Breakthrough: Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement!

"Cough, forget it. With my current cultivation level, even a glare from the Master of Flames could kill me."

Adhering to the principle that "if you don't court death, you won't die," Lin Dong forcibly suppressed the bold idea in his heart.

"The Master of Flames seems to still be asleep, and his aura has not yet returned to its peak."

"Nonsense, the Master of Flames was also seriously injured back then. We should not disturb him for the time being. It would be bad if we alerted the Great Heavenly Demon King imprisoned below."

"Old man, you stay here and protect Lin Dong. I'll go and retrieve the Flame God Ancient Token. The Master of Flames is quite familiar with my aura, so he shouldn't object."

Yan and the Great Desolation Stele exchanged a few whispered words. Then, Yan controlled the Ancestral Stone to fly swiftly toward the Master of Flames, who was suppressing the core of the Flame God Ancient Array. Under the gentle light, a crimson ball of light immediately flew out from the Master of Flames's arms.

It was an ancient red token with a simple and majestic shape. A huge "flame" character occupied most of the token, flowing like lava, filling the entire red ancient token with an indescribable air of ancient vicissitudes.

"Hey, Lin Dong, this is the Flame God Ancient Token of the Master of Flames. Although the terrifying power it contains can be used to launch attacks, I advise you to keep it to counter the current controller of the Flame Ancestral Symbol."

Yan handed the crimson ancient tablet he had taken out to Lin Dong.

"I understand. Should we go up now? I always feel that if I stay here, and one of the Demon King imprisoned in the Demon Suppressing Prison suddenly goes berserk, I'll die young."

Lin Dong took the Flame God Ancient Token and stroked it carefully for a while, feeling the faint warmth emanating from it. When it came time to compete for the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, that guy Mo Luo would definitely come and interfere. He was planning to save it to deal with Mo Luo.

"Hehehe, don't worry, although our combined strength has not fully recovered, we can still ensure that you have a whole corpse under the Demon King's command."

Upon hearing this, Yan and the Great Desolation Stele let out a strange laugh, and under Lin Dong's rather speechless gaze, they carried him toward the crimson halo above their heads.

"It's very safe here with a powerful protective formation. I'm going to start my attempt to break through to the Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement. You can do as you please."

Lin Dong, who reappeared in the strange stone pool, sat down on the ground and flipped his palm. Five Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit appeared in his palm. A faint Devouring Power emerged and transformed into a constantly writhing dark maw that swallowed the five emerald fruits.

"Boom!"

The Life Force formed by the melting of the five Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit was extremely powerful, flowing like a tide through Lin Dong's limbs and bones, continuously surging down along the meridians to his lower abdomen, dantian.

The breakthrough has officially begun!

"I remember that the eight masters joined forces to create three super-large Demon Suppressing Prison, which were guarded by the Master of Life and Death, the Master of Darkness, and the Master of Flames, respectively. However, we do not know their exact locations."

"The Demon-Suppressing Prison guarded by the Lord of Darkness seems to be in the Demon Realm, while the one guarded by the Lord of Flame is in the Chaotic Demon Sea. The one guarded by the Lord of Life and Death should also be near the Chaotic Demon Sea. This is because the Lord of Life and Death is the ancestor of the Undying Holy Whale clan, the overlord of the sea monsters in the Chaotic Demon Sea, so she would definitely take care of her clan nearby."

"But the Master of Life and Death suffered even more severe injuries than the Master of Flames back then. As the Eldest Senior Sister of the Eight Ancient Masters, she was completely holding on to guard the Third Demon Suppressing Prison with her crippled body, giving the chance of Reincarnation to her other junior brothers and sisters."

"If she has to enter the Reincarnation to heal due to the severity of her injuries, then the Demon Suppressing Prison she guards will be in danger, as it will be left unattended. The Demon Suppressing Prison under the jurisdiction of the Master of Life and Death has the weakest strength of the three Alien Demonic Experts, but the largest number of them."

"Once that unguarded Demon Suppressing Prison is opened by those hidden Alien Demonic Experts, it is highly likely to immediately unleash a catastrophic Demonic Disaster that will affect most of the Tianxuan Continent."

"Hmm, it seems we should find an opportunity to send Lin Dong to the Undying Sacred Whale Tribe to confirm whether the Master of Life and Death is still in the clan."

"What good is knowing? We're powerless to change anything right now..."

After exchanging whispers for a while, the voices of the two Ancient Divine Object, the Rock and the Great Desolation Stele, gradually faded away until they disappeared completely.

One month later.

On the Lake Heart Island, a stunningly beautiful woman in a long white dress was staring blankly at the lake, a hint of anxiety on her pretty face.

Several days ago, Gu Yan had already successfully broken through to the Lesser Completion of the Life Mysterious Stage, Minor Achievement with the help of the Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit. However, with the Martial Gathering Competition approaching, Lin Dong, who had dived into the lake to search for treasure, had not made any move, and the jade beauty became somewhat anxious.

"Splash!"

At that moment, the sound of rushing water surged forth, and a Green Lotus Seat shimmering with a rich blue light carried a handsome young man of exceptional grace as he emerged from the water and gently landed on a small island in the center of the lake.

"Lin Dong, you've finally shown up. There's less than half a month left until the Martial Gathering Competition. If you hadn't shown up, I was planning to go down and look for you."

The White-robed Beauty, who had been resting her chin on her hand in a daze, stood up in surprise.

"Congratulations to Miss Gu Yan on successfully entering the Life Mysterious Stage."

Lin Dong smiled and casually changed the subject.

"Thank you... wait, the Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement? You've broken through again?!"

The beautiful woman in white, who was about to smile, froze, staring blankly at Lin Dong, whose aura was faintly overflowing. Currently, among the younger generation of the five major families, only Tie Xiuluo Shentu Jue of the Shentu family has reached this level.

"Yes, I've made some discoveries down there," Lin Dong said with a smile.

"That's fine. The family has already agreed to your conditions. As long as you can help the family win the championship of this Martial Gathering Competition as an outsider for the Gu Family, you can have one of the three spots to enter the tower."

Gu Yan glanced at Lin Dong with a rather complicated expression. This kind of genius was probably the legendary super genius who viewed leveling up as easily as drinking water.

When he reached the Lesser Completion stage of the Life Profound Realm, he was able to kill a three-headed demonic dragon comparable to the peak Lesser Completion stage of the Human Race in just two moves. Now that he has advanced to the Greater Completion stage of the Life Profound Realm, even the Iron Asura Shen Tu Jue would probably be no match for him.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and head to Martial Gathering Island."

"Okay, let's go down the mountain and meet up with the convoy. They must be getting impatient."

Lin Dong and his companion exchanged a few words before swiftly heading down the mountain.

The reunited Gu Family caravan immediately headed to the northern part of Mysterious Spirit Island, boarded the Gu Family Fleet there, and sped towards Martial Gathering Island, thousands of miles away.

After more than ten days of sailing, a vast and expansive island in the sea, much larger than Mysterious Spirit Island, gradually came into view of the Gu Family Fleet.

We've arrived at Martial Gathering Island!

On a private dock used by the Gu Family.

A middle-aged man at the Life Mysterious Stage, Great Achievement, accompanied by a large entourage, greeted Gu Yan and her fellow disciples of the Gu Family with a joyful expression.

"Uncle Gu Ling, this is the powerful external aid I found for the family— Lin Dong."

Gu Yan smoothed her wind-blown hair and introduced herself to the middle-aged man at the head of the group.