Cultivation: From Menial Servant to Immortal Venerable

After that, he fired up the furnace once more and cooked spiritual broth for Zhou Xun.

It took a full two months,

to cook all the demon carcasses in his possession, save for those of the Black Reef Demon Emperor and the Thousand Crab Demon Emperor.

The resulting flesh-and-blood essence was enough to sustain Zhou Xun's cultivation for more than a decade.

Once the cooking was complete, Great Master Huaijie pressed his palms together and sighed. "This collaboration has truly been this poor monk's good fortune. Daoist Zhou is generous beyond measure; this poor monk admires you deeply."

Zhou Xun smiled faintly. "Great Master's skill is extraordinary as well. You have helped Zhou greatly!"

Over the following days, Zhou Xun remained stationed on Polar Star Island.

After completing his daily cultivation, he would take out Perfected Lord Heavenly Star's inheritance and begin studying it,

hoping to advance to become a Tier 4 Array Formation Master as soon as possible.

And so, two years slipped by in the blink of an eye.

This was already Zhou Xun's fourth year on Polar Star Island.

Come to think of it, it was rather strange.

Ever since the battle at the southern defensive line years ago,

the Demon Race seemed to have lowered their banners and beaten their drums, exercising remarkable restraint and rarely making any moves.

Even Polar Star Island had remained peaceful for several years.

However, Zhou Xun knew that this was merely the silence before the final battle. Neither side was certain it could defeat the other in one stroke,

so they had tacitly paused.

But Zhou Xun knew this state of affairs would not last long.

One day, inside the cultivation chamber.

Zhou Xun took out a meditation cushion and sat cross-legged upon it.

Then he took out a plate