After returning from the Black Nether Abyss, time flew by. With the Liu Domain's operation in the Black Nether Abyss having been thwarted, things had quieted down for the time being.
But everyone knew that beneath the calm surface, undercurrents were surging.
In order to hold onto the Mu Domain's little patch of land, Mu Feng recruited a group of Spirit Array Masters to set up a Level Two Spirit Gathering Array.
After all, if the Level Two Spirit Gathering Array could be successfully established, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the Mu Domain's appeal to powerful cultivators.
The benefits a Spirit Gathering Array brought to cultivation went without saying.
The day before Mu Chen returned to the Northern Spiritual Academy, the Level Two Spirit Gathering Array was finally completed.
During the process of setting up the array, Mu Chen thoroughly displayed his talent for spirit arrays. By a fortunate coincidence, he even entered a mysterious state that could only possibly be touched upon after reaching the level of a Level Three Spirit Array Master—the Heart Array State.
The Heart Array State allowed an array setter to break free from the limits of the naked eye and observe the array directly with the heart. The paths of the spirit array would move within his mind according to his will.
"Dad, Brother Yuan still hasn't woken up?"
Tomorrow was the day Mu Chen would return to the Northern Spiritual Academy.
Ever since Brother Yuan had fallen unconscious in the Black Nether Abyss, he had remained asleep, showing no signs of waking even now.
Mu Chen was filled with guilt as well.
Later, he carefully recalled what had happened that day.
That mass of black flame should originally have been aimed at him. Brother Yuan had blocked the blow for him.
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