky Empire..." Muttering this to himself as he thought about his slowly approaching trip to the capital city of the Sky Empire, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a bit nervous.

Even though he had already managed to merge his two domains together and reached the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm, he had no idea how he would compare to someone who had reached the Soul Ascension Realm.

"Hah... For now, I should focus on repairing my dantian..."

Knowing that it would not make any difference to try and guess how he would compare to a Soul Ascension Realm Expert when he had never had the chance to encounter one before, Xuan Hao decided to not think too much about it and instead to dedicate his time towards repairing his dantian.

Even if his dantian could not fully recover in time for the journey to the Sky Empire, Xuan Hao wanted to at the very least have the strength to fight someone in the Domain Lord Realm.

After all, travelling to the core of the Sky Empire was not safe for someone who had yet to reach the Domain Lord Realm.

The Sky Empire could still keep order in certain places, like the core of their empire... But the different kingdoms that were under them were not the same...

Not to mention that there would be all sorts of powerful demon beasts along the way, there would also be all sorts of cultivators looking for an easy target to rob for cultivation resources to increase their own strength!

For Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, the journey to the capital of the Sky Empire from the border region of the Sky Empire was an extremely dangerous journey that could take months if not years to complete!

This was also one of the main reasons why the Sky Empire had given a three-year notice to the sects that would be a part of the sect alliance... Most of these sects did not have anyone in the Domain Lord Realm and the strongest person would in most cases be someone in the Half Step Domain Lord Realm or someone at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!

For sects like this... Even three years might not be enough time for them to reach the capital of the Sky Empire!

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Chapter 680 Annoying Young Girl

As Xuan Hao was focused on repairing his dantian ever since he had returned from the enlightenment space, Chu Yang had ended up becoming the one to train together with Bai Ning for the last few days before he would be leaving for the Azure Sky Kingdom.

Not only making sure that Bai Ning managed to learn how to properly fight as someone in the Foundation Establishment, but also to make sure that he understood how to deal with certain situation that might come up during his time in the Azure Sky Kingdom fighting demonic cultivators, bandits, and other troublemakers...

"Good luck with helping out in the Azure Sky Kingdom, but… You have to remember what I said earlier. Never take a fight you are not certain about. Keeping your life is the most important thing!"

"I understand senior brother…!"

Waving a final goodbye to his senior brother, Chu Yang, Bai Ning quickly made his way towards the gathering place for the rest of the disciples who were going to the Azure Sky Kingdom. Feeling a little less bad about leaving the sect for some time after training with Chu Yang over the past few days.

Even if he was still unwilling to leave and just wanted to stay inside the sect and practice his blacksmithing. At the very least now, he felt curious about how his strength would compare against the other Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators of the Star Shattering Sect, a part of him wanted to prove to his master that he was not worse than someone who had reached the same cultivation realm as him…

"Now that everyone is here, let's get going!"

Following Bai Ning reaching the place where the rest of the disciples gathered in preparation for leaving the sect and going to the Azure Sky Kingdom, it did not take long before he soon found himself leaving the Shattered Star Peaks under the protection of a group of Nascent Soul Realm Elders that would be in charge of protecting them from the stronger demonic cultivators that were hiding inside the Azure Sky Kingdom.

…

Riding the demonic beasts kept by the sect to travel, Bai Ning planned to spend his time during the journey on trying to think of all sorts of different artifacts that he would make after returning to the sect again… However-

"I have never seen you during any of the lectures before… Are you perhaps an Inner Disciple!?"

Another disciple of the sect was sitting together with him on the demonic beast and from the moment that they had gotten on top of the demonic beast… She hadn't stopped trying to talk to him!

Even him ignoring her for the first half hour pretending like he was cultivating did not help, as she would try and ask him again only a few minutes later…Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

"Still not awake… Is it really that important to cultivate at a time like this…"

Hearing the all too familiar sounding words, Bai Ning could not help letting out a quiet sigh as he lamented over the fact that he did not try to ask his master to help him get to the Azure Sky Kingdom.

After all, without his master's help, the journey to the Azure Sky Kingdom would at the very least take half a week on demonic beasts. Maybe even an entire week depending on how long they rested!

Something Bai Ning didn't think about before he set off together with the sect elders and other disciples from the sect…

"Hm? W-w-what is that?!"

Suddenly hearing the young girl sitting on top of the demonic beast together with him suddenly exclaim loudly in a surprised voice when he was deep in thought thinking about how much he had messed up by not asking his master for help in getting to the Azure Sky Kingdom, Bai Ning could not help opening both of his eyes to see what had surprised the young girl.

"Haha! I knew it! You are not cultivating!"

"…"

Not knowing what to say as he stared directly into the eyes of the young girl in question that had climbed in front of him at some point in time, Bai Ning had no idea what to say after realizing that her earlier exclamation had only been a way for her to confirm whether or not he was truly cultivating…

This girl… Is smarter than I expected…

Not thinking anymore about it, Bai Ning decided to pretend nothing had happened as he slowly closed his eyes and ignored the triumphant expression on the young girl's face-

"Hey! Don't just close your eyes again!"

Not intend on allowing him to escape, the young girl did not plan to give up so easily after knowing that Bai Ning was just pretending to cultivate to ignore her.

Rustle~

Hm?

Not able to see anything with his eyes closed, Bai Ning could not help feeling like something bad was about to happen after suddenly hearing a rustling sound coming from the place where the saddle, he was sitting on top of was connected and secured around the demon beast.

"Don't-!"

Opening his eyes only to she the annoying girl in question trying with great difficulty to loosen his saddle, Bai Ning quickly sprang into action and stopped her before she had a chance to do anything.

"Hmph! Prepared to not ignore me anymore?"

"Yes…"

Seeing the clearly triumphant expression on the annoying girl's face, Bai Ning could not help rolling his eyes before agreeing.

The annoying girl in question was very clearly smaller than him and should be no more than 14 or 13 years old, a few years young than him who was just about to reach the age of 16…

If she was any older than this, Bai Ning would not have been so kind to her after she had annoyed him for so long…

"So, I have never seen you during any of the lectures held by the different elders before… Could it be that you are really an Inner Disciple… Maybe even a personal disciple of one of the elders!?"

"No, I'm not an Inner Disciple… I'm a personal disciple and the reason why you haven't seen me during any of the lectures is mostly because I spent most of my time focused on blacksmithing. Not cultivation!"

"Hm~ I see… I'm still an Outer Disciple, but I already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, so the elders allowed me to go on this trip to the Azure Sky Kingdom. Apparently, it will be a good chance for me to improve my strength!

If I do well, the elders even told me that I would have a chance to get promoted from an Outer Sect Disciple to an Inner Sect Disciple! By the way… Why did you join this trip to the Azure Sky Kingdom? To get stronger? Fight demonic cultivators… Or maybe get your hands on some kind of rare spiritual herb located inside the Azure Sky Kingdom which location only you know about?"

Listening to the annoying girl get all excited after hearing his answer before asking him a new reason, Bai Ning could not help regretting the fact that he even answered her question in the first place… And for some reason, the last reason she gave for joining the trip to the Azure Sky Kingdom seemed oddly specific…

"My master told me to participate in helping deal with the demonic cultivators in the Azure Sky Kingdom to gain more combat experience."

"Good reason, a lot of the other disciples are here for similar reasons. Although… Most of them are also here for the contribution points that can be obtained from killing demonic cultivators.

Hah… with enough contribution points, you can get everything you need to help increase your safety when out adventuring or make it easier to increase your cultivation realm! If I could just get a few more contribution points, I would be more than safe going to that place…"

"…"

Seeing the annoying young girl show a dazed look on her face after mentioning the contribution points that could be obtained through killing demonic cultivators, Bai Ning felt like he managed to find out one of the main reasons why the annoying young girl decided to participate in the trip to the Azure Sky Kingdom.

For some reason, Bai Ning had a feeling that it was connected to some kind of rare spiritual herb hidden inside a dangerous place that happened to be located in the Azure Sky Kingdom…

"Ah! Did… Did I perhaps say the last part out loud…?"

"Yes…"

"W-well, let's change the topic! What is your name? My name is Hui Ying!"

"My name is Bai Ning. By the way, what is the place you mentioned just now? Something dangerous…?"

Watching as the annoying young girl going by the name of Hui Ying was starting to get both embarrassed and nervous at the same time, Bai Ning decided to not let go of the small slip she had.

After all, she was the one who had been annoying him for the past half hour! There was no way he would allow her to escape without paying a price…

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Chapter 681 Hidden Records...

"That... I... It's not something important! Hmph, I-I have to cultivate now, don't disturb me!"

Panicking after hearing Bai Ning asking about her slip up, Hui Ying pouted with an embarrassed expression on her face before escaping to the back of the demonic beast they were sitting on top of. Not wasting a second before closing her eyes tightly and starting to cultivate.

From the reaction alone, Bai Ning became even more certain that this annoying girl called Hui Ying did indeed plan to go to the Azure Sky Kingdom for something that was not related to getting promoted to an Inner Disciple or earning contribution point.

"However, it has nothing to do with me. At least this way, I won't get bothered any more during the rest of the journey to the Azure Sky Kingdom..." Shaking his head as he muttered this to himself while glancing towards Hui Ying, Bai Ning similarly closed his eye before resuming what he had been doing before Hui Ying had started annoying him.

In his opinion, there was no need for himself to get involved with someone like Hui Ying. Especially considering the fact that she was most definitely planning to do something dangerous after reaching the Azure Sky Kingdom...

After the last few days, he had spent under the guidance of his senior brother Chu Yang, Bai Ning had grown confident in dealing with people who had similarly reached the Ninth Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm like himself.

At this point in time, all Bai Ning wanted to do, was complete the task of hunting down a few demonic cultivators in the Azure Sky Kingdom before returning to the Star Shattering Sect again and prove to his master that he could indeed fight someone at the same realm as himself!

Finding out what the annoying girl called Hui Ying was up to was really not something Bai Ning planned to waste his time on. Especially considering that the time in question could be spent on way more important things... Like forging new artifacts!

"Now... I wonder what kind of artifact I should make after returning...!"

Having managed to make Hui Ying stop talking to him and instead focus on quietly cultivating without saying anything, the rest of the journey towards the Azure Sky Kingdom went off without anything major happening, Bai Ning focusing most of his attention towards trying to come up with a new artifact he could make after returning to the sect.

During this journey, the only thing that really ended up happening that momentarily slowed down the progress, was some random group of bandits that overestimated their strength and tried to rob them when they were just about to reach the border between the Azure Sky Kingdom and the Star Shattering Sect's territory.

Of course... These bandits were quickly dealt with by the elders, who were more than happy to show off in front of the disciples of the sect.

Like this, Bai Ning officially managed to reach the Azure Sky Kingdom after a little over four days of travel on demonic beasts.N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

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"Hm... Bai Ning should have reached the Azure Sky Kingdom at this point in time..."

Having recovered part of his dantian after remaining in secluded cultivation since returning from the enlightenment space, Xuan Hao slowly looked in the direction of the Azure Sky Kingdom.

Although he had been the one who had ended up forcing Bai Ning to go and get some real-life combat experience in the Azure Sky Kingdom, Xuan Hao could still not help feeling nervous when thinking about his disciple.

After all, even if there were a lot of elders present who had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm and the strongest demonic cultivators still left inside the Azure Sky Kingdom should at most have reached the Peak of the Core Formation.

In the worst-case scenario, a demonic cultivator compared to the earlier stages of the Nascent Soul Realm would still be hiding somewhere inside the Azure Sky Kingdom.

