With An Fengyuan in tow, Xiao Chen rushed back to the Dragon Kingdom at top speed.
"Let's go, it's time for us to change our base of operations."
Just after Xiao Chen and An Fengyuan left, Lin Fan looked at the rest of the Underworld Temple and ordered them to return to the Dragon Kingdom under the leadership of another trusted confidant of his who had awakened earth-type abilities.
"Longyuan, you must protect them."
Lin Fan gave his earnest instructions, while standing in front of him was a middle-aged man of similar height to Lin Fan who looked very much like Ding Zhen. The man also had a clear understanding of his own strength.
"Palace Master, rest assured. With me, Long Yuan, here, if even one of them is missing, I, Long Yuan, will surely pay with my head."
Long Yuan said with a serious expression, and then led the people of the Underworld Temple toward the Dragon Kingdom. However, nowadays, finding the Dragon Kingdom may not be a simple matter.
"As for us, we'll stay here and absorb these crystal cores first, and then go out to hunt snow demons to obtain more crystal cores."
Lin Fan suggested to Qingfeng.
"Um!"
Qingfeng nodded indifferently, and Lin Fan shook his head helplessly. He then took out the crystal core and began to absorb the power of the laws within it.
"Master, has the Dragon Kingdom also fallen into chaos?"
On the flying sword, An Fengyuan asked with some concern. As a Chinese, she clearly did not want to see the Dragon Kingdom decline.
"Yes, under these circumstances, even the most powerful state apparatus cannot protect so many residents of the Dragon Kingdom."
Xiao Chen said coldly. In his eyes, what did the life and death of the Dragon Kingdom have to do with him? Although he was a citizen of the Dragon Kingdom, he had already died once there.
Furthermore, after the portal to another world appears, Xiao Chen might travel to that other world to take a look after breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
Xiao Chen understood that relying solely on the resources within the Creation Ring would likely only allow him to break through to the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage. If he wanted to break through to the Mahayana stage and ascend to the Immortal Realm, without seeking other resources, he would probably only die of old age after 100,000 years.
The reason for not going there now is that there were hundreds of snow demons guarding the passage to the other world that day, and each of them was at the Foundation Establishment stage. Not to mention that there might be even more powerful snow demons on the other side of the other world.
Xiao Chen originally thought he was invincible because of his cultivation of immortality, but he didn't expect that there were other methods to rival his cultivation power. This made Xiao Chen eager to become stronger.
"well!"
An Fengyuan could only sigh. Under such circumstances, an individual's strength was simply too weak, and they were powerless to deal with the terrifying natural disaster.
Not to mention that it doesn't seem to be a natural disaster.
Xiao Chen also thought that the apocalypse might not be a natural disaster. Coupled with the mysterious disappearance of the sun, there might really be a giant hand behind it all.
I'm afraid I need to break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.
After traveling at full speed for two and a half hours, Xiao Chen and An Fengyuan finally returned to the Dragon Kingdom. After entering the Dragon Kingdom, Xiao Chen quickly stopped his flying sword.
"What's wrong?"
An Fengyuan asked curiously, while Xiao Chen said with a solemn expression, "I think it's time for you to leave."
"leave?"
An Fengyuan felt a sense of unease.
"Well, my two previous women have already gone out to make their way in the world, and now I also need to go into seclusion, so I have no time to take care of you. It's time for you to leave."
Xiao Chen said earnestly. Hearing this, An Fengyuan lowered her head, and after a moment she raised her head, her face full of determination: "Don't worry, Master, I will definitely not let you down."
"Well, you can keep these crystal cores; they'll help improve your strength."
Xiao Chen thought for a moment, then took out over a hundred crystal cores from the Creation Ring and handed them to An Fengyuan. These were obtained from the snow demons that had been teleported to the snow demon horde and killed earlier by the space teleportation talisman.
"Okay, I'm leaving now. You must take good care of yourself."
With a reluctant expression, An Fengyuan carried a large bag of crystal cores and walked away into the distance. She kept looking back at Xiao Chen as she walked, but she had to leave eventually. When she looked back again a moment later, Xiao Chen had already disappeared.
"Master, don't worry, I will definitely become very strong, very strong!"
An Fengyuan made up her mind and then strode away into the distance. During this time, some ignorant snow demons attacked her, but An Fengyuan dealt with them all with a single claw.
Xiao Chen arrived at a high-rise building and looked into the distance until An Fengyuan disappeared. He then withdrew his gaze, knowing he needed to go into seclusion as soon as possible to break through to the Golden Core stage.
However, it is unknown how long it will take to break through to the Golden Core stage; it will probably take at least a year.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen jumped down from the high building, summoned his flying sword and flew into the distance. He finally found a cave, sealed it up, and took out a medium-grade spirit stone to begin absorbing its energy.
His cultivation level also began to slowly increase and become stronger.
Meanwhile, at the far north of the Dragon Kingdom, the black market...
"Help! Someone, please come and save us!"
Inside a building, more than ten people were trapped in a room, while violent banging sounds could be heard from the doorway from time to time, indicating that some terrifying monster was rampaging through it.
At this point, they were completely plunged into despair, having experienced too many changes in just a few months.
But at that moment...
"Ice pick!"
A clear, ethereal voice came from outside the door, followed by a mournful cry. But not long after, the seemingly solid door was blasted away.
A woman slowly walked in before them.
"Would you be willing to join my forces?"
"Sir, may I ask your name?"
"My name is the Ice and Snow Empress!"
...
"Flame Annihilation!"
In the city, a woman wearing a red coat raised her hands and slammed them hard against the ground. A terrifying flame erupted from her body, spreading outwards and burning all the snow demons within a hundred meters radius to ashes.
After the flames subsided, a woman wearing glasses slowly approached her.
"Sir, the men have all assembled. Is there anything we need to do?"
"What should we do? Let's establish a great power called the Nine Fires Sect!"
The woman murmured, and upon closer inspection, she realized it was none other than Qin Bajiao.
The previous Ice Queen was none other than Ariel Lin.
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