Time gradually passed.
The great chaos continued for another five years.
This day.
Deep within White Cloud City, the Border City of Yan Kingdom.
A massive surge of spiritual power suddenly erupted from within a Cultivation Abode.
Yet before long, that ripple of aura vanished like smoke.
The abode's doors opened as well, revealing Ling Pengyun.
The aura of his recent breakthrough into the Golden Core Ninth Layer swiftly spread outward, startling quite a few cultivators nearby who were enjoying their rotation leave from city defense duty within their own Cultivation Abodes.
Countless gazes immediately turned toward Ling Pengyun.
"Senior Ling has finally broken through. I wonder just how strong he will be after entering the Golden Core Ninth Layer."
"..."
The great chaos had been underway for nearly ten years. During those years, Ling Pengyun had fought the demon beasts besieging the city dozens of times, and his aura had naturally leaked out on those occasions.
Thus, the other cultivators stationed in White Cloud City all knew the true cultivation of Yan Kingdom's foremost man, Ling Pengyun.
Back then, those cultivators had been greatly shocked.
After all, during his time stationed at White Cloud City, Ling Pengyun had repeatedly relied on his own strength to hold back Old Golden Flood Dragon and Old Mother Earth Flood Dragon, two powerful flood dragons at Golden Core Completion who excelled in spells, outside the city.
Then, in the very next moment, the cultivators within the city saw Ling Pengyun vanish.
When he reappeared, he was already beyond the incomparably sturdy walls of White Cloud City, holding a long banner covered in Flood Dragon Markings.
With a light wave of the banner, a massive flood dragon phantom over two hundred zhang long shot forth from it.
He stepped atop its head, riding the