That year, Fairy Qin was striving.
Ruo Jinghong and the others were striving too.
With Wang Quan's permission, they drew on the power he had left in Stone City and City No. 95 of the Underworld-108,000 magic artifacts-to prepare Purple Mansion materials at a frantic pace, readying themselves to enter the Purple Mansion Realm.
Vast numbers of spirit monsters, ghosts, martial artists, Orthodox Cultivators, and others labored day and night, gathering resources and crafting Purple Mansion materials for them.
That year, Ruo Jinghong and the others began entering the Purple Mansion Realm one after another.
That year, the strength of Stone City's upper ranks rose once more.
That year, everyone was full of confidence in the future.
The crow flew and the hare raced onward:
Five years...
Atop the Fire Mulberry Tree, Wang Quan sat upright in his three-headed, six-armed form, steadily deepening his reserves as before.
He refined Purple Mansion Realm Thunderfire, refined special spells, refined special means of attack such as Drowning Water and True Solar Fire, and studied Daoist Scriptures.
That year, with the help of countless ghosts, Ruo Jinghong and the others began refining Magic Treasure-grade Human Sovereign Banners, Blood River Chariots, and other Magic Treasures.
That year, Fairy Qin's team grew, caring for the new generation until they were plump and brimming with energy.
That year, the Officiant and Dream Nun led spirit monsters such as Big Wind-Driller and Little Wind-Driller in reorganizing all the spirit monsters in Stone City, then began constructing their Purple Mansions with the spirit monsters' labor.
That year, Mei Niang and the others expanded the edge of the safe zone to a second building and began steadily encroaching upon it.
That year, the blurry Legend Rating on Wang Quan's Dao Seal grew much clearer.
Presumably, it would become completely clear