Leaving the secret realm

Atop Jianmu, the middle-aged Daoist sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, a phantom of the Eight Trigrams appearing behind him.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked down at the seal once more.

"Heaven and earth cannot exist without order; all living things must have a measure. The concept of measurement this boy created accords perfectly with the intent of Measuring Heaven. The Measuring Heaven Ruler merged with his treasure, taking the merit of opening heaven as its foundation and acquired merit as its function."

Stroking his beard, Fuxi praised it.

"Truly worthy of being a post-heaven merit supreme treasure ranked alongside the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda. It even knows how to choose its own master."

He slowly rose, formed a hand seal, and sent it into the seal below.

In the Sealed Land, Feng Xu shook Iron Pillar hard by the shoulders.

"Why did all my merit disappear, while you didn't lose a thing and even broke through two stages?"

Iron Pillar pushed Feng Xu aside and replied casually.

"I broke through to the mid Heavenly Immortal stage first, but then you broke through too, so I went up another stage."

Iron Pillar was now at the late Heavenly Immortal stage, while Feng Xu had reached the early Heavenly Immortal stage after surviving his brush with death.

"Hmph, get lost. Just looking at you pisses me off."

The steady gap of one minor stage between them had now become two.

"You didn't lose out either. The Demon King's dead, so doesn't his Dharma treasure belong to you now?"

With Ling dead, the Seventy-Two Blood Sabers had all become Feng Xu's possessions.

"Not necessarily. We don't even know if we can get out of here. Besides, there's still a True Immortal demon outside."

"Don't worry. My strength's improved so much that