The battle of Sacred City shook the world with a single sword strike.
That day, news of Han Feng cutting down the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master and forcing back its Hall Master, Hun Miesheng, sent shockwaves throughout the Central Plains.
From then on, Soul Hall acted completely out of character, sinking into dead silence without making another move. Meanwhile, the reputations of Falling Star Pavilion and Sacred City soared to unprecedented heights.
This turmoil seemed to have finally settled.
Over the next three years, Han Feng and the others entered an exceptionally rare period of peaceful growth.
And during those swiftly passing three years, Sacred City and everyone connected to Han Feng underwent earthshaking changes.
For most of those three years, Han Feng remained in seclusion deep within Sacred City. His cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through from the Mid-Stage Four-Star Dou Saint to the Mid-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng in one stroke. The reason for such rapid progress was that Han Feng had discovered the function of the jade pendant left behind by the system: it could accelerate cultivation. Ever since learning from the Demon Saint that Origin Qi lay within the jade pendant, he had continuously sensed its special abilities, eventually discovering this effect.
Medicine Elder perfectly absorbed the energy contained within the Creation Saint's body. His cultivation likewise advanced rapidly, steadily entering the Mid-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng from the Mid-Stage One-Star Dou Saint.
Xiao Yan, fifteen years old.
For this chosen son of fate blessed with immense fortune, three years had been nothing less than a complete transformation. Under the dual guidance of Han Feng and Medicine Elder, he carried the Profound Heavy Ruler on his back and spent a year and a half breaking through to the Dou Spirit realm amid pain and