Time marched on.
In the blink of an eye, nearly twenty years had passed since the Nine Heavens Demon Purge Sect was established.
Yet within the Nine Heavens Demon Purge Sect, shrouded by the power of the Small World, nearly eighty years had passed.
During this time, no further abnormalities occurred in the Ruins of the Underworld.
Fang Xiao, too, had remained in seclusion within the Nine Heavens Demon Purge Sect, never stepping outside.
As for the resources the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association had promised Fang Xiao, Li Fa continued delivering them to the Nine Heavens Demon Purge Sect without interruption.
Thus, neither the disciples of the Nine Heavens Demon Purge Sect nor Fang Xiao himself needed to worry about cultivation resources.
With such lavish conditions, the disciples' cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
By now, without exception, they had all entered the Core Formation stage.
As for Fang Xiao's seven personal disciples—
Fang Heng possessed poor spiritual roots, but his advantage lay in his Seven Kill Star Fate.
At present, they had yet to go to war with the Devil Race, so that advantage had not yet come into play. Fortunately, with the aid of star power, his cultivation had not fallen behind. He had barely reached late Core Formation.
After Zhong Wu Huo officially embarked on cultivation, Fang Xiao finally witnessed the terrifying nature of the Lucky Star Fate.
Logically speaking, within the sect, it was unlikely for fortuitous opportunities to simply fall from the sky onto his head.
Yet, to Fang Xiao's disbelief, Zhong Wu Huo seemed to have turned on cheats during cultivation, frequently entering states of enlightenment.
Sometimes his cultivation surged because of it; other times, he broke through bottlenecks because of it.
His cultivation was advancing by far more than leaps and bounds—he was