Fighting his way across a million li, he had left the Blackwood Territory hearing threats in every gust of wind and crane's cry, seeing enemies in every tree and blade of grass.
Wherever there were no powerful cultivators stationed, every island and every city lay shrouded in deep terror, with everyone fearing for their own safety.
Qing Chen's slaughter of islands and extermination of households swept across the entire Blackwood Territory like an invisible storm, considerably affecting even the fighting on the front lines.
Qing Chen's gains this time could be called unprecedented and unrepeatable.
The sheer quantity of cultivator corpses, blood baleful intent, spirit stones, spiritual materials, jade slips, and ancient texts he had gathered far exceeded what he had obtained when he trapped and slaughtered the Three Great Lineages of Mysterious Constancy Island.
These precious resources nourished the demonic cultivation art within him like an unending supply of nutrients, allowing his strength to rise rapidly.
Among these many gains, the greatest improvements to Qing Chen's combat strength came from the Demon Lotus Karmic Fire of the Demon Seed Golden Lotus's second layer, the strength of his Divine Sense, and the Mingwang Scripture.
By burning countless cultivators to death, Qing Chen had finally brought his Demon Lotus Karmic Fire to the fourth revolution.
This black demonic flame now possessed terrifying power.
The first and second revolutions of Demon Lotus Karmic Fire had the power of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, while the third and fourth revolutions had the power of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
Even against a mid-grade spirit artifact driven at full power by a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, Qing Chen had no fear and could handle it with ease.
Qing Chen's Divine Sense had also improved tremendously as the Demon Lotus Karmic Fire refined living