After everyone dispersed, Zhang Fan led Lin Haotian and the others back to the mountain peak that belonged to him. He had chosen it when he became a guest elder of the Six Kings' Mansion. Liu Mu had nowhere else to go and followed Zhang Fan.
There were no buildings on this mountain peak. The peak was cut in half, with a flat summit. Zhang Fan threw the exquisite Golden Light Immortal Mansion from his hand. Upon landing, the mansion rapidly expanded, transforming into a golden palace.
"It seems your trip to the Great Luo Realm was quite fruitful," Zhang Fan said with a hint of relief on his face as he felt the current cultivation levels of the group after entering the immortal mansion.
After undergoing the Dao Law inheritance from the Vasu Stone Statue, everyone had made breakthroughs. They were now all cultivators at the Six Tribulations realm, and with just one more step into the Seven Tribulations realm, they could be considered strong cultivators within the Nascent Soul stage.
"Master, did Junior Sister not return with you?" Lin Haotian, who had held back for a long time, finally asked after entering the immortal mansion.
"Her?" Zhang Fan pondered and said, "She has her own mission. We won't see each other again for a while, but there will be opportunities in the future."
After accepting the inheritance from the Lord of the Great Luo Realm, Luo Xiaoxiao became its new master. The Great Luo Realm Spirit would guide her in her cultivation journey across the myriad star domains, and no one knew where she would end up.
However, as long as one's strength was sufficiently powerful, distance would no longer be a constraint. If one wished to meet, they could do so at any time.
"I had also promised Junior Sister that after leaving the Great Luo Realm, I would go with her to destroy the Tengshe clan. I never expected she wouldn't return," Lin Haotian lamented.
A faint cold smile touched Zhang Fan's lips. Teng Tian Gu had already died at his hands. The Tengshe clan must be in a state of panic by now. "No need to rush. After we destroy the Flying Immortal Mansion, the Black Sand Cave Heaven, and the Sun Shadow Cave Heaven, I will also pay a visit to the Tengshe clan."
"Count me in!" Liu Mu quickly chimed in. How could he not participate in such a pleasant event?
Lin Haotian cast a curious glance at Liu Mu, wondering about his master's friend. He looked so fair and tender, yet he was also a belligerent person.
In the time that followed, Zhang Fan delivered a sermon and answered questions for Lin Haotian and the others. Although the three of them had entered the Vasu Stone Statue and received the complete Dao Law inheritance, they had not grasped it deeply, given their current cultivation levels.
On the third floor of the Golden Light Immortal Mansion, Lin Haotian, Wuchen Sword Immortal, and Tianhua Heavenly Monarch sat cross-legged, taking turns to present their understanding and doubts regarding the inheritance from the Vasu Stone Statue.
The questions they raised were elementary to Zhang Fan. Lin Haotian's cultivation of body refinement and Wuchen Sword Immortal's focus on swordsmanship were naturally effortless for Zhang Fan. Problems that Lin Haotian and the others found difficult to comprehend, Zhang Fan could explain in the simplest terms.
Even regarding the formation arts that Tianhua Heavenly Monarch cultivated, Zhang Fan could easily resolve his doubts, causing Liu Mu, who was standing by and looking somewhat bored, to pay attention.
The sermon lasted for about a day. After Lin Haotian and the others thanked him and left, Liu Mu walked over, staring at Zhang Fan curiously, as if seeing him for the first time.
"Body refinement, formation arrays, swordsmanship, immortal pill cultivation—there seems to be nothing you can't do. What kind of monster are you, whose talent faintly surpasses even mine?" Liu Mu exclaimed in astonishment.
Being teased by Liu Mu was not a new experience for Zhang Fan, and he was accustomed to it. Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to sense something and instantly vanished from Liu Mu's sight.
"Prefect Ling Xiu, only a day has passed. Have you already prepared everything?" Zhang Fan asked Ling Xiu as he arrived in front of the Golden Light Immortal Mansion.
Ling Xiu tossed a storage ring to Zhang Fan and said, "This matter concerns the life and death of my Six Kings' Mansion, so I naturally dared not be negligent. Fortunately, we were lucky, and I have gathered the items Elder Zhang Fan required today."
Zhang Fan took the storage ring in his hand. It was light, but it felt heavy in his heart. He nodded slightly and said, "I plan to go into seclusion for a while. I hope to break through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage with this opportunity."
Even though Ling Xiu had guessed that Zhang Fan's purpose in demanding a hundred billion spirit crystals was for a breakthrough in his cultivation, he hadn't expected his target to be the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. After all, with only these three months, did he not encounter any bottlenecks in his Dao Law comprehension?
However, recalling that Zhang Fan had cultivated from the Golden Core stage to the Nine Tribulations realm in just a few years, Ling Xiu immediately felt at ease. Some people could not be judged by ordinary standards.
Upon returning to the Golden Light Immortal Mansion, Zhang Fan sent Liu Mu to the second floor of the mansion. As he took out the ten billion spirit crystals from the storage ring, they occupied more than half of the third-floor space. Zhang Fan sat cross-legged before the spirit crystals, adjusted his state of mind, and began circulating his internal cultivation method. As the Gluttonous Tome was illuminated, Zhang Fan became like a black hole, continuously absorbing the spiritual energy from the spirit crystals.
Instantly, the entire space was filled with dense and pure spiritual energy, while Zhang Fan's body was like a bottomless pit. As he absorbed the spiritual energy like a whale, his aura slowly grew.
The Six Kings' Mansion, after the great battle, appeared remarkably tranquil. Apart from a few stewards handling affairs flying between the peaks, most cultivators had entered a state of seclusion. Even though they knew that the key to this battle lay with Zhang Fan.
A few days after Zhang Fan entered seclusion, the events that transpired on the Panlong Mountain Range rapidly spread. Such earth-shattering news, like a storm, swept across the entire World Heart Continent in just a few days, and even many cultivators on life planets outside the World Heart Continent were discussing the matter.
All parties marveled at the strength of the Six Kings' Mansion, which had managed to withstand the combined forces of three factions. However, what shocked them even more was Zhang Fan's challenge, where he confidently allowed the opponent to set the location and even swore a Heavenly Dao oath. This was completely cutting off his own retreat.
At the Azure Sea Palace, on an island shrouded in mist, a man with his upper body bare and a full beard was slowly pulling in a fishing net. The net was large, and the sea waves surged. A large creature seemed to be struggling fiercely below, and the man was pulling with great effort. The stalemate had lasted for a long time.
The sea mist was hazy, and two figures emerged from within. Upon seeing the two, the middle-aged man was distracted. The already strained fishing net suddenly broke. The middle-aged man saw this and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "The net I've been weaving for so long has broken like this. What a pity."
"Master, as the strongest person in the Wu Mountain Star Domain, who could break free from your net?"
Who would have thought that this bare-chested, bearded fisherman was actually the Southern Venerable, known as the strongest person on the World Heart Continent?
And the two figures who had arrived on the sea at this moment were Canglan Mingyue and Canglan Qiuyue.
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