Chapter 224: The Divine Temple's power surged, a new God-Penetration Realm!

"Senior, how long have I been in the Burial World Coffin?!"

Fang Xu hurriedly asked.

"A hundred years... perhaps even more." The Funeral Attendant gave a vague answer.

For an existence like his, who has lived who knows how many ages, time really isn't that important, and the Funeral Attendant couldn't say exactly how long Fang Xu had stayed inside.

A hundred years!

Fang Xu looked around in a daze.

He knew that with a rise in cultivation, a single retreat could mean the outside world had undergone vast changes.

But since he started cultivating, his longest retreat had been only a few years.

Yet now, in the Burial World Coffin, he had actually stayed for a hundred years!

"Senior, what about them..."

"Go see for yourself; I must be going."

The Funeral Attendant didn't bother explaining further to Fang Xu, rose directly, and walked toward the distant horizon.

His steps seemed unhurried, but after a few strides his figure completely vanished before Fang Xu.

"How strong!"

Gazing at the spot where the Funeral Attendant's figure disappeared, Xiao Long couldn't help but exclaim in awe.

"Fang Xu, did we come out of that big coffin behind him?"

Obviously, Xiao Long, who had just emerged from the Burial World Coffin, was curious about everything around her.

Because she was reborn with the help of the Dragon Keeper, and furthermore the Dragon Keeper had not finished nurturing her before being slain.

Xiao Long had lost most of her previous memories, and now she had the mentality of a seven- or eight-year-old child.

"Let's go."

Fang Xu now eagerly wanted to know what had happened during those hundred years.

How are Yun Wan and the others doing now?

Bringing Xiao Long, Fang Xu quickly arrived at the entrance of the Celestial Brilliance Realm.

Seeing that the formation at the entrance was still intact, though unguarded, Fang Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the entrance formation had not been damaged, it proved that the Celestial Brilliance Realm should still not have been discovered.

The Celestial Brilliance Realm remained undisclosed, so Yun Wan and the others should be safe.

Having passed through the formation, the two had just arrived in the Celestial Brilliance Realm when Xiao Long froze.

"This place feels familiar."

"Familiar?"

Fang Xu looked at her, puzzled: "Have you been here before?"

Xiao Long shook her head: "I don't know; I should have come here..."

"I can't remember."

Hearing that, Fang Xu didn't ask further, directly leading him to the center of the Celestial Brilliance Realm.

Seeing a huge city appear in the Celestial Brilliance Realm, Fang Xu's hanging heart finally settled.

Still there.

The Dark Divine Temple still stands!

The city before them was built so splendidly, proving that over the past hundred years they should not have encountered danger.

"You are... the Temple Master!?"

Fang Xu, bringing Xiao Long, had just arrived before the giant city's gate when the two temple guards of the Dark Divine Temple recognized him.

"Temple Master?"

Fang Xu staggered for a moment, then understood: having once become the Divine Son of the Temple meant that the Temple Master was also his.

"Are the Elders all present?"

Fang Xu spoke.

"Present! All present!"

That temple disciple was very excited, hastily clasping his hands and saying: "Subordinate, shall I lead the Temple Master over?"

Fang Xu nodded.

Under the guidance of that temple disciple, they went straight to the front of the grand hall in the center of the giant city.

"Report!"

"The Temple Master has returned!"

A loud voice rang out outside the hall.

The next moment!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Figures flew in from all directions of the hall!

Zhongli Hui, Qi Shaoyu, Yun Wan, Lao Yuan...

One familiar face after another appeared before Fang Xu.

Seeing them, Fang Xu felt greatly relieved.

They're still here...

They're all here!

Hall Master!

Fang Xu!

Everyone saw Fang Xu and became very excited.

Back when Fang Xu left, he only had someone pass a message, saying he wanted to find a place to go into seclusion.

Who would have thought that this departure would last a hundred years.

Now he has finally returned.

Yuan Bo, senior.

Fang Xu walked up to the crowd and looked at Lao Yuan and Gu Yusixi.

Lao Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

Gu Yusixi, however, sized up Fang Xu with a somewhat strange expression.

Your soul dao...

Meeting his gaze, Fang Xu gave a faint smile and then said, "Let's discuss this later, senior."

Gu Yusixi nodded, and everyone's attention turned to the little dragon behind Fang Xu.

Especially Chang Long.

Upon seeing the little dragon, the whole person was stunned.

As an evolved dragon clan, upon seeing the true dragon clan, he could clearly feel a suppression coming from the bloodline.

Dragon!

Pure dragon clan!

Chang Long's heart roared.

At this moment, he felt all his cells trembling.

Hall Master, you went out this time and even an illegitimate child came out?

In the crowd, Shi Huan couldn't help but joke.

Illegitimate child?

Hearing this, the little dragon looked curiously at Fang Xu and asked, "What is an illegitimate child?"

Fang Xu didn't explain, but Chang Long beside him said in a fawning tone, "It's a child born secretly without a legitimate status."

