Three days had passed. === [Daily Quest: Killing 2000 beasts or demon beasts at the Heaven Realm or above.] [Reward: Daily gift pack X1 sent to the inventory.] === [Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 demon auras.] [Reward: 100 advanced demon cores sent to the inventory.] === [Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 Qi.] [Reward: 100 purple jewels sent to the inventory.] === For the past three days, Zhang Xiaolong [3] barely did anything except stabilize his cultivation in his room at Cheng Gaoji's residence. Since Zhang Xiaolong [3] was too immersed in his activities, Lin Moxian and the others did not disturb him, and they helped their seniors to prepare everything to face Xereth, who could come at any time. Wang Yourou had always come to Zhang Xiaolong [3] in the past three days to ask for new dishes, but she could only resign herself to waiting for him to wake up. Although Zhang Xiaolong [3]'s cultivation was still not completely stable, it was already half stable, especially since his main body and the other four clones had never stopped to stabilize it for the past three days. [Master, according to my estimation, your body cultivation level will break through to the Meridian Cleansing Stage in one to two months as long as you continue to use the Yang Tempering Liquid to temper your body. It will increase your Qi circulation, physical strength, and endurance even further. Once you break through to the Bone Forging Stage, your skeleton will become much stronger and less easily broken.] 'Let's reach the Meridian Cleansing Stage before thinking about the Bone Forging Stage.' After all, his body cultivation level is much more difficult to improve than his cultivation and soul level, so Zhang Xiaolong [3] is not too hasty to think about the stage that is still far away. *Knock... Knock...* Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately opened the door, finding Feng Jiu standing there. "Did something happen, Empress Feng?" "Nothing serious happened in the past three days, but Gong Ren and Cheng Gaoji have successfully removed the last black demon statue." Feng Jiu then informed him of something else. "The Nameless One will activate the main barrier today, so this is your last chance to leave this realm. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave for quite some time, and I think it will be a loss for you, especially since you can do other things instead of staying here." Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in understanding at that. "Actually, I don't have much else to do right now, so it doesn't matter if I stay or go. My fourth clone is on his way to the Scorching Earth Realm with your daughter, and my fifth clone is on his way to the Sky Dragon Realm with Senior Xishui." "If you want to stay, I won't force you to leave." Feng Jiu then asked him. "How do you feel about my daughter? Do you like her?" "Hahaha." Zhang Xiaolong [3] laughed awkwardly at her questions. "Empress Feng, what man wouldn't be interested in your daughter? Feng Yao is beautiful and sexy, and most importantly, she is a powerful woman. However, she is not an ordinary woman due to her past memories, and I have a challenging time understanding her thoughts at times. Sometimes, I feel she is within my reach, but other times she seems too far away, making it difficult for me to connect with her." Feng Jiu nodded her head repeatedly. "My daughter has always been like that since she was born, and I often have difficulty understanding her thoughts. You are the only man who has ever been that close to Yao'er, and she is even willing to help you so much. I will root for you to get my daughter, and I will be thrilled to have a son-in-law like you." "Let's talk about this matter in the future, Empress Feng." Zhang Xiaolong [3] then asked back. "Has Feng Yao told you about her new plan?" "Yes." Feng Jiu explained further. "Yao'er has already told me about it, and she has decided to take me and my husband to the Paradise Realm after the Xereth matter has passed." "Eh?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] was momentarily taken aback. "What about the phoenix race and the phoenix realm if the three of you go to the Paradise Realm? Is Feng Yao also planning to take Feng Shen and Feng Xueying to go there?" Feng Jiu informed him directly. "Yao'er doesn't plan to take them to the Paradise Realm, and she wants them to stay behind to protect our realm after we leave. As long as Xereth doesn't make a mess in the three mortal realms, they will definitely be able to protect our realm, so we don't need to worry about it." "What about the Nameless One?" Feng Jiu shook her head at Zhang Xiaolong [3]. "Honestly, Feng Yao's sudden decision surprised me, but she seems to have already planned some things for that realm." "Hehe." Feng Jiu chuckled and patted his shoulder. "If you miss my daughter, you should improve yourself as soon as possible. Although you have many clones, you should forget about other things and focus on your cultivation. That way, you can go to the Paradise Realm sooner, and the two of you will