Although the Desolate Palace suffered some losses in this incident, its ruling power in the territory was unprecedentedly improved. Afterwards, everything began to develop in a good direction, and more and more people worshipped the Desolate Palace, making it stronger.
After recovering from his injuries, Xia Xiao practiced cultivation and searched for a way to repair the crack for Shangshan. Although it took a long time and he traveled to many places alone, he finally recovered and repaired the crack after going through many difficulties.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed. During this period, Xia Xiao had carried out several missions and, with the help of Ah Zhu, he had reached the twelfth level. But he was still a little worried because his strength was not improving as fast as it had been in the Great Wilderness. Although others were envious, he still felt it was not enough.
While practicing, Xia Xiao always felt that Ah Zhu had changed. She was not as enthusiastic as before, and even kept a cold face and did not answer his questions. Xia Xiao did not pay much attention to it at first, and just gave Ah Zhu enough time, but he felt more and more that something was wrong. Could it be that there was a gap between them?
Xia Xiao had always wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to say it. In the end, Xia Xiao still said it, because in a month, it would be the Tiangong selection, and he couldn't delay it. Ah Zhu couldn't participate because of his strength, but Xia Xiao met the requirements and would win glory for the Desolate Palace together with the 18 disciples.
One day, Xia Xiao called Ah Zhu to the peach forest. In the forest, the two stood quietly, and Ah Zhu explained that she was worried about Xing Yang every day, which was why she was cold to Xia Xiao. Xia Xiao, who only knew how to practice every day, felt very guilty, thinking that he did not help Ah Zhu, but instead doubted her, so he hugged her tightly in his arms and asked her to forgive himself for being suspicious.
Ah Zhu now only has Xia Xiao as his relative, so he naturally doesn't care, but he always feels a little depressed, as if a disaster is coming. At this time, they accidentally discovered that Liu Chengxue's hair has turned white!
Originally thought to be something that would happen in the very distant future, Xing Bing's secret acceleration made Xing Yang more and more irritable, and they no longer had ten thousand years. But now, the Tiangong selection was imminent, and Xia Xiao had to participate. Only when the disciples joined the Tiangong could the Desolate Palace become a true earth-level force, get rid of the special label on it, and thus completely gain a foothold in the Xishu world.
The selection period is two months. You will fight for resources in a large valley. Whoever grabs more resources and exceeds the bottom line given by the Heavenly Palace will be the winner. If you are seriously injured and your life is threatened, you will be eliminated.
This was not the first time Xia Xiao participated in this kind of selection. His strength and experience made him stand out, and he led the disciples of the Desolate Palace to stand out. Although the process was a bit bumpy, and many people had bad intentions towards them, causing 70% to 80% of the disciples of the Desolate Palace to be forced to withdraw from the selection, Xia Xiao still fought to the end, and relied on the most resources collected by himself, becoming a dazzling new star.
And this does not include the resources he provided to the disciples in the Huang Palace around him.
After successfully obtaining the qualification to enter the Heavenly Palace, Xia Xiao was also very happy. Because apart from the selection, it is extremely difficult to enter. Even the local forces only have one quota during the selection period.
However, these had little to do with Xia Xiao, because he only cared about the selection reward. He once again went to the Heavenly Palace Lingquan Hall to absorb the source energy, which allowed him to reach the thirteenth level, but because of insufficient accumulation, it was difficult to cross. However, as long as there was an improvement, it was a good thing, and Xia Xiao did not dare to be greedy again.
For many people, entering the Heavenly Palace is something worth striving for all their lives, but it is difficult to achieve. However, Xia Xiao finally refused to enter the Heavenly Palace. This power is possessed by everyone who can enter, but no one has ever really refused. After all, this is a great opportunity to fly up to the tree and become a phoenix. Unfortunately, Xia Xiao is not interested in it.
Xia Xiao returned to the Desolate Palace, and only Wan Junru and Ru Dandan who were traveling with him entered smoothly. This brought great influence to the Desolate Palace. Although it was not yet time to recruit a new batch of disciples, it attracted many people, which made Yu Shangyan very happy. The super power she dreamed of was far beyond this time.
After Xia Xiao recuperated for half a year, he went into battle as an elite of the Wilderness Palace, competing with the geniuses of other earth-level forces in the Heavenly Palace and the people from the other five major forces.
Xia Xiao and nineteen people from Tiangong participated together, and completed their revenge with extremely ferocious means and experienced and swift fighting style, causing the five major forces, including Wanhua Sect, Pluto's Palace, and Ancient Beast God Temple, to suffer setbacks.