"A child?" The little dragon tilted her head, thought for a moment, her pretty face then covered in frost, and she fixed her gaze on Shi Huan.

You're saying I'm his child?

Shi Huan froze for a moment.

At the moment he was stared at by the little dragon's gaze, he sensed something was off.

He was about to speak to explain, but it was obviously too late.

The little dragon's figure flickered and she vanished directly before everyone's eyes.

The next moment, when she reappeared, she had already slapped Shi Huan's chest with a palm.

As a powerhouse at the peak of the Dharma Appearance Realm, Shi Huan was not without a chance to retaliate.

But he didn't expect that the little dragon mastered spatial law, an innate ability of her bloodline.

Now the little dragon's grasp of spatial law has surpassed the Penetrating God Realm.

After all, she was once a pure dragon clan comparable to a true god.

Bang!

Unprepared, Shi Huan was sent flying by the little dragon's palm.

Fortunately, the little dragon knew these people were Fang Xu's friends and relatives, so she didn't strike with lethal force.

After being sent flying, Shi Huan didn't suffer serious injury.

Stop talking nonsense, next time I'll rip your mouth apart!

The little dragon spoke angrily.

Seeing this, everyone present was somewhat astonished.

A girl over ten years old, with a single palm, sent the sect master of the Three Corpses Sect, the mighty Shi Huan at the peak of the Dharma Appearance Realm, flying!

What realm is this little girl?

Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to Qi Shaoyu and the others in the field.

Don't look, she's only at the late stage of the Dharma Appearance Realm.

Qi Shaoyu smiled lightly and said, "However, she is a dragon clan."

Not the evolved dragon clan like Chang Long, but a pure dragon clan.

Hearing Qi Shaoyu's words, Shi Huan covered his chest and gave a bitter smile.

No wonder this young lady gets angry when hearing that she's called Fang Xu's illegitimate child.

The dragon clan is a noble race.

He said that, and naturally she got angry.

If it weren't for giving face to Fang Xu, that slap just now would have likely beaten me half to death!

Shi Huan now dared not speak at all, and the others were even more reluctant to provoke this dragon-clan girl with a temperamental disposition.

Hall Master, these hundred years...

Zhongli Hui stepped forward, wanting to ask Fang Xu where he had spent these hundred years.

Second Elder, I'll explain in detail when we look back; for now, tell me about the situation here.

After being away a hundred years, the Divine Temple must have undergone many changes.

He now urgently wants to know the strength of the Dark Divine Temple.

In that case, Hall Master, please come with us to the hall and explain in detail.

Under Zhongli Hui's guidance, everyone came into the main hall.

Fang Xu sat on the high platform, while the others stood below.

Zhongli Hui stepped forward, clasped his hands, and said: "Hall Master, let me first report on the events of the past hundred years."

Not long after the Hall Master left, I and several of the Seven Elders discussed and decided to recruit new disciples on Three Mountains Island.

Over the past hundred years, we have recruited over seventy thousand disciples on Three Mountains Island; the highest cultivation among them has reached the Elemental Martial Realm, while the lowest is only the Warrior Master Realm.

Among the original disciples of the Divine Hall, with resources transported from the Central Continent by the Heavenly Brilliance Realm and the Red Rock Merchant Association, their strength has greatly increased.

Originally, there were a hundred thousand disciples; seventy have broken through to the Dharma Appearance Realm, and now there are ninety-seven cultivators at the Dharma Appearance Realm.

Thirty thousand disciples are at the Elemental Martial Realm, while most of the rest have reached the late Martial Lord stage.

Fang Xu nodded.

The Divine Hall's hundred thousand disciples have, as of now, seen their strength rise uniformly by a major realm.

Senior, what about those disciples cultivating the Divine Soul Path?

Fang Xu looked at Guyu Xi and asked.

He felt that the disciples cultivating the Divine Soul Path would give him a surprise.

Guyu Xi said: "Over the past hundred years, the disciples cultivating the Divine Soul Path have numbered ten thousand in total."

According to the Heavenly Mystic Realm's cultivation system, the strength of those ten thousand now, the strongest should have reached the God-Penetrating Realm, with two individuals.

About two hundred of them possess combat power equivalent to the Dharma Appearance Realm.

The rest, being at the Elemental Martial Realm, can be considered invincible peers.

Indeed!

Dual cultivation of the Martial Path and the Divine Soul Path brought Fang Xu a great surprise.

Who are the two who broke through to the God-Penetrating Realm?

Fang Xu quickly asked.

Zhongli Hui beside him laughed and said: "The Hall Master knows both of them."

Saying that, he turned and looked behind.

In the crowd of the main hall, two figures slowly walked out.

Seeing the two, Fang Xu stood up in surprise.

Kulun senior, Master?

That's right; these two, who broke through to the God-Penetrating Realm by dual cultivating the Divine Soul Path and the Martial Path, are precisely Kulun and Chu Ren Di.

Between them, Chu Ren Di's breakthrough to the God-Penetrating Realm was somewhat unexpected for Fang Xu, but not too surprising.

