Time flew by.
A month had already passed since he took Yao Yue as his disciple.
During that month, Chen Xuan had not rushed back to the Snake-People Holy City in the Tagor Desert. Instead, he had entered seclusion right inside the Jia Ma Imperial Family Palace.
He had sensed that his body had already reached the crucial point for a breakthrough.
With some time in seclusion, he would be able to advance from Three-Star Dou Zong to Four-Star Dou Zong.
Thus, three days after the Apprenticeship Ceremony ended, Chen Xuan gave Yao Yue some guidance on her cultivation, then went straight into seclusion.
He knew there would be no trouble with the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
The Heavenly Snake Mansion was also a Snake-People Tribe faction and would not slaughter his people. If they had wanted to pressure him, they would have demanded that he hand over the Green Lotus Core Flame Lotus Platform long ago.
Moreover, as a top faction on the Northwest Continent, the Heavenly Snake Mansion had its own code of conduct and seemed unwilling to interfere in outside affairs. This puzzled Chen Xuan somewhat.
Perhaps that was why the Heavenly Snake Mansion had survived on the Dou Qi Continent for so long!
At that moment, Chen Xuan remained in the extremely secluded cultivation chamber the Jia Ma Imperial Family had prepared for him. It lay within their Forbidden Grounds, where even members of the Imperial Family were strictly forbidden to enter without Jia Xingtian's permission.
Terrifying black energy surged through the vast Forbidden Grounds, while strands of energy as fine as silk drifted constantly through the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Wave after wave of thunderous energy erupted from Chen Xuan's body at the center of the Forbidden Grounds.
He had reached the critical moment of his