A surge of blue-black demonic qi shot skyward from Gu Xuanji's body. Overwhelmed by his formidable might, the Blood Devil Immortal Bandits were no match for him. Just as they were about to perish, Xu Yan disguised his appearance and rescued them.
The Blood Devil Immortal Bandits then fell under Xu Yan's control. He spent a full sexagenary cycle in the Netherworld Ghost Domain, raising them into the seventh-ranked Immortal Bandit faction. Through them, Xu Yan gathered all the resources needed to refine the Five Elements Dao-Evolving Sword, while his own cultivation successfully advanced to foundation establishment perfection.
Half a sexagenary cycle later, Xu Yan fled to the Endless Sea, forcefully advanced to golden core, and successfully refined the Five Elements Dao-Evolving Sword amid tribulation lightning. With this sword, he slaughtered every enemy who had pursued him there, then returned to Fufeng Commandery and wiped out several major sects.
During this period, remnants of the ancient Dao Derivation Sect still survived in the Endless Sea. Drawing on Kong Xuan's memories within his sea of consciousness, Xu Yan successfully conquered the sect and obtained its ancient inheritance.
His experiences in the Endless Sea were plentiful, but those would be left aside for now. Three hundred years later, Xu Yan reached the golden core perfection realm, and his demonic path divine abilities were powerful enough to rival an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator.
A hundred years later, while pursuing a merfolk at the nascent soul realm, Xu Yan accidentally entered an ancient formation. Within it lay a world unto itself, housing a sect founded by Kong Xuan's senior brother. After a series of schemes, Xu Yan successfully destroyed it and obtained a divine ability capable of stripping an Anomaly of its innate talents.
With the wealth accumulated by this sect, Xu Yan successfully