Because Chu Ren Di himself has excellent talent, and with the path of killing combined with the Divine Soul Path, breaking through to the God-Penetrating Realm is not impossible.

After all, his previous cultivation was half-step Elemental Martial.

But Kulun is different.

When they first met, Kulun was a peak Martial Lord whose qi and blood were about to be exhausted.

To find a way to break through to the Elemental Martial Realm, he had almost traversed every place on Three Mountains Island.

Later, I myself gave him some Creation Immortal Elixir, which restored his qi and blood, allowing him to enter the Elemental Martial Realm.

Afterward, he disappeared in the Northern Wasteland and later appeared in the Holy Mountain Force led by Jiang Feng and Bai Shan.

After many twists and turns, he has actually also broken through to the God-Penetrating Realm!

Hall Master.

Kulun clasped his hands.

Chu Ren Di, however, did not salute Fang Xu.

After all, he is Fang Xu's master.

Good.' Seeing that the ones who broke through to the God-Penetrating Realm are Kulun and Chu Ren Di, Fang Xu is very happy.

Counting them, the Dark Divine Hall now has seven God-Penetrating Realm powerhouses.

Although he himself is not clear about his exact strength, the gap to the God-Penetrating Realm is estimated to be small.

Besides the Divine Soul Path, I have also had them cultivate the Formation Path over the past hundred years.

Guyu Xi then spoke.

Obviously, regarding the Formation Path, Zhongli Hui should have communicated with Guyu Xi earlier.

The Formation Path demands high attainments in the Divine Soul; those disciples who have achieved in the Divine Soul Path will find cultivating formations naturally much easier.

After hearing everyone's reports, Fang Xu finally understood the current strength of the Dark Divine Hall.

Hall Master, with the Divine Hall's current strength, should we strike back at the Central Continent!!

Shi Huan spoke.

Hearing this, the others also looked at Fang Xu with great enthusiasm, seeming eager to return and take revenge on the Great Expansion Dao Sect.

Under everyone's gaze, Fang Xu slightly shook his head.

He is not yet clear about the strength of the Great Expansion Dao Sect.

But regarding the Heaven and Earth Will barrier, he has so far found no better way to deal with it.

Although the combined strength of the Undertaker and the mysterious powerhouse of the Void can temporarily suppress the Heaven and Earth Will, this is only because the Heaven and Earth Will of the Heavenly Mystic Realm has not fully erupted.

If it truly comes to the brink of life and death, the fully erupted Heaven and Earth Will would be very strong.

After all, the Heavenly Mystic Realm is his home turf.

Having the home-field advantage, he can almost mobilize all the power of the Heavenly Mystic Realm.

The true strength of that mysterious powerhouse in the Void may be slightly greater than the Heavenly Mystic Realm's Heaven and Earth Will, but as an outsider, he is inherently suppressed by the origin of this heaven and earth.

If we go back now, once any mishap occurs, the entire Dark Divine Temple and I will fall into a state of eternal damnation.

"Just wait a bit longer."

Fang Xu spoke.

Those below, hearing this, all felt a little disappointed.

But everyone also understood that Fang Xu's conservatism was also for their sake.

After all, life only comes once; if successful, good, but if they fail, they will all perish and their souls will vanish.

"Alright, everyone go back to cultivate first."

Fang Xu waved his hand, then had the five Divine Temple Elders, Gu Yuxi, Chu Ren Di, and Ku Lun stay behind.

After everyone left, Fang Xu looked at Zhongli Hui and said, "Second Elder, I have a proposal."

Zhongli Hui clasped his hands: "Temple Master, please speak."

Fang Xu glanced at Ku Lun and Chu Ren Di, then said to Zhongli Hui: "The Divine Temple Elders have always been seven; now my master and Senior Ku Lun have just broken through to the God-Passing Realm. I propose to fill the two vacancies among the Divine Temple Elders."

"Effective immediately, Zhongli Elder will be the Grand Elder, and the remaining elders will automatically rise in rank."

"And my master and Master Ku Lun will automatically fill the positions of Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder."

Zhongli Hui, hearing this, glanced at Qi Shaoyu and the others, then smiled and clasped his hands: "If the Temple Master hadn't brought this up, we were also about to mention it."

"Since the Temple Master has proposed it, we have no objections."

Although the Divine Temple Elders hold exalted status, towering over the leaders of all factions within the Temple.

but this position is also a burden, bearing the life-and-death survival of the Temple.

With two more people sharing the burden, they naturally are very willing.

Fang Xu, hearing this, looked at Chu Ren Di and Ku Lun: "Master, Senior Ku Lun, what do you say?"

The two exchanged a glance and both smiled: "We will obey the Temple Master's orders."

Fang Xu nodded: "If that's the case, then it's settled."

"Zhongli Elder, prepare a little later and hold a promotion ceremony."

Zhongli Hui clasped his hands.

Fang Xu then looked at Gu Yuxi and said, "Senior, my cultivation has encountered some issues; do you understand?"

As his words fell, behind him slowly appeared one large and three small, four vortex phenomena. (End of chapter)