Birdsong made the mountains more secluded. Fallen leaves swirled through the peach grove, ripples spread quietly across the lake, and a spiritual spring flowed deep within the mountains, carrying strings of melody that knocked upon the heart's door!
The scene was like a paradise beyond the world, poetic as a painting!
Within the peach grove, Chen Fan sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, his hands forming seals before his dantian. Strands of black-and-white qi surged from his body, like black and white flames burning around him!
Several peach leaves drifted slowly down, light as little boats as they settled toward his body. Yet before they could touch his blue robes, they were directly swallowed by the black-and-white qi. ♬💢 💘♧
Clang!
A crisp clash of metal rang out, as though two sharp swords had crossed. Mysterious and profound, it seemed to come from a collision of artistic conceptions. The Dao essence of the Nine Palaces transformed into an invisible ripple that slowly spread from Chen Fan's body.
The Nine Palaces power within the peach leaves was instantly annihilated, turning into wisps of spiritual qi that flowed through Chen Fan's nose and mouth and straight into his dantian, causing both his Nascent Soul and sword Dao to shine a fraction more brightly!
As this cycle repeated and advanced, Chen Fan's breathing gradually vanished from the peach grove. His entire figure became ethereal and illusory, like a projection that was impossible to see clearly.
At this very moment, far across the Four Divine Continents, countless factions were in an uproar, and even outsiders were discussing the matter heatedly.
Ever since Chen Fan had claimed first place in the Heavenly Prodigy Battlefield, his name had shaken all directions. Almost no one was unaware of the name Chen Fan, and all