However, given that there were so many elders in the Nascent Soul Realm present, the appearance of such a powerful demonic cultivator should instantly alert them and cause them to rush over.

Even if the worst-case scenario really happened and Bai Ning was unfortunate enough to be the one to encounter the demonic cultivator, Xuan Hao had already made sure to secretly leave some of his power on his disciple before he left.

Even if the strength of the power was extremely limited due to his current condition, it should be more than enough to not only warn him if something ended up happening, but it would also be more than strong enough to keep his disciple safe in case he encountered a powerful opponent in the Nascent Soul Realm.

All things considered, even if he was in weakened state. At the end of the day, he was still someone at the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm. Even a tiny part of his power was more than enough to stop anyone below the Domain Lord Realm!

Knock Knock!

"Master, the sect master is here!"

Just as he was lost in thought thinking about how Bai Ning was doing, the voice of Zhi Ruo could be heard together with a light knocking sound from the door leading into his cultivation room.

"Well, I guess I forgot to inform anyone that I would be in secluded cultivation... You can just send him in." Whispering the first part to himself, Xuan Hao soon shook his head before informing Zhi Ruo to just let Feng Chen come in.

In the first place, he had already woken up from his meditation to recover the injuries inside his dantian and there was no reason why not to see Feng Chen. Not to mention, given that he had come all the way to him meant that he had something important to say...

Creak~!

"Xuan Hao! I"

Not even a minute passed after Zhi Ruo left before Feng Chen almost busted into the room without the slightest respect, a clearly excited expression plastered all over his face as he called out to him.

"First of all, calm down before you start speaking... Zhi Ruo, can you bring us some tea and a few light snacks?"

"Yes! I will be back shortly."

Rolling his eyes seeing just how excited Feng Chen was, Xuan Hao decided to first calm him down while calling for Zhi Ruo to get a few snacks and some tea for them in the meantime.

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"Hah... I'm sorry for my earlier behaviour..."

Drinking the tea Zhi Ruo had brought for them, Feng Chen could not help apologising for his earlier behaviour when he had rushed into Xuan Hao's cultivation room.

"No need to worry about it. Now that you have calmed down, can you perhaps explain the reason for your sudden visit and excitement? To be honest, it was quite shocking to suddenly see you burst into my room with so much energy..."

Not at all bothered by how Feng Chen had acted, Xuan Hao was more curious about what had caused him to act like he did.

Given that he had already reached the Domain Lord Realm, things that could cause him to grow as excited as he currently was, would definitely not be something simple. Maybe it could even be that he managed to find something that would be able to help increase hist strength...

"Haha! I understand what you mean and the reason why I rushed over here is simple... Do you remember the entrance to some sort of mystic realm that appeared next to your old pavilion?"

"Yes... What about it- Did you perhaps manage to find out something about it in the records of the sect!?"

At first nodding his head in understanding after hearing what Feng Chen said, Xuan Hao suddenly understands the reason why he had come to see him and could not help showing a surprised expression on his face.

After all, the elders of the sect familiar with the sect's records had already looked through the records for anything related to the mystic realm that had been hidden next to his pavilion and didn't find anything back then!

What had suddenly happened for them to find out something now...?

"Hehe, I understand what you are thinking right now. The reason why we didn't find out anything before, was indeed because there was nothing about it in our sect's records... But two days ago, when going through the old record hall back in the Flying Sword Sect, one of the elders in charge of managing the few less important records that are still kept in the Flying Sword Sect stumbled over a concealment formation hidden behind one of the large bookshelves!

After informing the rest of the elders, I was soon informed and made a trip back to the sect. After arriving it did not take long for me to undo the already decaying protection formations hidden behind the concealment formation. Behind these formations, there were dozens of records from when our sect was first established... And among them was one about a mystic realm entrance located inside the sect! Here, take a look!"

Hearing what Feng Chen told him, Xuan Hao could not help showing a surprised expression on his face before taking the old worn-down book Feng Chen handed over to him.

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Chapter 682 Mirage Sect's Mystic Realm

"Mirage Sect's Mystic Realm…?"

From the name on the front of the book Feng Chen had given him, it was easy to tell that the mystic realm had once belonged to a sect that was good at illusion techniques. Even without being able to enter the mystic realm, Xuan Hao could already guess how much of a pain it would be to explore…

At least I won't be the one to explore the mystic realm. After all, even if I could destroy the barrier guarding the entrance with my current strength, the entrance to the mystic realm would also end up getting destroyed in the process.

I'm still far away from being able to lock onto the spatial coordinates of a secret realm… Let alone a natural mystic realm that had once been controlled by an ancient sect!

Currently only Chu Yang had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and had the qualifications to explore the mystic realm… But Qing Yi was already preparing for her breakthrough and should not be too far away from reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

After her breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, the two of them could explore the mystic realm together. This way, it would also be safer for both of them when exploring an unknown mystic realm that had once belonged to an ancient sect that had existed a long time ago!

Shaking his head as he thought about this, Xuan Hao soon opened the book before starting to read through it. The matter of exploring the mystic realm could be left to his disciples after they reached the Nascent Soul Realm!

The Mirage Sect's Branch Mystic Realm.

"So, they have more than one mystic realm under them…"

Just after opening up the old book about the Mirage Sect's Mystic Realm, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly after reading the first line on the first page of the old book.

From the looks of things, the Mirage Sect should have been a powerful sect when they were still around. After all, the size of a mystic realm was normally far larger than a secret realm.

For the Mirage Sect to call a mystic realm a branch mystic realm, it was easy to imagine that they should have at least one more mystic realm under them where their sect was located… Maybe they had far more mystic realms under them!

No matter what it was, it was obvious just how powerful the Mirage Sect had been!

"A pity… The Branch Mystic Realm of the Mirage Sect does not allow anyone above the Nascent Soul Realm to enter…"

Realizing just how powerful the Mirage Sect had been, Xuan Hao could not help regretting the fact that he could not enter the mystic realm himself. Given the strength of the Mirage Sect, he should be able to find out more information about the Soul Ascension Realm. Even information on realms above the Soul Ascension Realm would not be too unrealistic to find in a place like that!

All he could do at this point in time was wait for his disciples to explore the mystic realm…

Rustle~

Continuing to read through the old book Feng Chen had handed him after coming to terms with the fact that he had no way to enter the Mirage Sect's Branch Mystic Realm, Xuan Hao only ended up growing more regretful the more he read…

According to the old book, the mystic realm not only contained a branch of the ancient Mirage Sect, but the majority of the mystic realm had been modified by the Mirage Sect and had been split into several different and unique environments with all sorts of demon beasts and spiritual herbs.

The reason for this modification, was to make the mystic realm serve as a training ground for the disciples of the Mirage Sect. After the mystic realm had been forcefully modified, the disciples would be able to train in these different unique environments against all sorts of similarly unique demon beasts that would challenge the disciples in their own way.

The spiritual herbs and other natural treasures spread out across all of these different environments could be said to be a reward that the seniors of the Mirage Sect had left for the disciples to find after overcoming different challenges inside the different training environments of the mystic realm.

After so many years had passed since the Mirage Sect had disappeared, it was impossible to tell what dangers lurked inside the mystic realm. After all, even if the Mirage Sect had disappeared from the mystic realm, the different demon beasts were still around and had likely grown far stronger than originally intended without the seniors and elders of the Mirage Sect there to keep them from growing too strong…

"Given how much time has passed, there should at the very least be some demon beasts at the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, a demon beast that has reached the Domain Lord Realm appearing is not too unrealistic either…" Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao quickly realized just how dangerous it would be for someone in the Nascent Soul Realm to enter and explore the mystic realm belonging to the Mirage Sect.

Even if most of the demon beasts inside the mystic realm should at most be around the Core Formation Realm and the earlier stages of the Nascent Soul Realm, there would definitely be a few more powerful ones that had reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul or even exceeded it!

At the same time, the spiritual herbs inside the mystic realm and the prospect of exploring the ruins of a once mighty sect that possibly had experts above the Soul Ascension was not something that could easily be ignored…

But… How come this book about the Mirage Sect's Mystic Realm was hidden inside the Flying Sword Sect…?

Thinking about it, Xuan Hao could really not come up with any reason as to why the Flying Sword Sect would have any information on a mystic realm that belonged to an ancient sect like the Mirage Sect.

All things considered, the Flying Sword Sect had only existed a little over a thousand years before merging together with the Spring Flower Sect to form the Star Shattering Sect, there was no way for such a young sect where the most powerful person had only reached the Nascent Soul Realm 10 years earlier could obtain such an ancient book.

"Hm?"

Now that I think about it… The founder is rather odd, he brought all sorts of precious Heaven Rank cultivation mantras with him when establishing the Flying Sword Sect. Now a hidden room filled with old books detailing ancient information of a long-gone era has also been found… No matter how I look at it, the old books Feng Chen and the rest of the elders found should be connected to the founder…!

Narrowing his eyes as he thought about this, Xuan Hao could not help turning to look towards Feng Chen who was quietly enjoying his tea while waiting for him to finish reading through the old book with information on the mystic realm.

"Sect Master… Can I perhaps ask you about something?"

"Hm? What is it? Why the sudden respectful tone?"

Hearing Xuan Hao suddenly address him in a formal and respectful way, Feng Chen could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine as he looked towards Xuan Hao with a surprised expression on his face.

Considering the fact that he was still the sect master, there was nothing weird with Xuan Hao addressing him respectfully with his title… The only problem was… It was Xuan Hao… The current strongest expert of the sect!

Not to mention, Feng Chen had already grown used to them talking normally with each other after Xuan Hao had entered the sect.

"Ahm… My bad… Feng Chen, how much do you know about the founder of our sect- The Flying Sword Sect?"

Asking the question on his mind, Xuan Hao could not help staring attentively at Feng Chen waiting for a response.

Although he had heard a bit of information about the founder of the Flying Sword Sect before, it had always been covered in a veil of mystery and had never truly clarified anything about where he had come from or why he had decided to establish the Flying Sword Sect.

The only real information that he had heard so far was that the founder had escaped from somewhere and decided to quietly set up the Flying Sword Sect. Later, he had ended up disappearing. Leaving the sect's management to an old elder in the Nascent Soul Realm who had later become Feng Chen's master.

After the old elder's lifespan ran out and he died, Feng Chen had ended up taking over as the Sect Master of the Flying Sword Sect.

Any other information about the founder was impossible to find, be it his appearance or his cultivation realm.

To be honest, Xuan Hao was not even sure about the gender of the founder. For all he knew, even if the founder was mostly depicted as a man in most of the records, with how limited the information on the founder was, he could also have been a woman!

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Chapter 683 Founder of the Flying Sword Sect and Ancient Seal

"The founder… To be honest, what I know about our founder is not much more than you. After all, when I joined the Flying Sword Sect back then, the founder had already disappeared over 200 years earlier, and my master was the one in charge of the Flying Sword Sect.

Not to mention, the Flying Sword Sect was in a rather unstable situation inside the Heavenly Sky Kingdom when I joined.

In the end, I spent all my time trying to get stronger to help lessen the burden on my master's shoulders. Asking about the founder who had disappeared hundreds of years ago was never something I thought about…"

Shaking his head as he said this, Feng Chen showed a sad expression when talking about his now gone master. Clearly reminiscing about his time struggling to increase his strength and help his master stabilize the situation of the Flying Sword Sect inside the Heavenly Sky Kingdom.