But during the battle, Xia Xiao heard them say that the Heavenly Palace was actually playing tricks, because they did not take action when they were obstructing the development of the Wilderness Palace.
In fact, Xia Xiao understood that the Heavenly Palace was often testing him, but it was also giving him a chance to prove himself. So he didn't care, but when he thought everything was over, unexpectedly, everything had just begun.
The Huang Palace was indeed growing stronger and stronger, and it also welcomed the second batch of disciples. This batch of disciples came from all over Fanfeng, and there were more elders, all of whom were famous free and powerful people from all over the world.
During this period, Yu Shangyan used countless spiritual medicines and holy fruits, and finally raised herself to the fourteenth level of strength. She said that if she had known it would be so difficult, she should have sucked up all the Quedan, instead of crushing it into pieces and letting it dissipate out of anger. Xia Xiao thought she did that just to maintain her image, but she didn't expect it to be like this, so she couldn't say anything more.
There were more and more things happening in the Desolate Palace. Many qualified disciples did not choose to leave the Desolate Palace after five years, but continued to serve as elders. But one day, Xia Xiao was chatting with Ah Zhu in the room. The Xingyang in the latter's body suddenly broke through the seal while he was relaxed, and suddenly tore through the void and appeared outside Xishu.
Xingyang took the initiative to tear the spiritual contract, which should have been damaged, but the small spiritual contract had no effect on it. Xia Xiao, who still had illusions, immediately faced a difficult situation because Ah Zhu was suffering from some backlash at this time. Although these backlashes were nothing to her, they shook her state of mind. And the drop of blood at the corner of her mouth made Xia Xiao feel that something was wrong. The last time Ah Zhu was injured was a long time ago.
Xingyang's escape brought a huge shadow, plunging Fanfeng into an eternal night. Soon, the entire Xishu was alarmed and began to pay attention, contacting everywhere, fearing that they would be destroyed inadvertently.
This was the scene that Ma Dan had predicted. He stood in front of the door where the Palace Master was in seclusion and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he went to the Deserted Palace to find out why it happened so early. But Xia Xiao could not give an answer, and Azhu only said:
"Someone is controlling everything in secret!"
But who is that person? What should we do now? There are so many questions, and everyone has doubts in their hearts, but they are difficult to solve.
In this extremely difficult gap, everyone fell silent and extremely anxious, but they had to face it, because there was no way to escape from Xishu at the moment. If they wanted to leave, there was no other way except the twelve tokens of the six major forces. The two tokens of Tiangong had been used by Xia Xiao and Azhu, and there was no way to make more before the Palace Master woke up.
Even if you escape, you won't be able to defeat the Void Beast in space!
Many strong men sensed the danger of the giant whale from outer space, and finally chose to unite after a quarrel and blame, ready to deal with it together. Apart from this, there was no other way now. The six major forces tried their best to make Ah Zhu recover quickly, and Xingyang, who was fighting against the beast in space, was finally defeated.
The pressure from his father and the drive from his bloodline made Xingyang open his mouth wide, swallowing Xishu as a small thing and absorbing Azhu as a big thing. The commotion he caused could be described as devastating, but he felt helpless. He apologized to Azhu in his heart more than once, but everything he shouldered was the future of countless companions, which made him unable to breathe, and finally chose to break the jar and throw it away. Anyway, in the end, he would sacrifice himself and go to another world to accompany Azhu.
Thinking of their first encounter in the peach forest, and of himself and Azhu flying in the sky, Xingyang was filled with mixed emotions, but Xishu's collapse was getting stronger and stronger, and he was even about to turn into dust.
All the strong men in Xishu gathered in the Fanfenghuang Palace. They used their strength together to try to form a shield to resist the suction of Xingyang. Then, Azhu would give it a fatal blow. This was the only thing they could do at the moment, and they could not hesitate any longer. Therefore, when everyone did this, Xishu also strengthened his defense.
But even so, Xishu was still collapsing, and everything on the ground went up to the sky and was sucked into Xingyang's belly. When Xishu transformed, everyone turned from defense to offense, and everyone's power was attached to Ah Zhu alone. She also used the fifth level of divine power for the first time. Ah Zhu could kill Xingyang, but that would not reverse Xishu's current situation, and it would even make it worse because of the strong air wave.
Therefore, without consulting anyone, Azhu took the lead in using his divine power to wrap Xishu, protecting the lives within and preventing tens of billions of people from being threatened with death.