reunite there." Zhang Xiaolong [3] rubbed his nose. "For now, my main body is focused on my cultivation and other things, and he will never come out of my private space again. After the matter with Xereth and some of my other matters are finished, we will enter seclusion again." "That's good." Feng Jiu then turned to leave. "I'm going to meet the Nameless One and the others now." After Feng Jiu left, Zhang Xiaolong [3] sat on his bed again and activated the Mind Connect to communicate with Feng Yichen, and the Dark Phoenix informed him that Xereth was about to arrive at her location. Zhang Xiaolong [3] ordered Feng Yichen to do something, but he did not cut off their communication, and he waited for the demon to arrive at her location. Zhang Xiaolong [3] suddenly remembered Gong Ren and the Earth, and he hurriedly left his room to meet the old man. However, the old man was still at Xie Wuming's place, so he waited in his residence while stabilizing his cultivation. 'Since there are so many powerful cultivators in this realm, let them take care of everything, and I will focus on myself.' . . . Feng Yichen, who was cultivating in the cave, immediately opened his eyes as soon as he received a voice message. She hurriedly left the cave and waited for Xereth, who arrived a few moments later. Since the Mind Connect was still connected to Feng Yichen, Zhang Fei and all his clones could see Xereth clearly. However, the demon extermination sword in his body was vibrating violently, and it was eager to kill the demon. "Hmm?" Xereth raised an eyebrow as he examined Feng Yichen's body. "Has your condition fully recovered now?" Feng Yichen nodded. "My condition has fully recovered since yesterday, but I don't think we need to go to the Blue Water Realm. I'm sure that kid already knows about your strength from Mo Xieshen, and I believe he won't be waiting for you there. Instead, you can send Fa Ling and some other demons there, and we'll go take care of some other things, like the Abyssal Realm. If we keep failing, that guy will punish you, and we might die at his hands." Xereth's expression turned unpleasant once Feng Yichen mentioned their failure, but he was eager to get the demon extermination sword, especially since it could kill him. "There was a slight change in our plans because Long Jiutian disappeared, and some of my statues were sent into the void by the Nameless One." Feng Yichen was shocked after hearing that, but she immediately guessed that Zhang Fei and Feng Yao were the masterminds behind the incident. "Besides, Tian Baixing and Tian Baitian disappeared from their realm, and they also moved their race members to another realm. I have ordered Mo Zhuo and several demon leaders to look for them, but I'm sure they won't be able to find the foxes in a short time." Xereth's information shocked Feng Yichen further, especially since all their plans collapsed one by one. "Xue Yuemozi has also contacted me, but those idiots from the Blackthorn Abyss Realm still haven't managed to find the whereabouts of Alder and his daughter." Feng Yichen then asked him. "So, where are we going now? It will take us a few days to arrive at the Blue Water Realm, but I still think that there is no point in us going there because that kid must have already left that realm. Moreover, the Abyssal Realm is closer than this realm, so I think our best option is to go there to seize the Nine Yin Soul Banner first." "All right, we will go to the Abyssal Realm now, and we will go to the Blue Water Realm after we get the Nine Yin Soul Banner." Xereth immediately flew away from the place, followed by Feng Yichen, who flew behind him. 'Hey! What is the Nine Yin Soul Banner?' Zhang Fei suddenly asked her. Feng Yichen explained it to him directly. 'The Nine Yin Soul Banner is an ancient demon artifact woven from the silk of Yin Ghost Spiders and inked with the blood of nine ancient demons. After that, it was sunk into the depths of the Nether Yin Abyss for ten thousand years to undergo a ritual, and the ritual used countless demon souls as sacrifices.' 'What an evil artifact!' Zhang Fei let out a low cry. 'What is the function of the banner?' 'The Nine Yin Soul Banner has several functions, such as binding soul seals, forcibly sealing the soul of a defeated cultivator into one of the nine soul seals, and strengthening the banner. The Yin Domain suppresses divine senses and weakens the soul defenses of enemies within its range. The best function is that we can summon up to nine soul wraiths, each born from the trapped soul of a powerful living being in each seal. You can use these wraiths in battle or for soul hunts, as they retain fragments of their past abilities. 'Who is the owner of the Nine Yin Soul Banner? How could it be in the Abyssal Realm?' Zhang Fei questioned her again. Feng Yichen inwardly sighed before explaining. 