Now that the battle to repel the Great Zhao Dynasty was over, news of Su Shi'er's return had spread at once. Su Shi'er had no doubt that even if those two major forces gave up targeting the Phantom Star Sect, they would never give up targeting him.
There was no need to mention the Demon Shadow Palace. For all these years, its covetous gaze upon the Heaven and Earth Furnace had never ceased.
As for the Great Zhao Dynasty, besides coveting the treasure, it also bore the hatred of a slain son.
And yet... at this critical juncture, there was also the mysterious yet inexplicably powerful Lord of the Sinful Path, stirring restlessly in the shadows.
The Lord of the Sinful Path possessed a body full of strange and uncanny methods, and his strength was even harder to fathom.
To Su Shi'er, all of this was pressure as immense as mountains.
"Although my Spiritual Root aptitude has improved considerably after being reshaped by the Spirit Sculpting Pill, looking across the entire Cultivation World, my current cultivation and cultivation speed certainly cannot be considered poor!"
"But... compared to the dangers I face, this much strength is not enough, far from enough!"
"In such a perilous situation, let alone destroying the Demon Shadow Palace for revenge, even my life hangs by a thread."
All manner of thoughts tangled together, and the enormous pressure engulfed and surrounded Su Shi'er like a rising tide.
As his thoughts turned, the azure glow radiating from the Heaven and Earth Furnace before him became increasingly dreamlike and hazy.
As he repeatedly recalled the Spirit Devouring Rat's circumstances, the thought of throwing himself into the Heaven and Earth Furnace to temper his own body grew ever stronger.
Yet even after the azure glow within the Heaven and Earth