"…"

Seeing that Feng Chen was reminiscing about his past, Xuan Hao decided to not interrupt him as he slowly drank the tea in front of him while waiting for Feng Chen to finish reminiscing.

At the same time, he could not help frowning upon thinking about the founder of the Flying Sword Sect.

Even Feng Chen who had been the sect master of the Flying Sword Sect for hundreds of years had no idea about who the founder of the sect was nor did he have any clue about his origins and for what reason the Flying Sword Sect had even been established directly at the entrance to a mystic realm connected to the ancient Mirage Sect.

No matter how he looked at it, everything about the founder was simply too suspicious…

Could the founder be someone from the Mirage Sect? No, the Mirage Sect is clearly a sect that existed tens of thousands of years ago if not hundreds of thousands of years ago… But if the founder is not from the ancient Mirage Sect, how did he gain information on the mystic realm and the fact that it belonged to the ancient Mirage Sect?

What could it be, was the founder perhaps someone who lost power in a certain powerful empire and escaped to the Heavenly Sky Kingdom to slowly recover with the help of the mystic realm?

But then again… To gain information on a mystic realm that had once belonged to an ancient sect like the Mirage Sect, there is no way the founder would have simply been someone in the Nascent Soul Realm! But if that's the case, the mystic realm would have been completely useless...!

"Haaaah…"

Feeling like his brain was starting to hurt thinking about the founder and his or her origin, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a long-drawn-out sigh before deciding not to think about it anymore.

The origin of the founder of the Flying Sword Sect was shrouded in a veil of mystery and he had no way to see through it and understand the actions of the founder nor get any clue as to why the founder had suddenly disappeared only a few dozen years after the establishment of the Flying Sword Sect.

"Ah- My bad… I just blacked out for a moment there…"

"No worries."

Just at this moment, Feng Chen woke back up from his dazed state with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face.

"Ahm… Back to your question… The founder... What did master say about the founder when going over the sect's history back then… Hm…"

Recovering from his embarrassed state, Feng Chen tried his best to remember anything his master might have told him in the past about the founder-

"Now that I think about, I think my master mentioned something about the founder just before he left this world… But… Back then, I was too sad upon finding out that my master was going to pass away to properly listen to anything he said…"

Recalling the event in question, Feng Chen sorrowfully looked in the direction of the Flying Sword Sect before focusing back on the matter at hand.

"If I'm not wrong, my master told me that the reason for the founder's disappearance had something to do with an ancient seal weakening."

"An ancient seal!? Did your master mention anything else?"

"Yes… If I'm not wrong, my master also mentioned that the founder had already settled part of the seal hidden in the Heavenly Sky Kingdom before leaving for the Frozen Wasteland where another part of the seal was hidden!

The last time my master heard from the Founder was just before the founder left for the seal located in the Frozen Wastelands…!"

Even if he had not been able to remember what his master had told him back then due to not wanting to remember the sadness of losing his master, Feng Chen easily managed to recall it when he truly wanted to.

After all, all things considered, he was still a Nascent Soul Realm Expert and had the ability to easily recall any moment in his life if he wanted to put in the effort of looking through his old memories.

"Ancient Seal? Part of the seal is located in the Heavenly Sky Kingdom… And… Another part of the seal is located in the Frozen Wastelands…"

Going over what Feng Chen had just told him, Xuan Hao could not help frowning.

The two parts of the ancient seal that Feng Chen had just mentioned could not be related to the seal located below the Raging Flame Sect and the mysterious crack that randomly teleported around the Frozen Tundra… Right?

After all, back when I first encountered the seal below the Raging Flame Sect back then, I had just recently broken through to the Domain Lord Realm and the black miasma located there was more than strong enough to instantly kill me… And that was not to mentioning the creature hiding inside the black miasma!

Shaking his head as he thought back to his encounter with the decayed palace and the black miasma below the Raging Flame Sect, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a certain degree of fear towards whatever had been sealed away inside the black miasma.

If not for the divine runes making up the seal of that place, it was doubtful whether or not he would have been able to escape alive back then!

Even after reaching the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm, Xuan Hao understood that the existence being sealed below the Raging Flame Sect was far beyond his cultivation realm. Even reaching the Soul Ascension Realm did not feel like it would be enough for him to face whatever had been sealed below the Raging Flame Sect in the ancient past…

But… If the seal below the Raging Flame Sect is truly only a single part of a larger seal, would that not mean what I encountered back then was just a part of that creature…N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on N0v3l--B1n.

Slurp~

Not daring to think any further about it as he shivered at the thought of facing an unknown creature that had almost certainly surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm, Xuan Hao silently drank his already cold tea.

Deep down, he understood that to ensure the safety of not only the Shattering Star Sect but also himself, he had to find out more about the creature that was sealed below the Raging Flame Sect and more importantly… Find out how it was connected to the ancient seal that Feng Chen's master had talked about!

Especially considering the fact that the seal below the Raging Flame Sect might be weakening if it was truly a part of the ancient seal that the founder had told Feng Chen's master about!

"Looks like I will have to visit the seal below the Raging Flame Sect before leaving for the Sky Empire's capital…"

Silently whispering this to himself when Feng Chen was occupied trying to remember if there was anything else about the founder that he might have forgotten to mention, Xuan Hao silently decided to visit the seal he had found located below the Raging Flame Sect before leaving for the Sky Empire's capital.

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"Haaa… Xuan Hao, I don't think there is anything other than the ancient seal that master said the founder was going to check up on…"

"No worries at all, the information you provided me is more than enough! And… You should still not have finished looking through the ancient records you just found recently. Maybe after looking through them, you might be able to find out more information about the founder!"

"Hm… What you say makes sense… I hurried over here the moment I found out one of the old books contained information about the mystic realm and had no time to look through any of the other books and records we found!"

"Haha, I thought so!"

"Well then… I will get going and see if I can find anything!"

Swish~!

Seeing Feng Chen leaving, Xuan Hao could not help looking deeply at the book containing information on the mystic realm entrance located inside the Flying Sword Sect.

From the looks of it… The founder of the Flying Sword Sect was far more mysterious than he had first expected…

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Chapter 684 Unfortunate Demonic Cultivator...

Having decided to check out the seal located below the now destroyed Raging Flame Sect, Xuan Hao didn't waste any time in checking out how much his dantian had recovered over the past few days since his two domains had merged together and he had successfully reached the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm.

"Still nowhere near fully recovered… Looks like I will have to wait until I recover more before going to check out the seal below the Raging Flame Sect."

Seeing that the state of his dantian was still far from good enough for him to enter the underground below the Raging Flame Sect where the seal was located, Xuan Hao closed his eyes and sat down before focusing back on repairing his dantian.

Given the current recovery speed of his dantian, he should be able to recover enough to check out the seal located below the Raging Flame Sect over the next few weeks.

At the very least, he still had some time before he would have to leave for the capital city of the Sky Empire.

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At the same time Xuan Hao was doing his best to repair the damage that had been done to his dantian during the merger between his two domains, Bai Ning, Hui Ying, and the rest of the disciples from the Flying Sword Sect officially entered the chaotic Azure Sky Kingdom-

"So, this is a demonic cultivator…!"

Not taking long before the group encountered their first demonic cultivator in the process of devouring the body of a dead cultivator through the use of some kind of primal demonic cultivation technique that required the demonic cultivator to eat the other party to devour their cultivation and improve his own.

"Wow, I have never seen a demonic cultivator before… To think they are evil enough to eat a human…"

"So scary! Looks at the blood all over his face and the- Ah-!"

"This blood… He is eating someone!?!?"

"Wah! Let's just kill it!"

The young disciple who had never seen such a scene before all showed different expressions filled with both shock and disgust at what they were seeing, some of the more faint-hearted disciples even ended up fainting after seeing what the demonic cultivator was doing…

"Everyone, calm down! Remember that we are here to deal with these demonic cultivators and stabilize the current chaotic situation of the Azure Sky Kingdom!"

Stepping up to stabilize the situation and calm down the young disciples of the Shattering Star Sect, one of the more senior elders said this before pointing towards the demonic cultivator that had just noticed the group of elders and disciples from the Star Shattering Sect.

"This demonic cultivator here can be considered to be the weakest among demonic cultivators and has reached a realm known as the Lesser Demon Realm, a realm that is comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Above that are the Higher Demon Realm that is comparable to Core Formation Realm.

The demonic cultivators in the Lesser and Higher Demon Realm are the ones you will be fighting, while us elders will take care of the more powerful demonic cultivators roaming the Azure Sky Kingdom!"

As the elder finished talking, all the disciples from the Shattering Star Sect nodded their heads attentively as they had already calmed down after listening to the elder. Even the demonic cultivator located not too far away from them no longer seemed as scary as before and instead invoked the fighting spirits of some of the disciples who looked like they were about to jump out and attack the demonic cultivator at any moment.

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"This…"

At this moment, the demonic cultivator could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine as he also listened to what the elder from the Shattering Star Sect was saying.

Just a few seconds earlier, he had been filled with happiness after breaking through to the Peak of the Lesser Demon Realm. However, this all changed when the large group of disciples and elders from the Shattering Star Sect showed up.

Even if the demonic cultivator had no idea about where the group had come from, he understood very well that they belonged to some sort of sect, and they had come to the Azure Sky Kingdom to deal with the demonic cultivators that had recently entered the kingdom from the Frozen Wastelands.

"Elder, can I deal with this demonic cultivator?"

"No! Elder, senior brother Chua here already reached the Core Formation Realm! Let me deal with the demonic cultivator!"

"What are you two talking about? Both of you are in the Core Formation Realm, you should let us Foundation Establishment Realm disciples deal with this Lesser Demon Realm demonic cultivator!"

""Yes!""

"Let us deal with it, you seniors can deal with the Higher Demon Realm demonic cultivators!"

Suddenly hearing the disciples start discussing who would get to "deal" with him, the demonic cultivator in question did not know whether or not to laugh or cry in his current situation.

I should just have stayed back in the Frozen Wastelands…

Swish-!

Swish-!

Swish-!

As this thought occurred to the demonic cultivator, a few seniors at the Core Formation Realm decided to attack the demonic cultivator before any of the younger disciples still in the Foundation Establishment Realm had any time to react-NvεlB¡n: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.

Ptsh-!

Instantly killing the unfortunate demonic cultivator without giving him any chance to escape.

"Ah! The seniors already attacked!"

"How unfair… Not even giving us juniors a chance to see how a demonic cultivator fights…"

"Tch… These seniors just want the contribution points. Not even caring enough to let their juniors gain a little fighting experience with a demonic cultivator!"

Feeling his vision slowly going dark and the world fading from his view, the demonic cultivator did not know how to feel after hearing the junior disciples still in the Foundation Establishment complaining over how their senior brothers and sisters had taken away a precious opportunity for them to learn about fighting demonic cultivators.

Thank god those senior disciples ended things quickly…

Not able to stop such a thought from forming as he slowly felt the last bit of life leave his body, the demonic cultivator died.

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So that was a demonic cultivator…

Having seen the scene of the demonic cultivator devouring the body of a cultivator that he had killed, Bai Ning felt like he understood why demonic cultivators were so hated by everyone.

"Well… Now that the demonic cultivator is dead and we have arrived in the Azure sky Kingdom, all of you will split up into pairs of two people or more before going out to hunt down demonic cultivators on your own!

You are already paired up with someone ahead of time, the person who is on the same demonic beast as you, will also be your partner during this time in the Azure Sky Kingdom!"

Not wasting any time listening to the complaining disciple who wanted to fight with the demonic cultivator, the elder who had stepped up to explain a bit about demonic cultivators once again took control of the situation as he said this.

