34: Tieban Fengjia

Although his Cultivation consumed a terrifying amount of Cultivation resources, making Long Aotian subtly worried about running out, he wasn't so foolish as to prepare enough Cultivation resources for his Ascension Breakthrough right now.

He would simply find more once his current Cultivation resources were depleted.

He returned to closed-door Cultivation!

After his Breakthrough to the Purple Core Realm, Long Aotian discovered that his Sea of Consciousness had expanded significantly, and his Divine Sense coverage reached a radius of one hundred thousand li, enough to rival the Divine Sense strength of a Spirit Division Realm first-revolution expert.

This was incredibly terrifying!

However, this was also within reason, as Ao Zhan had sealed ten portions of Soul Power in his Sea of Consciousness world. If he were to absorb all ten portions of Dragon Soul Power, Long Aotian's Sea of Consciousness world would undoubtedly expand to an unimaginable extent.

To Long Aotian's disappointment, even after breaking through several major Realms, the ten portions of Dragon Soul Power and ten portions of Legacy memories sealed by Ao Zhan in his Sea of Consciousness world had not been unsealed.

Clearly, his Cultivation Realm was still too low and did not meet the self-unsealing Realm set by Ao Zhan when he sealed them.

This was also a factor that spurred Long Aotian to continuously Cultivate; he absolutely had to unseal the ten portions of Dragon Soul Power and ten portions of Legacy memories in his Sea of Consciousness world.

Cultivate!

Continuously Cultivate!

Three years of closed-door Cultivation.

After two years passed in the Treasure Pagoda's third-level spatial world, Long Aotian's Cultivation soared like a rocket to the Ninth Revolution Peak Stage of the Purple Core Realm.

Understanding that forming a Nascent Soul for his Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm was as difficult as forming a Golden Core for his Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm—both were Hell-level difficulties, potentially taking half a year or even a year to Breakthrough—Long Aotian stopped his Cultivation.

At this time, his Void Formation had finally broken through from Level Five to Level Six, comparable to an ordinary Level Seven Formation, allowing him to slaughter Soul Emergence Realm cultivators like dogs and even trap Spirit Division Realm experts for a period to contend with them.

With the Void Formation, did he still need to learn ordinary Formations?

Apparently, yes!

The Void Formation was his unexpected trump card, mostly used for killing enemies.

Ordinary Formations, on the other hand, could help him conceal his true strength.

It took Long Aotian eight months to Breakthrough to Level Five Void Formation, and now it took him a full two years to Breakthrough to Level Six Void Formation.

From this, it can be seen that Breakthrough to Level Seven Void Formation might take at least four or five years, and Breakthrough to Level Eight Void Formation would take roughly ten years.

The time required for Breakthrough to Level Nine Void Formation and Level Ten Void Formation would be even greater; Breakthrough to Level Ten Void Formation within fifty years would be considered rapid advancement.

Especially for Long Aotian, this amount of time was negligible. By spending a few years in the outside world Cultivating in the Treasure Pagoda's third-level spatial world, he could Breakthrough to Level Ten Void Formation.

That is, a Semi-Immortal Formation King!

After stopping his Cultivation, Long Aotian, who could multitask, focused his efforts on improving his Formation skills. He still needed to continue learning the Void Formation, striving to Breakthrough to Level Seven as soon as possible, allowing him to slaughter Spirit Division Realm cultivators like dogs.

Ordinary Formations could not be neglected either.

With Ao Zhan's Legacy memories, Long Aotian's progress in the Dao of Formations was rapid.

Three years of closed-door Cultivation in the Treasure Pagoda passed in a flash.

Long Aotian's ordinary Formations had broken through to Level Five, and surprisingly, they seemed to Breakthrough even faster than his Void Formation?

"The Chaos Dao Art is truly miraculous.

One Dao connects to all Daos!

Breaking through five levels of ordinary Formations in a single year, who would believe it?

Now, I am already the highest existence in the Long Family's Formation Dao Cultivation.

Three years of closed-door Cultivation in the pagoda yielded abundant rewards!

