A Shocking Upheaval at the Mountain Gate?

Other than some peerless Heavenly Prodigies, Fortune Hall might make special exceptions.

Otherwise, a person from the secular world who entered the Outer Realm would never obtain an Immortal Register in less than three years!

Could Xiao Chen's talent have reached such a level?

Soon, Xiao Chen was granted early passage, left the Outer Realm, and returned to the secular world!

"City Lord, you've got some nerve, speaking to the Sword Demon like that!" After Xiao Chen left, a guard stepped forward and said.

Xu Dong's body trembled. "You said... Chen Xiao is Sword Demon Xiao Chen, the one who swept aside all the Heavenly Prodigies in Black Ember City?"

Xiao Chen was now quite famous in the Outer Realm. In the battle at Hundred Flames City, he had faced two enemies alone and crushed two half-Kings, rising to fame in a single stroke!

The Sword Demon's name shook an entire region!

Xu Dong had never imagined that the Gray Apprentice, once as insignificant as dust, would grow to such heights in such a short time!

"What? City Lord, you didn't know?" The guard was astonished.

"Bullshit! If I'd known, would I have dared speak to him like that?" Xu Dong snapped softly, still shaken with lingering fear.

Meanwhile.

Xiao Chen left Linxian City and reentered the secular world.

Upon leaving the Outer Realm for the secular world, the concentration of spiritual energy plummeted.

Everything in the Outer Realm was shrouded in spiritual radiance, while the secular world was far more plain and unadorned.

Though the secular world could not compare to the Outer Realm, it made Xiao Chen feel a sense of closeness.

Breathing in the fragrant scent of earth in the air, Xiao Chen suddenly felt grounded.

The secular world was his root!

"Where should I go back