"Wait… I'm paired up with that annoying girl-"

"Well then everyone, we wish you luck! Make sure to use the emergency talisman given to you beforehand in case you encounter a dangerous situation, we elders will go on ahead to deal with any of the stronger demonic cultivators that might be lurking around the place!"

Swish-!

Swish-!

Swish-!

Not giving any of the disciples any time to say anything about this arrangement, the elders seemed to have some kind of tactic understanding, as they all quickly jumped off their demon beasts before disappearing in the distance.

The only elder who remained back was a Beast Taming Elder that was in charge of guarding the demon beast during the duration of their time in the Azure Sky Kingdom.

"The elders really left after pairing me up with that annoying girl…"

Not knowing what to say after he saw the elders disappearing in the distance, Bai Ning turned to look toward Hui Ying who was similarly staring towards him.

From the looks of it, they would have to work together to hunt down demonic cultivators during their time in the Azure Sky Kingdom… And from the looks of it, the elders had no intention of allowing them to hunt demonic cultivators on their own.

In a sense, Bai Ning understood that this was for safety and make sure that they would be safer in a completely unfamiliar place. Especially considering that most of the disciples were still below the age of 20.

But… Why did I have to be put together with that annoying girl?

In a similar situation as Bai Ning, Hui Ying looked like she was struggling to say something as both of them continued staring at each other without saying anything for a few minutes.

"Wah-! You win! Your stare is far too much! Let's just get going… I have a feeling that beast taming elder will not be happy if we stay around for too long…"

Giving up their little staring competition first, Hui Ying jumped off the demon beast before signalling for Bai Ning to do the same.

"Indeed… Looks like we will have to get going…"

Knowing that he would not be able to get another teammate, Bai Ning jumped off the demon beast before both of them made their way further inside the Azure Sky Kingdom together.

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Chapter 685 Unfortunate Bai Ning...

"Looks like those of you still staying are not satisfied with your current partner and wants someone different... Fine! All of you can talk with each other and figure out who you want to team up with, just remember that everyone should have a partner by the end!"

Shortly after Bai Ning and Hui Ying entered the Azure Sky Kingdom together to hunt for demonic cultivators, the beast taming elder who had started gathering together the demon beasts of the disciples who had already left suddenly turned towards the remaining disciples still standing around before saying this.

"Thank you elder!"

"Yay, thank you elder! Now I can be teamed up with my brother."

"Let's make a group of four, this way we will be able to hunt down stronger demonic cultivators and get more contribution points!"NvεlB¡n: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.

The remaining disciples who had been worried about being teamed up with someone they didn't know all thanked the beast taming elder before splitting up from their original partner to form new and mostly larger groups consisting of four people or more!

"Hmph... You kids... Now get going or there won't be any demonic cultivators left for any of you to fight!" Smiling slightly after he saw how happy the disciples were after forming new groups, the beast taming elder quickly chased them away after making sure that everyone had a partner.

"""Yes!"""

Filled with confidence and feeling happy that they could team up with their friends, the disciples did not stay around the border of the Azure Sky Kingdom for long, as they soon rushed into the Azure Sky Kingdom. Feeling both nervous and excited about fighting the demonic cultivators.

...

Not aware of what had taken place just after they had left, Bai Ning and Hui Ying made their way towards a small town located not too far away from the border where they had gotten off their demon beasts.

"This is horrible...!"

Reaching the small town, Hui Ying could not help exclaiming loudly as her face soon filled with fear. Soon turning to look away from what remained of the small town.

"..."

Bai Ning felt a similar urge to look away as he looked inside the town, but different from Hui Ying, Bai Ning quickly managed to calm himself down again to properly inspect the situation of the town in front of them.

The inside of the small town was filled with dead bodies belonging to both men and women, young and old.

Blood could be seen all over the place as a shabby looking formation had been drawn using the blood at the centre of the town, a weak blood red qi could still be seen flowing inside the blood red symbols that made up the demonic formation. Indicating that the formation had not been finished.

"If I'm not wrong, the demonic cultivator from earlier likely passed through this town and was planning to use some kind of sacrificial formation to break through... The cultivator we saw him devouring was most likely someone who passed by and tried to stop him..."

Saying this, Bai Ning turned towards the still scared Hui Ying in an attempt to calm her down. The scene of an entire town filled with corpses was simply far too much for her to take.

Compared to her I...

Shaking his head as he thought about something from his time before entering the Flying Sword Sect and becoming Xuan Hao's disciple, Bai Ning felt a tinge of pity when looking towards Hui Ying.

"Let's leave this place to the seniors."

"Yes..."

Having seen a few seniors from the sect similarly having arrived at the small town, Bai Ning and Hui Ying didn't bother exploring the dead town. Leaving the demonic formation still in place for the seniors who were more experienced to deal with.

Even if they might lose out on a few contribution points due to this, Bai Ning and Hui Ying didn't really care about this.

One of them needed to fight demonic cultivators due to his master's orders, while the other didn't want to go anywhere near the dead town!

With this in mind, there was not reason for them to enter the dead town and deal with the incomplete demonic formation when there already was a group of seniors present to deal with the issue for them.

"Hui Ying... Do you have anywhere you want to go first?"

After moving away from the dead town and seeing the Hui Ying had started calming down, Bai Ning took the opportunity to ask her this.

First and foremost, to help her take her mind off the bloody scene she had just seen, while at the same time wanting to know if she had anywhere specific, she wanted to go inside the Azure Sky Kingdom.

"Anywhere I want to go inside the Azure Sky Kingdom!? N-no! I-I don't have any place I want to go!"

"..."

Trying his best to ignore the flustered expression that appeared on Hui Ying's face as she did her best to answer his question in a calm voice, Bai Ning could not help rolling his eyes.

It's so easy to see that she is thinking about that spiritual herb she came to the Azure Sky Kingdom for...

Even without her saying anything, it was obvious to Bai Ning that she was thinking something completely different from what she was saying.

"Then let's go this way."

"Okay."

Deciding to choose a direction to travel in given that Hui Ying would not be doing so, both of them soon resumed their journey deeper into the Azure Sky Kingdom.

...

Back at the Star Shattering Sect, Xuan Hao who had remained motionless inside his room focused on repairing his dantian slowly opened his eyes.

"Hm... It's already been over a week since Bai Ning left for the Azure Sky Kingdom, I wonder how he is doing..." Muttering this to himself as he gazed out a nearby window in the direction of the Azure Sky Kingdom, Xuan Hao could not help feeling curious about just how Bai Ning was doing after leaving the sect for the first time since he had taken him in as his third disciple.

Even if he knew that nothing life threatening had happened as the power, he had left on him to protect him was still intact at this point in time, Xuan Hao was still a bit worried when thinking about Bai Ning.

After all, he had close to no experience when it came to fighting. The only real combat experience he had outside of training together with him and Chu Yang, was from before he had even started cultivating!

With that in mind, it was obvious that Xuan Hao felt worried about Bai Ning who was now in the Azure Sky Kingdom hunting down demonic cultivators...

Well... If anything happens, I will know about it immediately!

Shaking his head as he focused his attention back on his dantian, Xuan Hao could not help frowning to himself after seeing that he was still not anywhere near fully recovered yet.

Whoosh~!

Testing out the power of his domain as he kept his attention fully focused on his dantian to see what it could handle; Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of relief after seeing that he should be more than capable of using his power for a few minutes without worry.

Given his current cultivation realm, this would be more than enough to kill off someone in the later stages of the Domain Lord Realm!

This should be more than good enough for me to explore the ancient seal located below the Raging Flame Sect!

Knowing that he did not have much time left before he would have to leave for the capital of the Sky Empire at this point in time, Xuan Hao decided to go and check out the ancient seal located below the Raging Flame Sect.

Even if it was dangerous, he was more than confident in escaping in case something happened. Not to mention, he already understood that the biggest danger this time around would be the black miasma.

All he had to do, was make sure to properly monitor the black miasma and escape in case it began acting weirdly in any way.

However, this would only be the case if nothing had happened to the ancient seal that kept the black miasma at bay.

Well... If something really happened to the seal, then the black miasma might have already escaped from the underground and reached the surface where the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect was located!

If that was really the case, the thing hidden inside the black miasma might even have escaped...!

"No... If that creature really escaped, there is no way it wouldn't be noticed!"

Feeling that his train of thought was moving towards a rather negative direction, Xuan Hao shook his head as he calmed himself down.

Swish-!

Not wasting any time after calming himself down, Xuan Hao soon left the Star Shattering Sect. Moving towards the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect...

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Chapter 686 Checking the Ancient Seal below the Raging Flame Sect

"No black miasma... The seal should still be fine..."

Reaching the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of relief as he looked down at the ruins that had once been the Raging Flame Sect, one of the four top sects of the Heavenly Sky Kingdom.

The precious materials that made up the different building were not really anything that was worth much to the Flying Sword Sect back then, so it had been left behind. Keeping the Raging Flame Sect mostly intact after its defeat at the hands of the Flying Sword Sect.

However, even if the materials used in the construction of the Raging Flame Sect was not worth a lot to the Flying Sword Sect, the same could not be said for others...

At this point in time, most of the precious materials used in the construction of the sect had already been taken away by scavenging cultivators who had passed by the ruins after the fight between the Raging Flame Sect and the Flying Sword Sect had concluded.

Not to mention the Raging Flame Sect still being intact, the current Raging Flame Sect had already been stripped of anything precious that had been left behind after its defeat at the hands of the Flying Sword Sect.

Only the less important parts of the sect that had been constructed using normal materials could still be considered to be in a somewhat intact condition. The damage to these buildings had mostly been caused by the fights over the remaining resources that had taken place after the fall of the Raging Flame Sect...

Bang!

Even now, a group of people could be seen fighting for a small spirit stone one of them had found in the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect below.

"Hm... I wonder if anyone managed to find the underground space where the seal is located..." Remembering that the entrance leading down to the seal was not too well hidden, Xuan Hao could not help gazing towards the mountain peak that the entrance was located on top of.

With the number of cultivators who had passed by the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect, it would be rather odd if nobody had managed to find the entrance leading to the ancient seal at this point in time.

The only real worrisome thing about it, was the fact that no news about the ancient seal located below the Raging Flame Sect had spread. Meaning that the people who had found the path leading down to the ancient seal below the Raging Flame Sect had most likely not been able to make their way back out again!

Indeed, given that even he had almost died back then as someone who had already reached the Domain Lord Realm, it was not odd that the cultivators with strength ranging between the Qi Condensation Realm and Core Formation Realm would have no way to escape if they tried venturing deeper inside the underground space and the black miasma suddenly started rising...

Whoosh~

Shaking his head as he thought about this, Xuan Hao didn't bother paying any attention to the fights taking place in the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect as he flew towards the entrance leading down towards the underground space where the ancient seal was located.

...

Entering the decaying palace on top of the mountain peak, Xuan Hao did not hesitate as he entered the hole in the middle of the decaying palace leading to the underground space located below the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect where the seal was located.

I wonder how many people ended up jumping down into the hole only to end up falling into the black miasma...

Hovering above the black miasma that was exactly the same as the last time he had come, Xuan Hao could not help smiling wryly after thinking about just how many people had ended up dying because they jumped into the hole instead of climbing down the side of the hole.

The rope connected to the platform hanging from the ceiling of the cave had not changed a lot since last time. The only difference was that it had been strengthened a few times compared to the last time. Indicating that someone had indeed entered the underground space after the destruction of the Raging Flame Sect!