But in this way, Xingyang could not be killed. But Ah Zhu understood that even if she killed the latter, it was for the safety of Xishu people, so she did not regret it and used the remaining strength to severely injure him.
Amidst the whale's roar that echoed throughout the universe, everyone didn't understand why she did this, but they were grateful, because the gusts of wind above their heads almost flattened Xishu, but were blocked by the blood-red shield above it.
Then, without time to think, Ah Zhu used the power of the gods to cover the entire galaxy. The time of the entire galaxy was suspended by the power of the gods, and it also made it hidden in the vast universe, and other void beasts could not know it. Xing Bing, who was not far away, could not get close at all. But he saw a meteor among them, streaking out from the sunset, and he didn't know where it was heading.
Xing Bing chased after it, trying to crush it, but was pierced by the power within it. He immediately lost his breath and could only drift in the universe, not knowing where he would die.
Looking at Xing Bing's miserable state, Xia Xiao frowned, not expecting things to develop like this. But Xia Xiao looked at Azhu who was getting farther and farther away, and then looked at Xishu, and suddenly doubted himself. He knew Azhu's thoughts very well, and even now, he could sense her emotions through Azhu's power in his body. She placed all her hopes on herself, hoping that she could find a way to destroy Xing Yang, but could he really do it?
It's not that Xia Xiao is modest, but he feels that Ah Zhu can send away anyone who is stronger than him, but Ah Zhu believes in him, and for his safety, he must do so. In Ah Zhu's heart, Xia Xiao is the only one who must be protected, more important than himself.
Xia Xiao began to wander in the universe while practicing at the same time. Relying on the stronger demonic energy, he absorbed any matter in the universe to make himself stronger. But even so, he was just a trash who had just entered the thirteenth level and could not influence Xishu's situation at all.
He still remembered how powerful Xing Yang was. Even if the sixteenth-level masters joined forces, they could only cause him minor injuries. So what kind of existence should he become in order to eliminate the huge threat of Xing Yang for Xi Shu after time returned to normal?
Xia Xiao had been unable to find a solution, but with the power of Azhu in his body, he happened to enter a trading center in the universe. Although this place was illegal and was hated by the gods, he could exchange any information there. Xia Xiao wanted to ask if there was any way to make himself stronger, or if there was anything that could naturally restrain the void beast.
Xia Xiao was still too young, and was immediately laughed at when he asked these questions. Because the spiritual medicine and holy fruit he gave were too low in level here, he was also looked down upon. What is more worth mentioning is Xia Xiao's strength. He is too weak. Even if he can rely on Azhu's power to hide his own aura here and appear very mysterious, he cannot defeat the arrogant and domineering people among them.
With a bit of stubbornness, Xia Xiao was spotted by someone, but he was only taken to the Cosmic Arena. What he originally thought was an opportunity turned out to be a bondage. The president of the arena promised Xia Xiao that as long as he won the championship and earned enough for him, he would be free.
Xia Xiao had no choice at this time. He couldn't even get rid of the collar around his neck, so he went to the cosmic arena in the rocky area. In the first round, because he was unfamiliar with the venue, he was ambushed and had to leave. The next arena of this scale was a week later. In order to win, Xia Xiao devoted himself to studying what to do. Finally, he came up with a solution, which was to use magic energy and prepare the talisman array in advance.
Xia Xiao has never been an expert in using talisman arrays, but he still managed to cast two accelerating talisman arrays through thinking and put them in front of himself.
A new round of gladiatorial contest began immediately. Xia Xiao hid among the huge rocks at the beginning, captured those who were defeated, and absorbed their life energy.
Xia Xiao relied on this experience to absorb the strength of more than a hundred people in one match and reached the fourteenth level of strength in the Xishu world. If some people saw this kind of behavior, they would suspend the match, but the president of the arena did not suspend it. As long as they were on the field, they could use any method. This was the rule!
Under the watchful eyes of the president, Xia Xiao absorbed all the people on the field. Although he was also seriously injured, with the Five Spirit Beasts and Shangshan lying behind him, he stood among the corpses forever, and even raised his strength to the peak of the fourteenth level. Xia Xiao was about to be overwhelmed by the evil spirit, but he still controlled himself, wanting the president to fulfill his promise.
Although the president was not a good person, he took off Xia Xiao's collar and asked him why he was fighting so hard. Xia Xiao told him everything, which attracted the president's attention. Although he was against the God Realm, he told Xia Xiao that he could just ask the God Realm for help with such matters, because the Void Beast and the God Realm had always had deep conflicts.