My Cultivation instantly soared to the Ninth Revolution Peak Stage of the Purple Core Realm, my Void Formation broke through to Level Six, and I even made further progress within Level Six Void Formation, while my ordinary Formations broke through to Level Five.

Now, if judged solely by my Cultivation strength, my Ninth Revolution Peak Stage Purple Core Realm Cultivation is no weaker than a Ninth Revolution Peak Stage Nascent Soul Realm Old Monster. If it weren't for my young age and lack of combat experience, I might even be able to contend with a first-revolution Soul Emergence Realm expert.

As for my Formation Dao strength?

Having broken through to Level Six Void Formation, I can truly slaughter Soul Emergence Realm experts like dogs!

Hmph, the Soul Emergence Realm Family Guardian Gods of The Lei and Shi families?

Now, no matter how many come, I can kill them all!"

Thinking of The Lei and Shi families, Long Aotian felt frustrated.

He had been in closed-door Cultivation in the Treasure Pagoda world for three years, and over four months had passed outside, yet Long Aotian still hadn't encountered anyone from The Lei and Shi families coming to cause trouble.

Could it be that the five Level Five Void Annihilation Arrays he set up last time were too brutal, scaring them off?

Afraid to come?

Long Aotian didn't know that Shi Gandang and Lei Yunshan weren't afraid to come; they were originally on their way, but the Long Family's sudden offensive made them stop in their tracks.

As long as the Long Family wasn't exposed, the Shi Family would not have peace.

The Shi Family was at loggerheads with the Long Family.

Over the past few months, the Shi Family had been digging deep to investigate the Long Family's background.

Any force with good relations with the Long Family would suffer.

As expected.

The Shi Family quickly traced it to the Feng Family of Feng Town.

The Feng Family and the Long Family could almost be described as old Family friends who became acquainted through conflict. The Long Family's Family businesses could even be handed over to the Feng Family, showing just how close the relationship between the Dragon and Phoenix families was.

Unable to root out the Long Family, that cowardly turtle that dared not show its head again, the Shi Family vented its anger on the Feng Family.

However, the Feng Family, which they initially thought would be easy to bully and could be destroyed at will, made the Shi Family genuinely feel like they had kicked an iron plate, causing them a pang of regret.

Their arrogant swagger immediately deflated like a turtle after hitting an iron plate, to the extent that they didn't even dare to go to Immortal Severing Mountain.

What exactly happened during this time?

Don't forget, the ten Grand Elders of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace had descended upon the Feng Family. Before Feng Zixian left the Eastern Barrens, she requested the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace to leave a Grand Elder to protect the Feng Family for ten years.

The Shi Family, not knowing their limits, thought that sending a Spirit Division Realm expert could easily destroy the small Feng Family, and they could strut around Feng Town and even the entire Thunder Dragon Royal City.

Little did they know, the Feng Family harbored a terrifying existence who, with a backhand slap, directly killed the Shi Family's Ancestor of the Distraction Realm.

The true foundational expert of the Shi Family, yet he was slapped to death in the small place of Feng Town.

For a moment, all the Shi Family members felt a chill.

Thunder Dragon Royal City had produced an arrogant Long Family, and now it had produced a Feng Family with terrifying hidden depths.

What kind of Royal City was this Thunder Dragon Royal City, after all?

The entire Shi Family had only three Spirit Division Realm experts, and now one was directly slapped to death, significantly shrinking the Shi Family's overall strength.

Especially during the Immortal Severing Mountain incident, a Ninth Revolution Peak Stage Family Guardian God perished, and when the Long Family launched a surprise attack on the Shi Family, they also killed two isolated Early Stage Soul Emergence Realm Family Guardian Gods of the Shi Family.

It can be said that within a mere half-year, the Shi Family's overall strength had declined by one-fifth. The continuous loss of Soul Emergence Realm Family Guardian Gods and an Ancestor of the Distraction Realm truly pained the Shi Family.

The Shi Family had three Ancestors of the Distraction Realm, fewer than twenty Soul Emergence Realm Family Guardian Gods, and over a hundred Nascent Soul Realm Family Elders, of whom more than a dozen had also perished.

The Shi Family, ranked first among the Five Great Cultivation Families of the Imperial City, had truly lost its momentum.