"Hm?"

As he continued inspecting the underground space and the divine runes that were barely visible to him through his divine sense, Xuan Hao could not help frowning after his divine sense came into contact with the black miasma below.

"This is... The Dao of Corruption?!"

After having comprehended part of the Dao of Corruption in the enlightenment space, Xuan Hao had grown more familiar with any power related to the Dao of Corruption... And... The black miasma below gave off a very familiar aura belonging to the Dao of Corruption!

So... The creature sealed off below the Raging Flame Sect is related to the Dao of Corruption?" Muttering this to himself as he gazed at the black miasma below, Xuan Hao could not help narrowing his eyes as a dangerous idea appeared in his head...

Maybe he could use the black miasma below to gain a deeper understanding of the Dao of Corruption!

Rumble~!

But as soon as this thought appeared, it was quickly thrown away as the black miasma below began moving upwards.

Swish-!

Already having expected something like this to happen before he entered the underground space, Xuan Hao did not stand too far away from the hole leading up to the surface and managed to leave the underground space before the black miasma manged to rise more than a few meters.

BOOM-!

As the black miasma crashed into the ceiling of the cave like it had done in the past, Xuan Hao patiently watched as the black miasma started retreating back again. Waiting for the creature sealed below to make a move and attack the seal like it had done when he first entered the underground space.

ROOOAAAAAR!

Hearing the familiar roar yet terrifying roar from below, Xuan Hao could not help shivering.

Now that he had reached the Ninth Stage of the Domain Lord Realm and had some understanding of the Dao of Corruption, he could sense the power of the creature sealed below even more clearly than before.

If he could only feel that the creature had far surpassed him in strength the first time around, this time, he felt like the creature had reached a completely different level compared to him!

Given that he still had no full grasp over the different minor realms that made up the Soul Ascension Realm, Xuan Hao could not clearly say whether or not the creature below had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm.

The only thing he was certain of, was that it should definitely be far stronger than a normal Soul Ascension Realm Expert. Especially considering the fact that the seal below the Raging Flame Sect should only be one of four ancient seals that made up an even larger seal!

Even at this point in time, Xuan Hao had no way to fully imagine just how strong the creature in question would be if all four seals were undone and it could fully recover its strength back to its peak.

Part of him had a feeling that its strength might surpass the Soul Ascension Realm at that point in time!Discover, Devour, Delight: NvεlB¡n.

Fwoosh-!

ROOOAAR!

Hearing the unwilling roar from the creature below as he watched the ceiling was covered in a myriad of different divine symbols and runes that merged together to supress the black miasma, Xuan Hao could not help letting out a sigh of amazement. Wondering just who could have set up such a terrifying formation that was capable of supressing the black miasma and keeping it sealed up underground for thousands of years.

Considering that the Raging Flame Sect was a rather old sect before its destruction that had been around for at least five thousand years, Xuan Hao would not feel surprised even if it turned out that the formation below had been around for tens of thousands of years.

If he was uncertain whether or not the creature sealed up below the Raging Flame Sect had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm, he could at the very least feel certain that the person who set up the formation to seal it had surpassed the Soul Ascension Realm!

"But... How is this formation connected to the founder...?"

Remembering that the founder had left to check up on the formations that sealed the black miasma, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he began wondering just how the founder of the Flying Sword Sect was connected to all of this.

Even if the founder had just wanted to check out the formations due to worrying about them possibly breaking and endangering the Flying Sword Sect in the process... How did the founder even learn about the ancient seals and their locations in the first place?

And if he knew about them, why place the Flying Sword Sect so close to one of them?

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Chapter 687 Three Demonic Cultivators...

"I have no idea what the founder was thinking back then. Placing the Flying Sword Sect so close to such a dangerous seal..."

Shaking his head as he muttered this to himself, Xuan Hao glanced towards the black miasma below one last time before taking his leave after confirming that the sealing formation had not weakened.

In the first place, he had not come to try and comprehend the black miasma or try to understand the ancient formation that kept it sealed up... But only came to check if the seal was showing any signs of weakening since his last visit.

For now, the most important thing would be to continue repairing his damaged dantian and preparing to leave for the capital of the Sky Empire.

Trying to investigate the ancient seal could wait for when he returned from the capital of the Sky Empire and had fully recovered his strength.

Swish~!

Not caring about the fighting that was still taking place in the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect after having left the underground space, Xuan Hao did not stand around for even a second as he headed back towards the Star Shattering Sect.

From start to finish, none of the cultivators in the ruins of the Raging Flame Sect below noticed his appearance.

...

Ptsh-!

"Do you think he is dead now Bai Ning...?"

"Yes... I don't think he will be able to do much in his current situation..."

Rolling his eyes as he said this, Bai Ning could not help looking away from the demonic cultivator that Hui Ying had just killed with no hesitation.

Compared to how afraid she had been when they had seen the dead town at the border of the Azure Sky Kingdom, Hui Ying had grown a lot. Even when she had just been faced with a similar situation a few moments earlier, she had been able to keep her calm and fight without the now dead demonic cultivator in front of her without any issues.

Over the past week. Not only had Hui Ying managed to grow a lot, but Bai Ning himself had also managed to grow in strength!

"That's great! Now there is no way for this evildoer to do any more harm! Let's get going, we still have to stop his companion before the demonic formation is completed!" Smiling happily after hearing Bai Ning confirm that the demonic cultivator was indeed dead, Hui Ying didn't waste any time as she began moving towards the deeper parts of the town filled with the corpse of the villages that had once lived there

"Yes... Let's get going..."

Knowing that they could not waste any time as it would risk the demonic cultivator still hiding in the deeper part of the town breaking through to the Higher Demon Realm, Bai Ning quickly followed behind Hui Ying as they moved towards the deeper part of the town together.

The town in question was not a very large town and should at most have a little over five thousand inhabitants before the arrival of a group of three demonic cultivators who had slaughtered the inhabitants to set up a demonic formation to increase their strength.

When the Bai Ning and Hui Ying reached the town, the demonic cultivators had already finished massacring the inhabitants and two of the demonic cultivators were already busy setting up the outer part of the demonic formation at the outer edges of the town barely finishing by the time both of them arrived at the outer perimeter of the town.

If not for the fact that one of the two demonic cultivators had screamed for their older brother to save them when Bai Ning had killed the first of the two demonic cultivators, Bai Ning and Hui Ying would not have any idea that there was still a third demonic cultivator hiding inside the town.

After all, the third demonic cultivator had not shown a single sign of appearing even when they had started fighting at the edges of the town!

From this, Bai Ning and Hui Ying could both tell that this demonic cultivator should be in a crucial state of setting up the demonic formation... Or maybe he just decided to ignore the two other demonic cultivators and decided to use the demonic formation to strengthen himself alone.

At least this way, the chances of this demonic cultivator breaking through to the Higher Demon Realm would increase by a lot compared to the demonic formation being used to strengthen three people...

BOOM-!

Just as Bai Ning and Hui Ying were about to reach the town square located at the centre of the town, a massive ball of blood red light rapidly gathered above the town square before exploding.

"Not good-"

"HAHHAHA, I FINALLY REACHED THE HIGHER DEMON REALM!"

Not managing to finish his sentence, a loud laughter filled with arrogance echoed out across the small town before a terrifying aura above that of the Foundation Establishment Realm spread out from the town square.

Higher Demon Realm! The demonic cultivator actually managed to break through to the Higher Demon Realm!

Frowning as he felt a shiver run down his spine, Bai Ning thought about what to do.

Escaping at this point in time would be impossible as the other party had already reached the Higher Demon Realm and was comparable to a Core Formation Realm Expert.

Fighting the demonic cultivator was not really a good idea either, as even if he had grown better at fighting, he was only a bit stronger than a normal Ninth Stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator. Far from enough to face off against a demonic cultivator who had already reached the Higher Demon Realm!

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Similarly taken aback as a fearful expression appeared on her face after hearing the loud laughter and feeling the scary aura belonging to a demonic cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm, Hui Ying moved a bit closer to Bai Ning before asking.

"Why don't we try and fight him?"

"Fight him!? But he reached the Higher Demon Realm! There is no way we can win!"

Hearing Bai Ning's suggestion, Hui Ying showed a shocked expression before questioning his decision to fight the demonic cultivator.

This was a demonic cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm! A demonic cultivator comparable to a Core Formation Realm Expert! Even if there were two of them, there was no way for them to make up the difference of a major realm with only the two of them...

"We can't escape at this point in time, there is no way he is going to let us escape after killing his two companions! Not to mention, we should have a chance of killing him now that he has just broken through and his foundation is still unstable!"

Understanding what Hui Ying was thinking, Bai Ning quickly explained himself and the reason for his decision to fight the demonic cultivator.

"That is... True... If we just wait, he will quickly stabilize his foundation with the help of the demonic formation and come chasing after us after he stabilizes his cultivation base. At that point in time, there will be even less of a chance for us to win in a fight..."

Reluctantly nodding her head as she understood Bai Ning's reason for wanting to attack the demonic cultivator before he had finished stabilizing his new realm, Hui Ying looked towards the town square where the demonic cultivator was located.

With each passing second, the aura that had at first been extremely chaotic slowly started growing more and more stable with each passing second, they wasted contemplating their options!

"Ah! Let's fight him! At least this way, we will have a chance at winning!"

Knowing that it was not a good idea to waste any more time than they already had, Hui Ying reluctantly agreed with Bai Ning to attack the demonic cultivator before he finished stabilizing his foundation.

Even if they might have a small chance of escaping if they ran away, the chance was close to negligible, as the town they were currently inside of was located in the middle of a massive empty plain that would make it easy for the demonic cultivator to chase after them.

Swish-!

Swish-!

Having come to a decision on what to do, both Bai Ning and Hui Ying rushed towards the town square. Ignoring the increasing number of dried-up corpses belonging to the townspeople along the way.

...

"Hahaha, I really reached the Higher Demon Realm! Second Brother, Third Brother, your sacrifice will not be in vain. Hehe, I will be sure to avenge you after I finish devouring the remaining blood essence in the formation and stabilize my cultivation base- Hm? Those two are actually not escaping... But are coming straight for me!? Hehe, can't wait to die?"

At the same time Bai Ning and Hui Ying decided to fight with the demonic cultivator and moved towards the town square, the demonic cultivator in question quickly discovered them approaching as a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

After reaching the Higher Demon Realm and feeling his entire body brimming with newfound strength, he was no longer fearful of facing off against Bai Ning and Hui Ying like he had been when they had first appeared and killed his second and third brother.

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688 Powerful Demonic Cultivator, Strength of the Higher Demon Realm!

"What a powerful demonic formation…" Reaching the town square where the core of the demonic formation was, Hui Ying could not help exclaiming in surprise as she stared at the blood red lines connecting to different demonic looking symbols floating in the air around the town square.

Even without any knowledge on demonic formations, Hui Ying still managed to see through the usage of the demonic formation at a glance, as the red lines and demonic symbols all created a small stream of blood red liquid that slowly flowed towards the centre of the town square.

Looking towards the direction of the blood red liquid formed by the demonic formation, a large figure covered in a blood red aura filled with killing intent could be seen absorbing the blood red liquid as his aura got stronger and more stable with each passing second.

"The demonic cultivator…" Starring straight at the figure of the demonic cultivator who was still ignoring them, Hui Ying could not help hesitating as she felt the terrifying aura of the Higher Demon Realm demonic cultivator.

