Luo Chen handed the complete overhaul of the Luo Tian Association to Sima Hui Niang.
He freed himself from its tangled day-to-day affairs.
He devoted all his energy to cultivation.
No matter how remarkable the results of that battle had been, there was one naked truth Luo Chen desperately wanted to avoid.
The Ice Fortress did not care much about a mere Luo Tian Association.
What they cared about was Luo Chen himself!
As for whether the Luo Tian Association he had founded lived or died, they did not care at all.
The association had survived and won a tremendous victory because Luo Chen possessed formidable strength.
If Luo Chen had lost at the Scented Flower River,
Tantai Jin might have stepped in to save him.
But the Luo Tian Association could never have gone on to crush mountains and destroy sects as smoothly as before.
Even when a great cultivator at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment had appeared in person, she had merely watched him "throw his weight around."
How much I can make use of the Ice Fortress's banner depends on how strong I am!
The stronger I am, the more power I can borrow from them, and the greater the deterrent I pose to others!
Once he understood that,
Luo Chen worked even harder at his daily cultivation.
With time, the fruits of that effort appeared almost immediately.
One month after the Divine Craftsmen Sect's destruction,
Luo Chen sat in the quiet room of his cave dwelling when his whole body trembled.
A hazy green spiritual glow suddenly spread from the Qi Sea in his abdomen, gradually enveloping his entire body.
A feeling too profound for words rose in his heart.
So that's how it is!
I was wrong. The way I cultivated before was all wrong.
Only one