After tempering the soul, fusing it with the spirit beast's essence yielded more than fifty percent greater power than before.
Lu Xiaotian swept his sleeve, and the blood-beast world stretching a hundred li in every direction vanished into his possession. Riftwind Gorge returned to its original appearance.
"More than sixty years have passed since we last met. Back then, you were Young Friend Lu; now you're Fellow Daoist Lu. The world is full of change." Outside Riftwind Gorge, a familiar voice seemed to drift in the wind, yet it pierced through the countless gusts and reached Lu Xiaotian's ears.
The newcomer was none other than Nan Chendu. Behind him stood another familiar face, Dong Feng, looking utterly astonished.
"I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Nan to arrive first. I've been away from Riftwind Gorge for a long time, and my lodgings are rather shabby. I don't have much to offer as a welcome." Lu Xiaotian regarded Nan Chendu calmly. The last time he entered that eerie ghost domain, he had still been at the other man's mercy. Now he could face this Integrated Body powerhouse without flinching. Then he looked at Dong Feng. "It seems Director Dong hasn't had an easy time lately."
"Thanks to you, Senior Lu, I've been getting by." Dong Feng's mouth opened and closed as he finally recovered from the shock of Lu Xiaotian's breakthrough to the Integrated Body realm. He desperately wanted to know what had happened to Lu Xiaotian over the years. How could he have gone off for a stroll and returned with the two of them worlds apart, now able to speak to Nan Chendu, a major figure in the Abyss Hall, as an equal? Dong Feng's heart was bitter. After receiving Lu Xiaotian's voice transmission, he hadn't dared come alone. Otherwise, Nan