"Junior Brother Fang?"
Gu Xinyue looked at the man in white before her with surprise.
"This must be the Little Junior Brother."
Fang Jingchun smiled slightly at you, and you nodded in response.
"Senior Brother Fang, why are you here?"
You had not expected that your brief disturbance at the Lin Residence would attract even Fang Jingchun.
"I sensed the sword aura of Fifth Senior Sister, so I came to see what had happened."
Hearing this, Gu Xinyue immediately felt a headache coming on.
"What else could it be? The Fallen Immortal Secret Realm has been polluted. We came here to confirm the source of the pollution."
When Fang Jingchun heard that the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm had been polluted, he froze on the spot and stared at the two of you in disbelief.
"How is that possible?!"
"There has never been a precedent of a relic secret realm becoming polluted. At worst, they simply dry up."
Seeing that he did not believe it, Gu Xinyue did not bother explaining further. Instead, she brought him directly toward the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm.
If she had not seen it with her own eyes, she would not have believed such a thing either.
Several days later, the three of you entered the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm.
You immediately sensed that the level of pollution inside the secret realm had grown even worse than when you had last visited.
You realized you had underestimated the speed at which this pollution spread.
Meanwhile, Fang Jingchun closed his eyes and carefully sensed the spiritual energy around him. The longer he sensed it, the worse his expression became.
After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with anger.
Without the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm, unless a new secret realm relic was discovered, the human cultivators of Qingzhou would have no future.
Seeing the disappointed expressions on Gu Xinyue and Fang Jingchun's faces, you decided to reveal a solution.
"Senior Sister, the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm is not completely unusable."
Upon hearing your words, Gu Xinyue's eyes immediately lit up.
"What solution?"
You then explained to them about the Bronze Divine Hall within the secret realm, as well as the fact that only you could enter it.
"Little Junior Brother, impressive! Ultimate Realm of Qi Refining!"
Gu Xinyue patted your shoulder, her eyes filled with approval.
Fang Jingchun had originally intended to leave, but when he heard that you could enter the Bronze Divine Hall, his curiosity was immediately piqued.
The three of you flew toward the valley deep within the secret realm and soon saw the Bronze Divine Hall.
Right in front of them, you used brute force to push open the bronze gate.
After entering the Bronze Divine Hall, Fang Jingchun felt somewhat disappointed.
He had thought that this hall—unopened for hundreds of years—contained some extraordinary opportunity. Instead, it only held several murals and stone statues.
What he did not know was that the true opportunity here could only be obtained by you, the one acknowledged after opening the gate.
Thus, the three of you began cultivating within the Bronze Divine Hall.
Since the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm was already polluted, you no longer had any concerns and freely absorbed the spiritual energy within the hall.
For you, leaving such spiritual energy unused would simply be a waste.
As for Fang Jingchun, even without the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm, he could still go to the Blood Demon Secret Realm of Youzhou in the future to break through.
Although Xia Qiange guarded the Blood Demon Secret Realm and did not allow outsiders to enter, members of the Sword Pavilion were still permitted to use it.
One year later.
After cultivating inside the Bronze Divine Hall for an entire year, Gu Xinyue finally broke through to Void Refinement.
Your own cultivation also deepened significantly, and you were not far from breaking through to Deity Transformation.
However, something surprised you.
After the three of you had cultivated inside the Bronze Divine Hall for an entire year, the spiritual energy reserves there were still extremely abundant.
This left all three of you astonished.
"Little Junior Brother, this place might become your personal cultivation ground in the future."
Gu Xinyue looked at you with envy.
Hearing this, a bold idea suddenly appeared in your mind.
You decided to break through to Deity Transformation here.
After you told Gu Xinyue and Fang Jingchun your idea, neither of them objected.
In their view, the spiritual energy here was more than sufficient for your breakthrough and would not be exhausted.
After the two of them bid you farewell, you closed your eyes and began seclusion within the Bronze Divine Hall.
This seclusion lasted four entire years.
After four full years, you finally succeeded in breaking through to the Deity Transformation realm.
However, although your cultivation had advanced, your swordsmanship had fallen behind.
Even after four years, you still had not broken through to the realm of Unity of Man and Sword.
According to the Sword Pavilion Master, once someone reached that realm, they could challenge opponents beyond their own cultivation level.
Although you had not fully devoted yourself to practicing sword techniques during these four years, with the enhancements from Swordsmanship Mastery and Sword Dao Supreme, your progress was still comparable to those who had trained diligently for four years.
Having not left the Bronze Divine Hall for four years, you had no idea what the outside world had become.
When you finally stepped out of the hall, you saw a scene that felt strangely familiar.
Many cultivators had gathered around the Bronze Divine Hall.
However, this time was different. Aside from the disciples of the three major sects of Qingzhou, there were also disciples from several sects of Youzhou.
Everyone stared at you in disbelief, unable to understand why you had emerged from inside the Bronze Divine Hall.
"Did the secret realm trial not start today? When did that guy go inside?"
"I have no idea. Why can I not sense his cultivation?"
After hearing the surrounding discussions, you quickly understood what had happened.
You muttered inwardly, "These people really delivered exactly what I needed."
In the next moment, your gaze sharpened.
You raised your hand and unleashed a strand of Taixu Sword Aura.
Your Initial Deity Transformation cultivation erupted, and wherever the sword aura passed, no one survived.
The remaining disciples who had not been struck by the sword aura immediately fled without looking back once they realized you were a Deity Transformation cultivator.
They feared that if they ran even a moment slower, they would be the next to die.
Seeing this, the corner of your mouth lifted slightly.
You had never shown mercy to Bizarre Insects.
During the next two days, you slaughtered the entire Fallen Immortal Secret Realm.
Aside from a few individuals who had awakened to the truth, every cultivator who had entered the secret realm was killed by you.
After resolving the matters within the secret realm, you licked your lips and looked toward the exit.
You left the secret realm and hovered above the Heavenly Abyss, gazing down at the sect forces gathered nearby.
"Deity Transformation? Who are you?"
An elder leading the disciples of the Myriad Demon Sect shouted at you.
You followed the voice and looked over.
To your surprise, the person was an old acquaintance.
"Wan Yemo! I am already in Deity Transformation now. Let us see if I cannot kill you today!"
You knew Wan Yemo was at Mid Deity Transformation, one minor realm higher than you.
However, with talents such as Sword Dao Supreme, Young Supreme, and Swordsmanship Mastery, killing a Mid Deity Transformation cultivator across realms would still be easy.