Chapter 407: A Leap in Strength

"They have left."

In a dim room, Yan Qingxuan felt the teleportation fluctuations coming from afar, and her gaze flickered.

Dong Yue nodded and said softly, "They are the future of the Hehuan Sect; the stronger they are, the brighter the future of the Hehuan Sect will be."

"Returning to the Great Wilderness Immortal Palace is the right choice."

After saying this, she fell silent for a moment.

A trace of worry flashed across her face, and she changed the subject, "Qingxuan, tell me~, Wang Jianqiang won't be in any trouble, will he?"

Yan Qingxuan smiled, "Senior Sister, haven't you heard the saying? The good do not live long, while the wicked live for a thousand years."

"A great scourge like him is not easy to kill."

Although Yan Qingxuan was trying her best to appear relaxed.

The worry in her eyes could not be hidden at all.

Upon hearing her "joke," Dong Yue did not show the slightest smile, but only sighed again.

At the same time.

Ye Qingxue, who had already joined the Hehuan Sect, sat alone in her room, looking out the window, somewhat dazed.

In another direction.

Qiu Shuang stood under a large tree, her shoulder-length short hair gently fluttering in the breeze.

She looked far away toward the direction of Xuanqing Palace, her thoughts having long since flown away, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Zhengyang Sect.

A slender woman was looking toward the distant horizon, lost in a daze, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

"Lin'er."

Just then, a voice suddenly came.

A muscular old man came before the woman and said with a face full of concern, "Lin'er, have you been feeling unwell lately? Why are you always in a daze?"

Jia Wenchang looked at Lin Lin, his heart filled with confusion.

Ever since she returned from the Hehuan Sect a year ago, he had noticed that Lin Lin's demeanor was somewhat off.

Her eyes were not only often filled with worry.

She was also frequently staring in one direction in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Hearing Jia Wenchang's words, Lin Lin snapped out of it and shook her head, "It's nothing."

The fact that Wang Jianqiang was trapped in Xuanqing Palace was known only to a few high-level members of the Hehuan Sect.

The reason she was able to know was because she was relatively close to Wang Jianqiang.

Since the high-level members of the Hehuan Sect were unwilling to let this matter spread.

She naturally had an obligation to keep it secret.

Until now.

In the entire Zhengyang Sect, besides herself, no one else knew this news.

Seeing that Lin Lin was unwilling to say more, Jia Wenchang's expression faltered, then he smiled again, "The weather is nice today, and it just so happens that the sect is recruiting Outer Sect Disciples. How about we go watch the excitement to help you relax your mood?"

"No need."

Lin Lin shook her head with some irritation.

She turned and walked into the room.

Jia Wenchang watched Lin Lin's departing back, the smile on his face instantly stiffening.

Then came a sigh.

He didn't know what Daoist Friend Wang had gone off to do, not showing his face for such a long time.

How long had it been since he sparred with Lin'er?

Had he forgotten to play matchmaker for him?

……

Time passed……

Beneath Xuanqing Palace.

The Main Altar that had been destroyed had been rebuilt at some unknown time.

After the Main Altar was destroyed, Xuanqing Palace's pace of collecting essence blood had never stopped.

After recasting the Main Altar, the Blood Puppet Plan was launched directly.

In just two short years, twenty Blood Puppets with combat power comparable to Will Cultivators had been refined.

Counting the eight Elders of the Heaven Pavilion and the two Personal Guards beside the Xuanqing Palace Master.

Now, the combat power of Xuanqing Palace at the Will Stage had reached thirty!

Plus the Xuanqing Palace Master himself, who had just made a breakthrough not long ago.

The strength of Xuanqing Palace had already reached an unprecedented level.

The rapid expansion of the sect's strength greatly increased the Xuanqing Palace Master's confidence.

He once again started a war against the three sects.

The Xuanqing Palace Master had originally thought that the three sects must have had powerful trump cards to be able to withstand the initial attack.

Therefore.

This time, he was extremely cautious.

He dispatched all the experts in the sect.

The teams attacking the Wan Jian Sect and the Zhengyang Sect were both led by ten Will Stage experts.

The team attacking the Hehuan Sect was led by him personally, with another ten Will Stage experts assisting.

He had originally thought he would encounter fierce resistance.

However.

After the battle began, he was stunned to discover.

The strength of the Wan Jian Sect and the Zhengyang Sect was far weaker than he had imagined.

Under the assault led by ten Will Stage powerhouses who had Manifested Will, the two sects had not the slightest power to resist and collapsed rapidly.

After losing the vast majority of their Cultivators, only a small number of elites escaped to the Hehuan Sect through the Transmission Array within their sects.

Only the Hehuan Sect.

The difficulty of attacking it exceeded the expectations of the Xuanqing Palace Master.

The cultivation of Sect Master of Hehuan Sect Dong Yue and Great Hall Master of the Punishment Hall Yan Qingxuan had not only soared to Nascent Soul Stage Perfection in these short few years.

They had even Manifested Will.

Besides this, there was also a powerful bird.

This bird's combat power was extremely fierce; although it could not compare to him, it was not far off.

If it were only this, relying on a numerical advantage, the Xuanqing Palace Master would still have the confidence to easily annihilate the Hehuan Sect.

But what he did not expect was.

The Hehuan Sect had somehow obtained a powerful Protective Sect Array.

It would have been one thing if he and the ten Will Stage Cultivators could not break it by joining forces.

After the twenty Will Stage Cultivators who had attacked the Wan Jian Sect and the Zhengyang Sect arrived, even with the combined power of himself and the thirty Will Stage powerhouses, they were still unable to break through.

Having no other choice.

He could only return to his sect to seek help from the envoy.

On this day.

The Xuanqing Palace Master received a reply from the envoy.

"I have already applied to the sect for a Combined Attack Array."

"At most one month, this array will be delivered."

"With the assistance of this array, that Hehuan Sect Protective Sect Array will surely be broken."

Just as the entire Northern Territory was in turmoil due to the great war between the Xuanqing Palace and the three sects.

In the underground space of the Xuanqing Palace.

Beneath the Main Altar.

Inside the Blood-Colored Space within the Jade Bead.

The blood energy permeating the air had become much thinner due to the refining of a large number of Blood Puppets.

Within this blood mist.

A light screen about three zhang high rose up, isolating a space without the slightest bit of blood energy.

In this space.

Wang Jianqiang sat cross-legged, silently refining the medicinal power within his body.

He did not know how much time had passed.

His tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and a powerful aura was released and then retracted instantly.

Five years.

He had been trapped in this Jade Bead Space for five years.

In these five years, he had been wholeheartedly cultivating.

The high-tier Medicinal Herb on his person and the stored Nascent Soul had long since been exhausted, all refined into Fourth-Tier Perfect Pill to be used for cultivation.

The result was.

His cultivation had reached Nascent Soul Stage Perfection from Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

He checked his Attribute Panel.

He discovered that his Cultivation Point had actually skyrocketed to over three hundred thousand!

He was stunned for a moment.

When he had just been trapped in the Jade Bead Space, his Cultivation Point had only accumulated to less than one hundred thousand.

Over these five years, he had spent almost all his time cultivating, and the Cultivation Point gained through Alchemy was at most a few thousand.

Thinking of this.

He subconsciously looked toward the Attribute Panel of the women within his Soul Sea.