Even if she knew that the other party had not stabilized his cultivation yet and wouldn't be able to fully use his newfound strength, she still felt scared deep down when faced with such a strong opponent. Especially considering that she had not reached the Ninth Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm like Bai Ning…!

Swish-!

Seeing Hui Ying's nervous expression as she looked towards the demonic cultivator in the distance, Bai Ning decided to make the first move as he charged towards the demonic cultivator without wasting any time. Understanding very well that the longer they waited, the more dangerous it would be for them.

"Wha-!? Wait for me!"

Swish-!

Watching as Bai Ning took the first step and charged towards the demonic cultivator without any hesitation, Hui Ying froze for a short second before she quickly followed behind him.

No matter what, there was no way she would just stand around and watch Bai Ning fight the demonic cultivator by himself!

"Hm?"

As Bai Ning and Hui Ying charged towards the demonic cultivator, the demonic cultivator stood up before looking towards Bai Ning and Hui Ying with a disdainful smile on his face.

"Hehe, I really didn't expect you to come here by yourself… All you are doing is making things easier for me!" Chuckling to himself as he said this, the demonic cultivator quickly stopped the absorbing the red liquid from the demonic formation-

Whoosh-!

Not waiting for Bai Ning and Hui Ying to reach him, the demonic cultivator gathered his strength into a small red orb before throwing it towards the two.

BOOM-!

Not even a second later, a large explosion shook the dead town as the red orb landed only a short distance away from Bai Ning and Hui Ying. Inevitably forcing both of them to rapidly retreat as they used their qi to shield themselves from the explosion of the blood red orb.

In the end, both Bai Ning and Hui Ying ended up retreating back out of the town square to prevent the explosion of the red orb from harming them.

Whoosh-!

Not wasting any time after having avoided the attack, Bai Ning and Hui Ying both charged back towards the demonic cultivator once again-

Boom!

Only to once again be forced to escape as the demonic cultivator threw another red orb towards them the moment, they got too close.

Boom-boom-boom!

This cycle continued repeating itself for the next few minutes as Bai Ning and Hui Ying would charge towards the demonic cultivator at the centre of the town square. Only to end up retreating a few seconds later after being met with the powerful red orbs created by the demonic cultivator forcing them to retreat.

…

BOOOM-!

"This… This is the power of a Higher Demon Realm demonic cultivator! We can't even get close to him at all..."

Barely managing to defend herself from the explosion caused by the another red orb and retreat in time, Hui Ying could not help looking towards the demonic cultivator disdainfully smiling at them with a fearful expression on her face.

Facing the power of a demonic cultivator who had reached the Higher Demon Realm was different from just feeling the powerful aura released by the other party. Even after sending out so many powerful attacks, the demonic cultivator still looked like he was full of energy without showing any signs of exhaustion!

Hui Ying even got the feeling that the other party was just playing with them and wanted to slowly exhaust them before killing them…

"Indeed, he is quite powerful… But that red orb attack should not be something easy to use constantly… Even for a demonic cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm…"

Different from Hui Ying who was starring towards the demonic cultivator with a fearful look on her face after barely escaping alive from the other party's attack, Bai Ning narrowed his eyes as he looked towards the demonic cultivator with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Hm? The demonic cultivator is not chasing after us- Is he really planning to let us tire ourselves out before coming to kill us!? But… If that is the case, why is he not stopping us from recovering now…?"

As a few seconds slowly passed with them slowly recovery instead of going back in, Hui Ying was the first to interrupt the silence as she tilted her head in confusion while looking towards the demonic cultivator that remained at the centre of the town square.

Not understanding why the demonic cultivator was just standing there without caring about them recovery some of the qi they had used during their attempts to reach him.

"Not chasing after us…? Ah! That's it!"

Bai Ning who had been observing the demonic cultivator during this time suddenly jumped up as he seemed to have understood something after hearing what Hui Ying said.

"What is it? Did you figure out why the demonic cultivator is not chasing after us?!"

Not able to contain her curiosity after hearing Bai Ning's sudden exclamation, Hui Ying quickly asked him. No longer feeling too worried about the demonic cultivator coming to attack them after seeing that he remained completely unmoving at the centre of the town square.

"If I'm not wrong… The demonic cultivator should still be deeply connected to the demonic formation in some way that prevents him from moving without damaging himself in the process. This should be the reason why he only tries to attack us through ranged attacks instead of just fighting us normally.

It would not be too odd if it was a normal cultivator, but this is a demonic cultivator! Demonic cultivators are far stronger compared to ordinary cultivators when it comes to physical fights, while they are far weaker in things like qi techniques. The one in front of us is not an exception either, even if the red orb is powerful, it is only barely stronger than the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

"Ohh! I see, so what should we do?" Nodding her head in understanding after hearing what Bai Ning said, Hui Ying quickly asked him what to do.

Given that he could understand all of this, he should have come up with some way to deal with the demonic cultivator…

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"Because he can't move due to fearing that doing so would break the formation that is helping him stabilize his cultivation base and injurie him in the process, I say… Why don't we make the choice for him and break the formation…?"

"That is… A good idea! This way, he will not be able to stabilize his cultivation base and should also be injured by the destruction of the formation!"

Hearing what Bai Ning said, Hui Ying thought about it for a short moment before agreeing with him.

If Bai Ning was really correct in his assumption about the demonic cultivator still being deeply entwined with the demonic formation. Destroying it would surely be able to cause some sort of damage to the demonic cultivator, while at the same time stopping him from stabilizing his cultivation base.

Even if it was wrong and the demonic cultivator was not connected to the demonic formation in the way Bai Ning though he was. Destroying it would still stop the demonic cultivator from further stabilizing his cultivation base.

…

Hm? What is this feeling? Why do I feel like something bad is about to happen?

At the same time Bai Ning and Hui Ying were hatching up a plan on how they would destroy the demonic formation, the demonic cultivator could not help frowning after seeing the two of them no longer charging towards him.

"How weird…" Muttering this to himself as he looked towards Bai Ning and Hui Ying having retreated out from the town square-

"Hahaha! Looks like I was worrying over nothing! I forgot that these little one's are far weaker than me and can't continue attacking so recklessly without any breaks! Hahaha!"

Laughing disdainfully after realizing that they were just recovering their qi, the demonic cultivator no longer paid any attention to the two of them as he focused on stabilizing his cultivation base with the help of the demonic formation…

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689 Target, Demonic Formation!

Swish-!

Having come up with a plan on how to destroy the demonic formation, Bai Ning and Hui Ying only ended up spending a few minutes recovering before both of them moved towards the town square-

Bang-bang-bang!

Crack~!

Ignoring the demonic cultivator at the centre of the town square looking disdainfully towards them as he prepared to throw another blood red orb towards them, as they instead attacked the different parts of the town square where the core part of the demonic formation covering the entire small town had been engraved into the ground with the blood of the inhabitants that had once lived inside there.

"Wha-!? HOW DARE YOU!"

Not taking even a second to realize what Bai Ning and Hui Ying were up to, the demonic cultivator yelled loudly filled with killing intent before using all his strength to condense close to a dozen blood red orb.

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Not caring about the consumption required to condense so many of the blood red orbs at once, the demonic cultivator was filled with killing intent after seeing Bai Ning and Hui Ying trying to destroy the demonic formation. Not holding back in the slightest as he went all out trying to kill them off before they had a chance to do any significant damage to the demonic formation.

The care that the demonic cultivator showed the demonic formation was obviously far above that of the two demonic cultivators that Bai Ning and Hui Ying had killed earlier…

Swish~

Swish~

Swish~

Seeing the demonic cultivator condensing so many of the blood red orb's at once, Bai Ning and Hui Ying moved like they had already predicted the actions of the demonic cultivator. Not wasting even a single second before both of them had already started retreated back outside the town square ahead of the red orbs even getting close to them!

"YOU DAMNABLE-"

Boom-boom-boom!

Realizing that he had been dupped by Bai Ning and Hui Ying into wasting his energy on a powerful attack, the demonic cultivator did not even have time to curse before the blood red orbs landed around the place where both Bai Ning and Hui Ying had been standing only a second earlier.

Looking at where the blood red orbs were landing, the demonic cultivator could not help frowning. However, his frowning expression soon turned into a panicking one after recognizing one of the blood red runes eteched into the ground around the place where the blood red orbs were landing.

"Wait… That… Isn't that a blood storage rune-"

BOOM-!

Not having time to finish what he was about to say, a massive explosion far surpassing the strength of the previous explosions caused by the blood red orbs of the demonic cultivator swept through the small town.

Crack~

Instantly cracks spread all across the demonic formation before-

BOOOOOOOM-!

The demonic formation fully shattered. Triggering an even larger explosion in the process.

"Ahhhh-!"

Located at the centre of the demonic formation where most of the energy from the demonic formation had gathered, the demonic cultivator could only forcefully cut his connection before using all his strength to protect himself from the terrifying explosion caused by the destruction of the demonic formation.

Even if he could stay alive, there was no doubt that he would end up seriously injured after the explosion of the demonic formation!

""Ah-!""

Not too far away from the town square where the core of the demonic formation was located and the massive explosion took place, Bai Ning and Hui Ying had no way to fully escape in time, as both of them were thrown dozens of meters back by the explosion.

Bang!

Only coming to a stop after crashing into a small hill located just outside the town square.

"Looks like you plan worked and there really was a gathering point for the energy of the demonic formation there… But… To think he really ended up destroying his own formation in the end…"

Being the first to get back up, Hui Ying could not help looking towards Bai Ning filled with both surprise and amazement after having witnessed the demonic cultivator destroying his own formation.

"Don't get happy yet, we only destroyed the demonic formation… The demonic cultivator is still alive… And I don't doubt he wants nothing more than to kill both of us at this point in time!"

Reminding Hui Ying that their battle was far from over, Bai Ning narrowed his eyes before looking towards the town square in the distance.

At this point in time, the centre of the town square where the demonic cultivator had been standing had already turned into a small crater after the demonic formation blew up. The only sign left of the demonic formation was a few dim red symbols barely floating around the outer edges of the town square.

Looking towards the small crater at the centre of the town square, Bai Ning could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine. No matter how injured the current demonic cultivator was, he could not help wanting to escape after sensing the terrifying killing intent leaking out into the surroundings from the crater!

"…"

Getting up from the ground before standing beside him, Hui Ying also looked towards the small crater without saying anything after feeling the terrifying killing intent from the demonic cultivator.

Even without Bai Ning saying anything, she understood that the fight ahead of them would not be easy in any way…

Heavily injured, unstable foundation and a less than optimal state of mind after being tricked into destroying his own formation. Even with all of these things helping them, the demonic cultivator had still reached the Higher Demon Realm!

"AHAHAHA! GET READY TO ENDURE A WORLD OF TORTURE!"

Swish-!

Just as Bai Ning and Hui Ying were staring toward the small crater at the centre of the town square, a crazy laughter echoed out from inside the small crater followed by the demonic cultivator covered in blood from head to toe rushing directly towards them!

Boom!

The difference in power between both of them was obvious!

Having to face the demonic cultivator first hand for the first time since their encounter, Bai Ning could not help feeling a tremor run through his body as he stepped forward to block the attack of the demonic cultivator with one of his artifacts.

Even if the demonic cultivator was heavily injured and could not display his full strength, Bai Ning had no way to fight back against the overwhelming physical power of the demonic cultivator.

The only thing allowing him to even face off against the demonic cultivator in the first place was the fact that he carried a large number of artifact that he had crafted during his time in the sect…

Bang!

"HAHAHA! HOW WEAK! YOU WANT TO FIGHT AGAINST ME RELYING ON ARTIFACTS!? I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY ARTIFACTS YOU HAVE!"

