Chapter 6

"Could it be the old ancestor of our Demon Sect?"

"Indeed, it must be the old ancestor making a breakthrough. Apart from the old ancestor, no one else could have such power."

However, just as these words were spoken, a powerful aura erupted from deep within the Demon Sect.

Almost instantly, a figure rapidly flew over.

"Pay respects to the old ancestor."

All the high-ranking members of the Demon Sect immediately bowed in respect.

The old ancestor of the Demon Sect, with a look of confusion and shock, said:

"Who could it be? Who has provoked this heavenly wrath?"

The crowd was taken aback, their faces filled with disbelief as they asked:

"Old ancestor, wasn't it you who provoked the heavenly wrath?"

The old ancestor of the Demon Sect shook his head repeatedly.

"How could I provoke the heavenly wrath? My cultivation is only at the Illusion-Breaking Realm, far from the level required to provoke the heavenly wrath!"

"Whoosh~!"

The crowd immediately felt their scalps tingle.

The one who provoked the heavenly wrath was actually not the old ancestor of the Demon Sect?

Then who could it be?

In the Demon Sect, there was actually a hidden world-class powerhouse?

How could they have never known?

Actually, it was no wonder they couldn't sense it.

The Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array was itself an imperial-grade array. Although it was only restricted to the Calm Water Peak by Lu Xiaoran, its pressure was enough to easily cover the entire Demon Sect.

Thus, even if the crowd racked their brains, they couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array.

Lu Xiaoran was also somewhat surprised. He never thought that an imperial-grade array could actually provoke the heavenly wrath!

It seemed that even the heavens did not allow such an array to easily form, hence continuously sending down the heavenly wrath to try to damage the array.

But!

The Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array refused to yield even a step, and it also emitted its own pressure, gathering the power of the earth to resist the heavenly wrath.

The two forces battled, and the heavens and earth turned dark. All living things, at this moment, seemed to become mere ants, mere spectators, unable to intervene in the slightest.

In the end, the thunderclouds of the heavenly wrath emitted a deafening thunder and slowly dissipated.

The Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array, in its imperial form, repelled the heavenly wrath!

This greatly shocked Lu Xiaoran!

This was just an array, and because it reached the imperial level, it had already generated the will to resist the heavens.

How terrifying would a true emperor be?

At this moment, Lu Xiaoran suddenly wanted to take on more disciples to enter the legendary realm of the emperor as soon as possible!

Unfortunately, disciples weren't something you could just have immediately.

It all depended on luck.

"Never mind, there's no need to rush. I'll go and practice the Green Emperor Longevity Technique first."

Lu Xiaoran shook his head and set up a stone tablet at the boundary of the Calm Water Peak.

Calm Water Peak Forbidden Zone, No Trespassing, Danger to Life.

Then, he turned around and returned to his room to enter seclusion.

He did not set up another imperial-grade array, the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Array.

Imperial-grade arrays were already powerful enough to resist the attacks of imperial realm experts.

One Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array was enough to protect the Calm Water Peak.

Moreover, the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Array was extremely dangerous. Once triggered, all living things within the array would be destroyed by divine thunder, with a heavy aura of slaughter, making it unsuitable for setting up in one's own stronghold.

Of course, the most important reason was the spirit stones.

Wangcai's gift did not contain any spirit stones, and setting up an imperial-grade array required a huge amount of resources. One Eight Trigrams Heaven-Sealing Array had already drained all of Lu Xiaoran's stockpile from over ten years.

Even a skilled housewife cannot cook without rice. Despite having an imperial-grade array, Lu Xiaoran was powerless.

After returning to his room, Lu Xiaoran set up a seal and announced his seclusion to practice his technique.

The Green Emperor Longevity Technique was a very powerful imperial-grade technique.

In terms of combat, its power was thick and pure, with a continuous output, maximizing the destructive power of each move.

In terms of replenishment, its speed of absorbing spiritual energy was as strong or even stronger than other techniques of the same level, possibly the best.

More importantly, it had a very significant, special, and powerful effect.

It could quickly repair bodily damage!

It was known that only emperors could survive severe physical injuries and then use techniques to heal and regrow their bodies.

Now, after practicing the Green Emperor Longevity Technique, Lu Xiaoran himself possessed the means to heal his body.

It took him three days to reach the perfect realm of the Green Emperor Longevity Technique.

This speed was quite terrifying.

It should be noted that Yun Lige, who was currently practicing the Mixed Yuan Emperor Scripture, had only reached about one-tenth of it and had not yet fully mastered it.

Yet, Lu Xiaoran only took three days to master the Green Emperor Longevity Technique to perfection!

After that, he practiced the Green Emperor Longevity Technique for a whole month.

...

Time flew by.

Finally, after a month of intense practice, Lu Xiaoran's cultivation broke through to a new realm.

He woke up from his practice, his eyes not showing any fatigue but instead full of vitality and energy.

"This Green Emperor Longevity Technique is indeed powerful. If it were a heaven-grade technique of the Demon Sect, with my newly broken-through Illusion-Breaking Realm, it would take at least half a year to break through again. But now, I have already broken through to the second level of the Illusion-Breaking Realm. This cultivation speed is truly heaven-defying."

It should be noted that the stronger one's cultivation, the harder it is to break through.

Even if Lu Xiaoran was an exceptional genius who could quickly understand techniques, he could not change the natural law that cultivation must proceed step by step.

However, the imperial-grade technique allowed him to shorten the time by about six times, its terrifying power making it truly awe-inspiring.

However, he didn't have time to enjoy the sense of achievement from his hard practice and breakthrough. The next second, his dantian emitted another 'pop'.

He broke through again!

Reaching the third level of the Illusion-Breaking Realm.

"???"

Lu Xiaoran was a bit confused. What was going on? How could he break through again in just a short time?

But he quickly thought of something.

"Wangcai."

"Coming, coming, I'm here, master."

"Bring up Yun Lige's information panel."

"Yes, generating Yun Lige's information panel."

Name: Yun Lige.

Gender: Male.

Technique: Mixed Yuan Emperor Scripture, practiced to the second level.

Cultivation: Master Realm, peak perfect.

"Sure enough, I knew it!"

Lu Xiaoran was speechless. He had worked hard for a month to break through to the second level of the Illusion-Breaking Realm, only to find out that Yun Lige had contributed another level of cultivation.

"Wangcai, if you keep doing this, I'll gradually lose the motivation to practice."

"Master, after binding with me, you don't need to practice; you just need to take on disciples."

Lu Xiaoran rubbed his temples, somewhat helplessly saying:

"You're robbing me of my joy."

"Then, Wangcai has detected an SS-grade disciple. Do you want to recruit them?"