Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others could tell from the Sect Master’s deployment that major events were about to occur, so they devoted all their thoughts to cultivation.
They also knew that this time’s opponents might be extremely powerful, but as members of the Myriad Ancient Sect, they would fight to the death no matter what, because this was their home and could not tolerate outsiders’ violations!
“Elder Wu.”
In the universe, aboard the starship blazing a trail ahead, the burly man with formidable strength inquired, “Approximately how long will it take to find the murderer who killed the Starfaring Sea King?”
“At the quickest, seven or eight days. At the slowest, one month,” the white-haired elder answered.
He had only determined Jun Changxiao’s appearance from the Great Law of Time Reversal. To find his hiding place in the vast universe would require constant divination along the way.
More precisely, he could only follow the lingering aura the target left behind to explore. He hadn’t yet confirmed that the person was on the Xingyun Continent.
“That fellow killed the Starfaring Sea King and took all the spatial rings. The incomplete scroll must be on him,” the white-haired elder said with a decisive tone.
Of course.
He was also somewhat surprised.
From the mirror image, the murderer appeared quite young, yet could easily sever the Starfaring Sea King’s head. Could he be an old-timer deliberately appearing youthful?
The scene the white-haired elder divined naturally didn’t include the moment when Black and White Wraiths brutally thrashed the handsome man, otherwise he definitely wouldn’t have come charging over so brazenly.
“Hmph.”
The burly middle-aged man said coldly, “Whatever the Five Starry Tyrants set their sights on, no one can hope to steal away.”
They had been investigating and searching for the Seven Profound Radiant Shattering incomplete scroll for a very long time. Having finally confirmed the Starfaring Sea King’s possession, only to have someone else get there first—they absolutely couldn’t tolerate it.
……
The white-haired elder didn’t divine Jun Changxiao’s location on the Xingyun Continent within seven or eight days, because after traveling a certain distance, the aura suddenly vanished into thin air. It took a long time searching before finding it again.
Why did it break?
Because at that time, Jun Changxiao had already switched to the Tonggu Warship, then used high-grade spirit stones to travel even faster, leaving almost no aura for the white-haired elder to capture.
At this pace, finding the Xingyun Continent would require at least a month.
Jun Changxiao didn’t know when the storm would arrive, but since the epic quest had been given, it would absolutely happen, so he remained in absolute alert every day.
Moreover, he took the opportunity to summon the Tonggu Warship and fly out, finding a desolate plane in the starry space not far from the Xingyun Continent.
Black and White Wraiths could ignore the force of the universe and fight within it, but Jun Changxiao couldn’t, so he had to select a battle location in advance.
Finding a location before fighting—this showed real sophistication.
……
Ten days.
Twenty days.
Time slowly passed.
“Thud!”
One day, at the entrance to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, Ye Xingchen walked out from within, his entire body instantly erupting with magnificent momentum.
Nearly a month had passed, and he had devoted all his thoughts to cultivation, his realm already reaching Peak Martial Emperor!
What took several hundred years in his previous life, he had now accomplished in just a few years after rebirth—the speed was truly super fast.
Ye Xingchen’s rapid advancement owed little to the Supreme Profound Scripture. The greatest help came from the Myriad Ancient Sect’s various martial dao facilities, especially the recently installed Nine Heavens Secret Realm.
This miraculous martial dao auxiliary treasure made him realize that breaking through to Martial Sovereign faster, even shattering the void, depended entirely on it!
“A Niu.”
Jun Changxiao’s voice came from the main hall: “Before long, powerful enemies may invade. This Seat hopes you can fight for the sect, stand up for your fellow disciples.”
Why say this?
Because in his view, Ye Xingchen still lacked a strong sense of belonging to the sect.
He hoped this external enemy invasion could cultivate that bone-deep, heartfelt emotion.
Ye Xingchen’s expression turned solemn: “I will.”
“That you’ve developed a sense of belonging to the sect brings this Seat great comfort,” Jun Changxiao said with a smile.
“……”
Ye Xingchen turned his face away, thinking silently: “I won’t allow others to touch the Myriad Ancient Sect because I don’t want to lose a cultivation holy land. Please don’t misunderstand.”
Alright, understood.
Stubborn tsundere.
……
Ye Xingchen wasn’t the only one who broke through.
Lu Qianqian and He Wudi also progressed rapidly, while Li Qingyang and Xiao Zuiji refused to fall behind, chasing bravely from behind.
This month, the Myriad Ancient Sect’s core disciples’ cultivation advancement speed could be described as ‘explosive.’
“Everything is within this Seat’s expectations.”
Jun Changxiao said proudly.