As a result, Bai Ning ended up on the losing side after only a short exchange!

If not for the fact that the strength of the demonic cultivator was far lower due to his current bad situation and Bai Ning had a large number of defensive artifacts on him that could help mitigate some of the power contained in the demonic cultivator's attack, it was easy to imagine how a fight between the two of them would have gone…

Bang-bang-bang!

At the same time Bai Ning and the demonic cultivator were clashing with each other, Hui Ying remained standing without knowing what to do in the current situation.

Not only was she weaker than Bai Ning in terms of cultivation, but she also had no way to protect herself against the attacks of the demonic cultivator with defensive artifacts like Bai Ning.

With this in mind, there was no way for her to interfere in the battle without causing more trouble for Bai Ning by endangering herself…

No! I can't just stand around doing nothing!

Unwilling to just stand and watch as Bai Ning's situation started growing worse with each defensive artifact that the demonic cultivator ended up destroying, Hui Ying showed a determined expression on her face before slowly making her way towards the place where Bai Ning and the demonic cultivator were fighting with each other.

…

Bang-bang-bang!

Having reached an area less than a dozen meters away from where Bai Ning and the demonic cultivator were fighting with each other without being spotted, Hui Ying narrowed her eyes as she focused her full attention on the demonic cultivator.

Closer… Closer… Just a little closer…

Watching as Bai Ning and the demonic cultivator got closer and closer to the place where she was hiding, Hui Ying started tensing up as she tightened her grip around the sword firmly held in her hands.

Given that she could not fight the demonic cultivator head on like Bai Ning, Hui Ying decided to go for a riskier approach… A sneak attack!

Even if she understood that failing might end up causing a lot of trouble for her, Hui Ying didn't want to just sit around doing nothing while Bai Ning was fighting with his life on the line!

Now!

Swish-!

Seeing an opportunity appearing, Hui Ying used her movement technique to the limit as she stabbed towards the demon cultivator-

Ptsh-!

690 Fight for Survival

Swish-!

Dashing out from her cover behind one of the buildings of the town, Hui Ying channelled all her strength into her sword as she stabbed towards the demonic cultivator without any hesitation.

Ptsh!

Not having expected for her to be there and being far too focused on his fight with Bai Ning, the demonic cultivator did not manage to react in time, as Hui Ying successfully managed to stab the demonic cultivator with all her strength!

"Die!"

Ignoring the sword Hui Ying had stabbed into him, the demonic cultivator exploded with killing intent as he turned his attention away from Bai Ning and attacked Hui Ying who had just stabbed him.

Whoosh-!

Seeing the terrifying fist of the demonic cultivator covered in scarlet red light descending down towards her all of a sudden, Hui Ying had no time to react as she had not expected for the other party to still be capable of attacking her so quickly after having been stabbed in the stomach by her.

Swish~

Just as the attack of the demonic cultivator was about to land on the unprepared Hui Ying, Bai Ning who had already seen Hui Ying approaching earlier threw out a small defensive artifact that quickly unfolded into a large shield-

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Crack~!

Not a second later, the fist of the demonic cultivator landed on the defensive artifact. Instantly shattering it!

Whoosh~

But in the end, the short moment bought by the defensive artifact was more than enough for Hui Ying to let go of the sword still stuck inside the demonic cultivator and escape from the attack before it had chance to land on her.

"Hmph! You dare!"

Seeing Hui Ying escaping into the distance as he missed, the demonic cultivator turned his attention back towards Bai Ning as he resumed his attack after pulling Hui Ying's sword out from his stomach.

However, even with his current strength as a cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm, there was no way for him to fully recover from the damage Hui Ying had caused when she stabbed him with all her strength. Especially when considering the other injuries, he had received from the explosion of the demonic formation that started affecting him more and more the longer the battle went on for…

For this reason, Bai Ning slowly started gaining the ability to fight back against the demonic cultivator. No longer being forced into a purely defensive position as the strength difference started decreasing as the injuries of the demonic cultivator grew worse and worse the longer the fight went on.

Not good… I can't continue like this!

The demonic cultivator of course realized his current situation as he felt the situation inside his dantian growing more and more unstable due to his injuries worsening the condition of his unstable cultivation base.

Even if the demonic cultivator was not that smart among his peers, he still understood that he would end up dying if he could not deal with Bai Ning before his situation ended up getting even worse than it currently was…

The main thing that made the demonic cultivator realize the fact that he would end up dying without doing anything drastic, was that he could clearly feel how fast his strength was decreasing after Hui Ying had stabbed him.

Something that was quite hard to admit given that he was a major realm above Bai Ning…

"Hm?"

Noticing the very clear change in the demonic cultivator as he suddenly began attacking in a far more precise and deadly manner compared to before, Bai Ning could not help frowning as the advantage he had gained after Hui Ying's attack disappeared the moment the demonic cultivator started to fight like his life was on the line.

Bang!

Being knocked back by the demonic cultivator, Bai Ning could not stop a stream of blood leaking out from the corner of his mouth after stabilizing himself and getting ready to face the demonic cultivator once again.

Even if the defensive artifacts could absorb most of the damage from the demonic cultivator's attacks, there was no way for them to fully absorb everything. Especially given that he could not truly bring out the full strength of the stronger artifacts for the Core Formation Realm that he had crafted with his current cultivation base.

Considering that the demonic cultivator had even started burning a part of his life essence to increase his strength, Bai Ning's artifacts had no way to fully block the attacks of the demonic cultivator!

…

"Hah… I have to thank Bai Ning later. If not for him…" Muttering this to herself as she let out the breath she had unconsciously been holding, Hui Ying looked back towards the place where Bai Ning and the demonic cultivator were currently fighting.

From the demonic cultivator pulling out the sword she had stabbed into it and left there, to the demonic cultivator starting to burn his blood essence to increase his strength in an attempt to break through the seemingly endless number of defensive artifacts that Bai Ning pulled out from thin air to protect himself.

Even if part of her was curious where all the defensive artifacts were coming from, Hui Ying didn't bother thinking about this at the moment. Defeating the demonic cultivator was far more important!

And… Given that the demonic cultivator had started burning his own life essence to increase his strength, it was obvious that he was close to losing!

If… If I can just find another way to get another sneak attack in, we should be able to finish him off!

Thinking this to herself as she watched Bai Ning's situation getting worse after the demonic cultivator strengthened himself with by burning his own life essence, Hui Ying narrowed her eyes as killing intent appeared in them.

No matter what, there was no way she was just going to let the demonic cultivator kill her new friend!

Swish-!

…

Bang!

Blocking yet another crazed attack from the demonic cultivator with one of his defensive artifacts before watching it get sent flying away, Bai Ning was just about to pull out another defensive artifact from the interspatial ring his master had given him when he suddenly froze.

There wasn't any artifacts left inside his interspatial ring!

"…"

Looking at the approaching demonic cultivator, Bai Ning could not help feeling a shiver run down his spine as he realized that he would have to face him without any defensive artifacts.

Even considering that he was stronger than a normal Ninth Stage Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, Bai Ning understood very well how dangerous it would be to face the demonic cultivator in front of him without any defensive artifacts to keep him safe… Especially considering that the demonic cultivator was currently stronger than normal after burning his own life essence!

"HAHAHA! FINALLY RAN OUT OF DEFENSIVE ARTIFACTS!?"

Seeing that Bai Ning didn't pull out another defensive artifact, the demonic cultivator could not help laughing loudly as he felt a sense of relief deep down.

If Bai Ning had continued pulling out defensive artifacts every time, he knocked one away from him, the demonic cultivator doubted that he would be able to kill the other party before he ended up killing himself by burning all his life essence…

Now that Bai Ning no longer had any defensive artifacts left to protect him, the demonic cultivator understood that it would not take long for him to kill the other party considering the strength difference between both of them!

"Hehe, prepare to die!"

Knowing that he was about to win, the demonic cultivator smiled sinisterly as he attacked Bai Ning with all his strength.

Whoosh-!

Even with his unstable cultivation base and his decreasing strength, by burning his own life essence, the power of the demonic cultivator had already reached a level comparable to a normal Higher Demon Realm Expert… That included his speed!

BANG!

Without having the ability to use his defensive artifacts to protect him, Bai Ning had no way to avoid the attack of the demonic cultivator and could only do his best to use a qi technique to defend.

"Ah-!"

However, with the difference in strength, the demonic cultivator easily broke through his defence before sending him flying!

If not for the fact that the Unformed Mantra had a side effect of strengthening his body, there was no way he would have been able to withstand the attack from the demonic cultivator!

"HAHAHA- Hm?"

Laughing loudly as he managed to send Bai Ning flying while throwing up a large mouthful of blood, the demonic cultivator momentarily let down his defences-

Zing~!

Ptsh!

Allowing Hui Ying who had managed to retrieve her sword after the demonic cultivator had thrown it away, to once again successfully sneak attack him!

"AHHHHH-!"

The only difference this time around, was that Hui Ying didn't stab him through his stomach, but instead stabbed him through the back of the head! Killing him!

Even if he was a demonic cultivator in the Higher Demon Realm, there was no way for him to survive being stabbed through the head...

Only those in the Nascent Soul Realm and above would be able to survive in such a situation!

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691 Towards the Capital City of the Sky Empire!

Bang~

Fwoosh!

As the body of the demonic cultivator fell lifelessly to the ground after he had his head pierced through by Hui Ying's sword, his body was quickly consumed by the forbidden technique he had used to burn his life essence.

Normally, the forbidden technique would not have ended up consuming the body of the demonic cultivator so quickly... But now that the demonic cultivator had died and there was no way to keep the forbidden technique under control, it quickly burned through the remaining life essence still left in the body of the demonic cultivator while taking the shape of a blood red flame that burned the body of the demonic cultivator until nothing was left!

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Walking over after seeing the demonic cultivator falling dead to the ground before being consumed by a blood red flame, Bai Ning could not help inspecting what little remained of the demonic cultivator before turning towards Hui Ying with disbelief.

No matter how he thought the battle would end, he had never expected for Hui Ying to be the one to deal the decisive blow and kill the demonic cultivator while it was focused on him.

Not to mention the fact that the demonic cultivator had already been attacked once by Hui Ying and should understand that she would be able to do so again, Bai Ning was amazed over the power behind the sword attack of Hui Ying.

Even considering that she had used all her strength to kill the demonic cultivator, the power behind her attack just now had clearly exceeded her current cultivation realm and reached a new level that was both faster and stronger compared to her first sneak attack.

From the fact that the demonic cultivator had ended up getting killed without any time to react, it was obvious that he had not expected the sudden increase in strength from Hui Ying... To be honest, Bai Ning had a feeling that the demonic cultivator had not even noticed Hui Ying approaching him in the first place...

"Hah... That was... Hah... Exhausting..."

"Indeed, we should get going before we end up running into another demonic cultivator in our current situation... Stay here for now and recover, I will pick up my artifacts first."

"Fine by me! Call me when you are ready to leave."

As Hui Ying laid down on the ground exhausted from her earlier attack, Bai Ning who was in far better condition even after having fought with the demonic cultivator quickly moved around the dead town to pick up the different defensive artifacts that had survived the earlier clash and had only been sent flying.

Even if the majority of the defensive artifacts had been damaged far too much, the most precious among the defensive artifacts were still intact without the slightest sign of damage.

"That should be all of them... Let's get going!"

"Ah? Okayyyy~"

After having collected the last of his still intact defensive artifacts, Bai Ning and Hui Ying soon left the dead town without looking back.

