Da Bai, Bei Lian, Sun Yuluo, Liu Qianhuan, Su Qianyun, Xuanyuan Cheng, Xiao Chou, Bai Yao, Yao Mingxi, Tang Ximen… All of them progressed to the Return to Void Stage one after the other.
The Blood Tribe’s Cassidy, Merlin, and Bryce, as well as Xiao Hong, all attained their divine dao and progressed to the Return to Void Final Stage, becoming some of the most powerful Return to Void Stage mighty figures in the process.
He wasn’t all that surprised about everyone else, but he was astonished to hear that even Xiao Hong had progressed to the Return to Void Final Stage. “Xiao Hong only ascended to the Return to Void Stage not long ago, and she has already attained the power of the divine dao?!”
Xiao Hong was one of the laziest living beings he had ever seen!
“Did she encounter some miraculous opportunities as well?” An Lin asked.
Xu Xiaolan shook her head. “No. She would occasionally go into battle, but she would mostly just photosynthesize all day. In doing so, she attained enlightenment in the true intent of the Golden Crow, thereby allowing her to attain her divine dao.”
An Lin: “…”
Xu Xiaolan knew what An Lin was thinking, and she explained with a smile, “Perhaps living beings with pure and innocent hearts find it easier to identify their own dao. Xiao Hong sunbathes and praises the sun day in and day out, so I’m sure she must have attained some enlightenment in the process.”
“Her aptitude is absolutely terrifying.” An Lin sighed. “There are many living beings who have sunbathed for countless more years than she has, and most of them aren’t even at the Return to Void Stage yet. In contrast, Xiao Hong was able to progress to the Return to Void Final Stage in just a few short decades. I don’t even understand anymore.”
Who would have thought that the little red flower he had accidentally sat on would be such a freakish prodigy?
One Four Nine Immortal Sect member after the other began to grow more and more powerful, and the sect’s influence quickly began to grow across the Kingdom of the Nine States and even the entire Tai Chu Continent. However, the most significant change was effected by Xiao Tu’s breakthrough.
During the sixty-fifth year after An Lin’s disappearance.
Xiao Tu successfully broke through to the Dao Integration Stage on the grasslands outside of the Four Nine Immortal Sect. On that day, a gargantuan black dragon flew in the sky beneath a vast expanse of tens of thousands of kilometers of lightning clouds.
Xiao Tu became the Four Nine Immortal Sect’s first-ever Dao Integration Stage super mighty figure, as well as the first-ever Dao Integration Stage Eastern dragon on the entire Tai Chu Continent. Not even the Dragon Court of the Eastern Seas had a Dao Integration Stage True Dragon.
This event shook the entire Tai Chu Continent.
It was also on that day that the Four Nine Immortal Sect became the fifth great sect of the Kingdom of the Nine States and one of the most formidable powers on the entire Tai Chu Continent!
Xiao Tu’s breakthrough seemed to create a domino effect for the rest of the Dragon Tribe as Ao Xiaowu suddenly woke up from her slumber, and the world within a radius of ten thousand kilometers around her fell silent for eighty-one days.
Following the passage of the eighty-one days.
A woman in red emerged in mid-air, having already struck resonance with heaven and earth.
The Dragon Court of the Eastern Seas had finally welcomed their first Dao Integration Stage True Dragon in the form of Ao Xiaowu!
Within the Ancient Void State of the Kingdom of the Nine States.
The Kingdom of the Nine States United Army engaged in the most intense battle in history against the Heavenly Human Tribe army. Six Heaven Pioneer Stage, over a hundred Soul Piercing Stage, and tens of thousands of other Heavenly Human Tribe powerful beings were deployed to try and exterminate an entire state.
During this battle, mountains and rivers were shattered, the heavens wept blood, and destructive power razed everything within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers to the ground.
Just when the battle had reached its climax.
A light breeze suddenly swept forth for a hundred thousand kilometers.
The entire Kingdom of the Nine States United Army discovered that an invisible barrier that could keep all spell techniques at bay had appeared around their bodies, and it lasted for an entire ten seconds.
In other words, the human army suddenly installed a ten-second invulnerability hack right when the battle had reached its most intense stage.
The entire Heavenly Human Tribe army was in despair!
Due to this sudden turn of events, the Kingdom of the Nine States United Army was able to crush the Heavenly Human Tribe army, pushing them back over five thousand kilometers and dealing countless casualties upon them!
At that time, a youth with fine and delicate features had stood at the very forefront of the Kingdom of the Nine States United Army.
From that day forth, the Four Nine Immortal Sect’s second Dao Integration Stage True Dragon, Xiao Ze, made himself known to the entire continent! The Four Nine Immortal Sect had well and truly cemented its spot as one of the most powerful sects on the entire Tai Chu Continent!
The Heavenly Human Tribe army stalled following that heavy defeat.
Xu Xiaolan was greatly elated by the progress the sect had made, and she would often travel to the border of the Opposite Shore Realm to recount the transformation the Four Nine Immortal Sect had undergone.
She believed that An Lin would be very happy if he could hear her.
Perhaps Sect Leader An Lin would come back after hearing about how much his sect was thriving?
Xu Xiaolan’s words were buried by the wind and snow.
It was an objectively stupid endeavor, but she still persisted with it in the firm belief that An Lin would be able to hear her one day.
Xu Xiaolan’s life was still quite simple.
Cultivate, instruct disciples, bash Little Huang, participate in the war, wait for An Lin…
Day after day.
Year after year.
During the seventy-fifth year following An Lin’s disappearance.
Holy flames suddenly encompassed the sky above the Vermilion Bird Sect.
A living being that had transcended beyond the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth broke through the heavens and settled on the tip of their divine tree.
All of the Vermilion Bird Sect disciples were greeted by a sight that would remain with them for the rest of their lives.
A true holy beast had appeared before them! It was like the true master of this divine tree, the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird that was born from chaos!
Thankfully, the Vermilion Bird didn’t harbor any ill will toward the Vermilion Bird Sect disciples. All it did was crash into the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds to look for something.
The restrictions that prevented living beings at and above the Return to Void Stage were completely ineffective against this holy beast.
Many of the disciples and elders also entered the trial grounds after this restriction was broken.
They seemed to have heard a certain call. It was a call that emanated from the Holy Vermilion Flame within their bodies, calling for them to lend the Vermilion Bird their assistance in the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds. This call was not something they could resist, nor was it something they wanted to resist.
Almost all of the Vermilion Bird Sect disciples felt this call.
Xu Xiaolan was also coincidentally absorbing the power of the holy flame there, and she decided to snuff out the call within her body, but she still entered the trial grounds out of curiosity.
Unbeknown to her, the Vermilion Bird already had its eyes on her at that time.
A massive battle erupted within the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds.
Countless incredibly powerful ferocious beasts began to awaken, all of which were exuding extremely vast and terrifying ferocious might.
That was the final terrifying scene An Lin had witnessed in the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds.
The Vermilion Bird’s objective was to exterminate all of these ferocious beasts!
Its power was restricted within this special space, but that didn’t matter as all of the Vermilion Bird Sect members had been enhanced by its power.
Over ten thousand ferocious beasts were slain by the elders and disciples of the Vermilion Bird Sect, and they could feel a marked improvement in their cultivation bases during this process.
The Vermilion Bird was still unable to find what it was looking for. For some reason, it suddenly turned to Xu Xiaolan with rage and animosity in its eyes.
Thus, another unexpected battle erupted within the Vermilion Bird Trial Grounds!