After reading the Nine Heavens Secret Realm instruction manual in detail, he had already anticipated this very moment—after all, it cost a whole hundred thousand contribution points!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Suddenly, from the peak where the elders resided, a powerful breakthrough aura erupted, startling the disciples who turned their heads to look.
“Elder Gongsun is breaking through to Martial Saint!”
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji and the others’ eyes filled with envy—this level was what they currently aspired to most.
Lying in the great hall above, Jun Changxiao smiled: “From today forth, our Myriad Ancient Sect has one more Martial Saint-level elder.”
However, just a few days after Gongsun Haohai broke through to Martial Saint, Jiang Xie, the Ning brothers, and Old Ge—these four members of the old F4—also relied on the Nine Heavens Secret Realm and other martial dao facilities to successfully step into Half-Step Martial Saint!
Excluding the newly arrived Black and White Wraiths and Purple Lin Demon King and other beast clans, the Myriad Ancient Sect’s high-level combat power now boasted two Martial Saints and four Half-Saints.
This was quite hardcore.
“Sect Master.”
Li Qingyang reported: “Among the two thousand inner sect disciples, three hundred are now Martial Emperors, the rest all Martial Kings.”
While Jun Changxiao was out adventuring, the sect didn’t remain static. For instance, the annual sect tournament arrived as scheduled, and disciples who achieved good results entered the inner sect. To date, they had developed to two thousand people.
Actually, by other sects’ standards, the eliminated outer sect disciples qualified to become inner sect members, but when a group of prodigies competed, they could only choose the more prodigious ones.
Without exaggeration, the Myriad Ancient Sect’s annual sect tournament’s excitement and intensity was enough to completely surpass the Xingyun Continent’s highest-level Dragon-Tiger Supremacy competition.
This was a bit like Chinese table tennis.
Going out to win a world championship might be easy, but coming back to win a National Games championship was definitively hell mode.
After hearing the report, Jun Changxiao issued instructions: “Have them continue cultivating. They cannot be distracted for a moment.”
“Yes.”
Li Qingyang hurried off to make arrangements.
Jun Changxiao continued inspecting various halls as usual, but just as he arrived at the Gentle Rain Hall, White Wraith’s voice rang in his ear: “Little brother, dozens of starships are rushing this way.”
Dozens?
The Starfaring Sea King had that many enemies?
The handsome man’s warship could hold tens of thousands of people. Now dozens had arrived at once—the numbers must be considerable!
“All disciples, heed my command!”
Jun Changxiao declared loudly: “Follow this Seat aboard the Tonggu Warship!”
“Yes!”
“Swoosh! Swoosh!”
The entire Myriad Ancient Sect immediately sprang into action.
Led by Old Ding, the sect’s high-level leaders flew first toward the warship docked outside Tiegu Mountain.
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and other core disciples followed closely behind.
In a short time.
The Tonggu Warship held several thousand people.
The camera panned across them one by one—all wore excellent battle armor, all represented the Myriad Ancient Sect’s current strongest combat power!
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao flew over last and stood at the bow, his spiritual sense merging with the control device.
The Tonggu Warship shot out of the Xingyun Continent with a “swoosh,” suspended in the endless dark universe.
Those disciples who didn’t follow along prayed silently in their hearts for the Sect Master, elders, and senior brothers, hoping they would return safely.
……
Because they had previously searched for battle locations, Li Qingyang and the others had followed along, so when merged into the universe, they didn’t look around but maintained high alert at all times.
“Sect Master.”
Old Ding pointed into the distance: “What is that?”
In the seemingly endless darkness, dozens of light dots appeared like grains of rice, growing larger and larger, drawing closer and closer.
“Mm?”
Aboard the first warship approaching, the seated white-haired elder suddenly opened his eyes. His turbid gaze seemed to pierce through the void, locking onto the young man on the distant warship, saying gravely: “This boy is the murderer!”
“Swoosh!”
“Swoosh!”
In an instant, dozens of warships accelerated forward, then suspended in the distance from the Tonggu Warship, emanating powerful momentum.
Warriors of various forms appeared on the decks, looking at Jun Changxiao and the Myriad Ancient Sect disciples with cruel and mocking eyes.
A starship suspended in a low-level plane’s starry space—it seemed to be specially waiting for us.
This was rather interesting.
“Hahaha!”
One of the Five Starry Tyrants, a sinister-looking man, stood at his ship’s bow and laughed eerily: “I thought the one who stole the incomplete scroll was a top-tier expert, but it turns out to be trash from a low-level plane.”
“Ding! One Punch Kill charging 5%……”
What the!
It’s charging already?
Jun Changxiao looked astonished, but with considerable bearing, cupped his fists: “Hospitable Xingyun welcomes you all.”