After Daoist Niu died, Huxin Island returned to its former peace and tranquility. Zhang Fan first rearranged the protective formations of the island. With his current strength, the formations he set up would be difficult for even peak Core Condensation realm experts to easily break.
As for the damaged villas on the island, Yifei City arranged for people to repair them. In less than a week, the scenery of Huxin Island was fully restored.
This battle was recorded by many citizens who witnessed it in Donghai City using electronic devices. The video spread wildly online, and the news of an immortal residing on Huxin Island was confirmed.
Of course, this turmoil was not limited to Donghai but spread throughout the country. The great families in Yanjing also saw the video of the battle on Huxin Island.
In the video, Zhang Fan was like a god, and no matter how powerful the attacks were, they caused him no harm. Ordinary people even suspected that even a nuclear bomb hitting Zhang Fan might not be able to kill him.
After this video was released, the major families in Yanjing became unusually low-key. At the same time, the Qin family became extremely popular in the following days, with many family heads bringing heavy gifts to visit and congratulate them.
Because everyone knew the relationship between Qin Luoshui of the Qin family and Zhang Fan. With this connection, as long as Zhang Fan was alive, no family or force in the entire Huaxia would dare to make a move against the Qin family.
After the battle, the Mist Pavilion Master visited Huxin Island to pay his respects to Zhang Fan and express his reverence.
After witnessing Zhang Fan descend upon Huxin Island and display his might, he realized that he had merely been a frog in a well. The power of the Sacred Domain was so insignificant, and if he continued to view the world with his current perspective, he would inevitably be eliminated by the world.
In his eyes, the few individuals who had trespassed on Huxin Island were all unfathomably powerful, like immortals with irresistible might, yet they were toyed with and slaughtered like chicks in Zhang Fan's hands.
Therefore, his visit to Zhang Fan was not only to express his deep respect but also to request to follow him.
He understood clearly that to become stronger, one could only seize more opportunities by staying by the side of the strong.
Regarding the Mist Pavilion Master's request, Zhang Fan did not make an immediate decision but fell into deep thought.
After his last trip to Europe and his exchange with Blood Ancestor Xue Jing, Zhang Fan understood that Earth's coordinates would be exposed sooner or later.
After all, the Core Condensation realm cultivators of the Wushan Star Domain were searching for the place of fortune left by Immortal King Zhiwu in the Milky Way.
Although the Milky Way was vast and its diameter spanned tens of thousands of light-years, Core Condensation realm cultivators had various means. Moreover, when they came in search of fortune, they would surely bring treasures bestowed by their elders. Over time, their coordinates would inevitably be exposed.
And once discovered by the Core Condensation realm cultivators of the Wushan Star Domain, Earth would likely descend into chaos.
In the eyes of those Core Condensation realm cultivators, Earth's technology was merely a joke. Even the most powerful nuclear bombs of the present day could not pose a threat to their lives.
Facing the threat from the Core Condensation realm cultivators of the Wushan Star Domain, Zhang Fan conceived the idea of establishing his own force on Earth.
"This matter is not urgent. The most pressing matter now is to deal with the Church!"
Zhang Fan stood on the beach, lost in thought for a long time, his gaze fixed westward towards the direction of the Church. The existence of the Church had always been a thorn in his side.
According to Xue Jing, the founder of the Church was also a cultivator from the Myriad Domain Starry Sky, and his background was not simple.
The Light Winged race, although not as renowned as the Blood race on the Hundred Races Ranking of the Myriad Domain Starry Sky, was a race with exceptional talent. The talent of the Light Winged race was not much weaker than that of the strongest Sky-reaching Blood race.
Their only weakness was the scarcity of their people, not even matching a branch of the Blood race. This made it difficult for the Light Winged race to continuously produce a large number of powerful individuals.
Currently, within the Holy Light Church, the Arbitrator, who had never appeared, was an individual of the Light Winged race named Austen, who had been in conflict with Xue Jing for thousands of years.
After staying on Huxin Island for a month and arranging everything, Zhang Fan prepared to set off for Europe with Ailabela and the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal.
Now that Huxin Island was protected by a powerful mountain-guarding formation, and after this period of recuperation, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's injuries had also fully recovered.
During this month, Zhang Fan used the corpses and Nascent Cores of the Core Condensation realm cultivators he had previously killed to refine a large number of Human Blood Pills and Origin Returning Pills.
The Origin Returning Pills were refined from the Nascent Cores of peak Core Condensation realm experts and had a significant effect on improving cultivation, even being extremely important to Zhang Fan himself.
He bestowed a small portion to the Blood Demon Flood Dragon, Lin Haotian, and others, and also left a few for his parents and Qin Luoshui. The remaining majority he carried with him, intending to use them for breaking through to the Core Condensation realm.
The Uncontaminated Sword Immortal had always cultivated alone and had many doubts in his practice. During this period, he frequently sought guidance from Zhang Fan. With Zhang Fan's realm, it was too easy to guide a mere Core Condensation realm cultivator. All of the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal's confusions were resolved, and he felt his state of mind clear, and his cultivation surprisingly advanced again, reaching the peak of the Core Condensation realm.
He even felt that he could comprehend the True Intent of the Golden Core and condense a Golden Core at any moment.
Although everyone was envious of the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal's rapid progress in cultivation, they also understood.
After all, this middle-aged man carrying a sword and looking meticulous had lived for several hundred years, while they had only lived for a few decades, or even the youngest, Lin Haotian and Yifei City, were only in their early twenties. They did not feel discouraged.
Regarding the condensation of a Golden Core, Zhang Fan set a goal for the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal: he must have confidence in condensing a second-grade Golden Core before breaking through, otherwise, it would be better to remain in the Nascent Core realm.
During his time following Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan taught the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal a Nascent Soul level sword technique and its corresponding cultivation method, while also giving him a popularization of some common knowledge in the cultivation world.
Although it was just common knowledge, it greatly broadened the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal's horizons. At the same time, he vaguely understood why his master could reach his current realm at the age of twenty-something, which made him even more respectful of Zhang Fan.
To cultivate a second-grade Golden Core, one must cultivate at least four Golden Core Dao patterns. Four Golden Core Dao patterns would only constitute a second-grade lower-tier Golden Core.
Initially, the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal was full of confidence, believing that with his talent, cultivating a second-grade Golden Core would not be difficult.
After reaching the peak of the Core Condensation realm, the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal began to attempt to condense Golden Core Dao patterns. However, even in the initial attempts, he realized the difficulty of condensing Golden Core Dao patterns.
The Core Condensation realm was the true beginning of cultivating the Great Dao, and the Golden Core Dao patterns were tests of a cultivator's understanding of the Great Dao. The myriad Great Dao encompassed everything, and each Golden Core Dao pattern represented a cultivator's understanding of a direction within the Great Dao.
Just like the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal, he cultivated the Way of the Sword, but the Way of the Sword also contained numerous directions. If the Uncontaminated Sword Immortal could only comprehend the sharpness of the sword but not its weight, its penetration, or its elusive nature, then he could only condense one Golden Core Dao pattern on the Way of the Sword.
ps: Sorry, updates will resume this week.