The demonic cultivators had all been killed and the demonic formation had been destroyed, there was no reason for them to stay any longer and risk running into a group of powerful demonic cultivator before they had recovered fully from their fight with the Higher Demon Realm demonic cultivator.

As for cleaning up the dead town? They did not dare do so, as that would take hours... And given their current circumstances, it was not worth the risk so in the end, they decided to just burn down the town and reduce the place to ashes before leaving.

At least this way, any demonic cultivators passing by would not be able to use the dead bodies of the town's inhabitants for another demonic formation or ritual to increase their strength!

...

"So... The time to leave is finally here, I wonder how Bai Ning is doing..."

Looking out the window inside his cultivation room at the spirit spring lake just outside, Xuan Hao let out a short sigh as he thought about the journey to the capital of the Sky Empire, while also thinking about Bai Ning who was still hunting down demonic cultivators in the Azure Sky Kingdom.

The past few weeks passed by in a flash, with most of his time being spent on recovering from the damage he had received to his dantian during the merger of his two domains.

At this point in time, although he had not managed to fully recover, he was not that far away from it and would at most need another week to do so. More than enough time for him to recover before he reached the capital of the Sky Empire. Even if travelling would slow down his recovery speed...

"Now that I think about it, who will be going with me for the sect alliance...? Is it Elder Song, Feng Chen... Maybe Shu Yao?" Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao soon shook his head.

Elder Song and Feng Chen were unlikely to be going with him. After all, the sect could not run without them being present for an extended period of time.

Shu Yao on the other hand was busy helping Elder Song with the new disciples of the sect...

"In the end... Am I going to the capital of the Sky Empire by myself?" Muttering this to himself, Xuan Hao could not help feeling a bit uncomfortable at the idea of going to the sect alliance by himself.

After all, he was not familiar with the Sky Empire nor was he familiar with any of the different sects and other powers that would be present for the sect alliance's establishment.

However, at least it would be easier to keep himself safe in case something ended up happening.

I should just be going there for formalities sake and shouldn't really have to do anything for the sect alliance of the Sky Empire other than showing up and agreeing to join the sect alliance. The other stuff of working together with other sects should come after the sect alliance is established and that should be something Elder Song will take care of together with Feng Chen...

Shaking his head as he thought this to himself, Xuan Hao looked towards the lotus farm Zu Fei had constructed close to the shore of the spirit spring lake.

Even if there was not really anything to do other than show up for the sect alliance's establishment and get to know some of the other sects that resided inside the Sky Empire, Xuan Hao still felt uncomfortable going to the capital of the Sky Empire alone.

"Hah... I should get ready and inform my disciples before leaving..."

Letting out a sigh, Xuan Hao turned around and left his cultivation room. Intending to inform his disciples before he left so they would at least have a chance to ask him any questions they might have before he left.

Especially Qing Yi, who was in the process of preparing to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Whoosh~

Meeting up with Chu Yang and Qing Yi, Xuan Hao ended up spending the next three days teaching both of them and answering any questions they had about their cultivation.

The one who ended up needing the most help was as expected Qing Yi, who was slowly getting ready to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and catch up to Chu Yang who had broken through ahead of her.

Bai Ning on the other... Was busy outside with hunting down demonic cultivators together with another disciple from the sect.

At first, Xuan Hao planned to visit Bai Ning before leaving, but seeing that he was together with another disciple and was doing fine, he decided against it and just ended up informing him through his communication talisman.

After all, if he ended up showing up, he was sure that the relationship between Bai Ning and the little disciple he was hunting demonic cultivators together with would change if he had not already informed her about who his master was.

Bai Ning had finally made a friend that was not a living fossil from the Blacksmithing Hall... Or Sea of a Thousand Furnaces as it was called now. This was not something Xuan Hao wanted to ruin!

Hopefully, Bai Ning would end up making more friends his age after returning from the Azure Sky Kingdom in the future.

At the very least, Xuan Hao felt that sending Bai Ning to the Azure Sky Kingdom was a great idea.

Not only did Bai Ning's strength and combat experience increase a lot from what he had observed, but he had also started making friends with other disciples from the sect instead of the different blacksmithing elders!

...

"Time to leave... I hope the sect alliance thing ends up going well..."

Returning to the Star Shattering Sect after having checked up on Bai Ning and already having informed Feng Chen and the other elders about him leaving, Xuan Hao narrowed his eyes as he gazed off in the direction of the Sky Empire's capital city.

Whoosh~

Feeling both nervous and excited at the prospect of finally meeting someone who had surpassed the Domain Lord Realm, Xuan Hao began his journey towards the core of the Sky Empire!

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692 Elder from the Flame Sky Kingdom!

Leaving the Star Shattering Sect, Xuan Hao decided to use a flying demon beast for the first part of his journey. This way, he would be able to recover his strength while also moving towards his destination at the same time.

Although this was slower than him flying himself, he would be able to recover his strength far faster this way and he didn't really expect to encounter any dangerous situations before reaching the core of the Sky Empire.

Even if he ended up encountering a bandit group along the way, most bandit groups would not have any strong demon beasts available to them… And that was not mentioning that the flying demon beast he was using had reached the Nascent Soul Realm!

Ordinary flying demon beasts would not be able to catch up to him, let alone try and pick a fight with him!

Only after reaching the core region of the Sky Empire was there a possibility of him encountering more powerful bandits who had powerful demon beasts available. Encountering a Domain Lord Realm Expert would not be odd either given that they were far more common at the core region of the Sky Empire…

Thinking this to himself, Xuan Hao closed his eyes and focused on fully recovering.

No matter what, with the strength of the flying demon beast he was using, he should be safe for the next few days moving through the outer regions and border regions of the Sky Empire. Making his way towards the core region of the Sky Empire.

Of course… Considering that he avoided the few Domain Lord Realm powers that started appearing the closer he got the core region of the Sky Empire.

…

At the same time Xuan Hao had just left the Star Shattering Sect, an elder who had just recently broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm and had been promoted to an elder in charge of guarding the entrance to Star Shattering Sect, could be seen rushing back towards the Seventh Star Peak with a nervous expression on his face.

Whoosh~!

Rushing past the different elders and disciples who were looking at him with weird expressions on their face as they saw him dashing past them at an extremely fast speed, the elder soon found himself in front of Elder Song's courtyard.

Bang!

Opening the door to Elder Song's courtyard open without knocking first in a violent manner, the elder quickly spotted Elder Song who was sitting inside the small garden of the courtyard enjoying a cup of tea looking over towards him with a confused expression on his face.

Obviously, Elder Song did not expect for someone to suddenly come barrelling into his courtyard without knocking.

"What is it? For you to act like this, Elder Playing Ghost, did someone important show up at the entrance?"

Looking at the door leading to his courtyard that had almost been broken off by the Elder Playing Ghost, Elder Song could not help narrowing his eyes.

From how anxious Elder Playing Ghost was, it was obvious that something had happened at the entrance of the sect. If not… He would make sure to have a talk with Elder Playing Ghost about not randomly breaking into other people's home…

"Someone from the Flame Sky Kingdom showed up and is saying that she wants to talk about the future relationship between the Flame Sky Kingdom and the Star Shattering Sect!

From what I could see, the person who showed up is at least someone in the Seventh Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm... Maybe even someone who reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!"

Hearing what Elder Song said, Elder Playing Ghost calmed down a bit before he began explaining to Elder Song. Making sure to empathize the strength of the person who had showed up at the entrance of the sect.

"Someone from the Flame Sky Kingdom? And someone who has at least reached the Seventh Stage of the Nascent Soul no less… Hm… Are they not one of the kingdoms that are waiting for one of their ancestors to break through to the Domain Lord Realm?" Muttering this to himself as a thoughtful expression appeared on his face, Elder Song tried his best to recall any information he could about the Flame Sky Kingdom.

They are one of the more powerful kingdoms around the border that me and the rest of the elders are planning for the sect to expand into over the coming years… But, even if they know that we will be expanding into their kingdom, that is something that is still quite a few years away from now. During this period of time, they should be more focused on helping their ancestors break through to the Domain Lord Realm, why did someone from the Flame Sky Kingdom suddenly show up now?

Did they encounter a dangerous enemy they could not deal with by themselves? Perhaps one of their ancestors actually managed to break through to the Domain Lord Realm and they want to come and announce it in hopes of us leaving them alone? Maybe something completely different…

Not able to understand why someone from the Flame Sky Kingdom would suddenly show up now of all times, Elder Song silently let out a sigh before he put the cup of tea, he had been holding down on the table in front of him.

"Looks like I will have to go and have a chat with this Nascent Soul Realm Expert from the Flame Sky Kingdom… Elder Playing Ghost, go and inform the sect master about this and tell him that I will be taking care of our guest from the Flame Sky Kingdom."

"Yes! I will get going Elder Song!"

Whoosh~

Sending off Elder Playing Ghost to inform Feng Chen about their guest from the Flame Sky Kingdom, Elder Song stood up before making his way towards the entrance of the Star Shattering Sect located at the base of the Ninth Star Peak.

Even if the other party was someone who had at the very least reached the Seventh Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, Elder Song was not the slightest bit afraid of the other party attacking him.

Not to mention the fact that offending a sect with more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert was not a wise choice, Elder Song would always be able to escape back inside the Chaotic Qi Formation in case the other party tried anything.

…

"I wonder if this is the correct choice…"NvεlB¡n: Unleashing Imagination, One Read at a Time.

A few minutes before Elder Song had been informed about someone showing up at the entrance of the sect, a female figure appeared below the Ninth Star Peak with a nervous expression on her face.

This person was none other than Elder Sheng Mei, the old Nascent Soul Realm Elder from the Flame Sky Kingdom that wanted to establish a friendly relationship with the Star Shattering Sect.

After it had been decided that the Flame Sky Kingdom would take a wait and see attitude while waiting for one of their ancestors to break through to the Domain Lord Realm, Shen Mei had felt that doing so would damage their possible future relationship with the Star Shattering Sect.

Especially considering that Elder Hong Xuan, who wanted to fight it out with the Star Shattering Sect to the end by relying on the ancient formation that protected the capital of the Flame Sky Kingdom, had started gaining more power within the capital over the past few months…

For this reason, Sheng Mei had decided to take the risk and go to the Star Shattering Sect herself to try and see if she could get the help of the Shattering Star Sect in helping her convince the Flame Sky Kingdom to join them instead of doing what Elder Hong Xuan was planning…

All things considered, the Star Shattering Sect would not lose anything by doing this and might even be able to avoid a fight with the Flame Sky Kingdom in the future this way!

The only problem is… How do I convince them that I'm really trying to make the Flame Sky Kingdom join the Star Shattering Sect and that I'm not just someone trying to get my hands on the resources of the Star Shattering Sect to increase my own strength before running away…

Shaking her head as she thought about this, Shen Mei walked up to the entrance leading up the Ninth Star Peak and informed the elder standing guard at the gate about who she was and why she had come.

Whoosh~

"Hehe~"

Watching the elder showing a shocked expression on his face after hearing what she said before dashing up the Ninth Star Peak and disappearing from sight the next moment, Sheng Mei could not help chuckling to herself at how panicked the elder had been after realizing how strong she was.

That little elder should just recently have reached the Nascent Soul Realm… But, to think that someone at the Nascent Soul Realm actually guards the entrance of the sect…

Thinking this to herself, Sheng Mei could not help looking forward to seeing the Star Shattering Sect, a sect with more than one Domain Lord Realm Expert behind it!

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