'According to the news, the first owner of the Nine Yin Soul Banner was the Heavenly Fiend Demon God. In the past, he fought with a powerful female cultivator from the Radiance Domain, and she managed to defeat him. She managed to snatch the banner from his hands and threw it into the three mortal realms, and it was found by the first Demon Emperor of the Abyssal Realm. Since then, it was in their hands, and it helped them become the best demon realm in the upper realms.' Feng Yichen's answer shocked Zhang Fei, especially since Nalan Yushu said that the Heavenly Fiend Demon God was the third strongest after the Celestial Demon God and the Asura Demon God. As for the female cultivator from the Radiance Domain, he suspected that she was related to the golden-haired woman, especially since her light element was extremely pure and strong. 'Hey, Yichen. Where did you hide the Divine Phoenix Totem?' Feng Yichen gasped after Zhang Fei asked that. 'I heard from Feng Shen that you managed to steal the totem after you transformed into the dark phoenix, and I need it to accomplish something. Therefore, I need you to tell me its location, and I also want to know its function.' Feng Yichen felt a dilemma about telling Zhang Fei the truth, but she had no other choice but to tell him the consequences of their souls merging. 'According to the legend, the Divine Phoenix Totem was created from the corpse and essence of the first fire phoenix, and it was bathed in true phoenix flames for hundreds of thousands of years. If a fire phoenix race manages to get it and become its master, he or she will gain the strength of the first fire phoenix.' 'The strength of the first fire phoenix?' Zhang Fei naturally remembered the phoenix statue in the second room of the Era of the Beginning, but he did not expect that the Divine Phoenix Totem was created from its corpse. Feng Yichen nodded slightly. 'The current fire phoenixes are feared by many living beings because our flames can incinerate many things, but the power of the first fire phoenix is ​​beyond common sense. Just a spat of its flames can destroy a realm, and its flames can also burn the souls of living beings, preventing them from being reincarnated.' 'Did you succeed in becoming the master of the Divine Phoenix Totem?' Zhang Fei inquired in a serious tone. 'No.' Feng Yichen replied disappointedly. 'For hundreds of thousands of years, there has never been a fire phoenix who succeeded in becoming its master. After I snatched it from them, I tried to subdue it, but it refused me. Instead, it attacked me and worsened my injury, and it disappeared on its own afterward. I have searched for it in various realms with high fire intensity, but I have never managed to find it. I went to the Phoenix Realm to capture Feng Shen and Feng Xueying as well as to look for the banner there, but you and Feng Yao stopped me.' 'Is there a possibility that the totem returned to the Phoenix Realm by itself?' 'Yes.' Zhang Fei then asked her again. 'Is there any advantage for me if I succeed in subduing the totem?' Feng Yichen answered immediately. 'According to legend, if another living being manages to obtain the totem and become its master, he or she will gain all the abilities of the first fire phoenix. If fire cultivators obtain it, the power of their fire will increase significantly.' 'In that case, I will look for the totem in that realm, and I will try to subdue it if I manage to find it.' Feng Yichen chose not to comment on that, and Zhang Fei immediately cut off their connection after he gave her a few orders. 'Sigh! I don't know if he'll be able to find the banner, but I hope he won't.' . . . Zhang Xiaolong [3], who was waiting for Gong Ren, suddenly opened his eyes, especially after he felt the change in the realm. He then looked up at the sky, and a giant dome quickly enveloped the realm, preventing people from entering and leaving. Zhang Xiaolong [3] tried to open the portal to the training space, and it turned out that the giant dome did not prevent him from opening it. He then opened a gate, which also appeared in front of him. 'Haha! I thought I couldn't open both, but it turns out the giant dome doesn't affect them. This way, I don't have to worry about anything, and I can escape whenever I want.' "Have you been waiting for me long?" Gong Ren asked as he landed in front of him. "Not really." Zhang Xiaolong [3] then explained to Gong Ren about the devices he needed to clean up air pollution on Earth. In addition, he shared some of his memories with the old man, particularly those related to Earth's pollution. "As you can see, the pollution there is too bad, and it prevents the Qi from returning. That's why I hope you can help me create the devices, and I will use them to clean the air there." Gong Ren nodded in understanding before posing a question. "Wouldn't it be better if there was no Qi in that realm? No Qi, no cultivators, and no chaos there." "You're wrong, Senior." Zhang Xiaolong [3] replied with a shake of his head. "Even without Qi, the situation in that realm has never been peaceful, and wars continue to occur in various countries. Those people are too greedy, and the nature in that realm is getting worse as time goes by. Since I rely on that realm for the long term, I want to take action to prevent its destruction." "Let's go in." - To Be Continued -