"Black bear demon?"

Elder Wu stroked his beard, recalled carefully, and said: "I remember that a black bear demon did indeed enter the Ancient Demon Realm; its cultivation was at the Late Immortal Emperor stage."

"Yes, yes, yes! That is the damned Black Bear!" Jiuyuan’s face turned red with anger, and he said through gritted teeth.

Seeing his appearance, Elder Wu warned him solemnly: "Jiuyuan, it is fine if you want to seek revenge, but this is the Ancient Demon Mountain; you must not fight here."

Jiuyuan suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded heavily: "I understand the boundaries. Once I find that Black Bear, I will surely take it down with thunderous means!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white light enveloped the exit of the Ancient Demon Realm, and all the Demonic Cultivators who had entered the Ancient Demon Realm to search for treasures were teleported out.

Great Emperor Jiuyuan swept his gaze, filled with Killing Intent, across the crowd quickly.

He examined them carefully from beginning to end, but he never found the figure of the black bear demon, and the anxiety in his heart grew even stronger.

Great Emperor Jiuyuan was unwilling to give up; he immediately pinched a seal with his fingertips, cast his family’s unique soul secret technique, and an invisible force spread out.

But no matter how he sensed, he could not capture the soul Aura of his grandson at all; there was not even a trace.

Elder Wu also swept a circle across the crowd and, seeing no trace of the black bear demon either, made a guess: "That black bear demon is not here. Perhaps after the great battle with your grandson, it suffered heavy injuries and encountered other dangers in the Ancient Demon Realm, and has already died inside."

In the crowd, Fang Hong, who had taken the Incarnation of a Tiger-Headed Person, saw all of this, and hearing Elder Wu’s guess, he couldn’t help but secretly laugh in his heart.

Great Emperor Jiuyuan still would not give up. He strode forward, walked directly into the crowd, and carefully observed the appearance and Aura of every single Demonic Cultivator.

As a powerful Immortal Emperor, his Aura was magnificent. Wherever he went, those Immortal Emperor Demonic Cultivators all showed fear and lowered their heads one after another.

They dared not meet Jiuyuan’s gaze, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, not even daring to take a deep breath.

When Jiuyuan walked to Fang Hong’s side, Fang Hong imitated the appearance of the other Demonic Cultivators, his face filled with panic, his body slightly hunched, and his body also started to shiver.

He disguised himself as a timid and cowardly ordinary tiger-headed Demonic Cultivator.

Jiuyuan glanced at Fang Hong, felt that he only had the Aura of an Early Stage Immortal Emperor, thought that this was just an ordinary Demonic Cultivator and had nothing to do with the black bear demon, so he just took one look and walked past.

With Fang Hong’s current Divine Sense as an Early Stage Immortal Emperor, unless Jiuyuan possessed a special pupil technique, it would be impossible to see through his disguise.

Even if he were exposed, at worst, he could just escape using the Void Secret Technique.

Jiuyuan walked back and forth in the crowd twice, but still found no abnormalities, and his heart was full of unwillingness and loss.

Could it really be as Elder Wu said, that the black bear demon died in the Ancient Demon Realm?

"On the path of Cultivation, one will always encounter various unexpected calamities. Life and death are impermanent; do not be too obsessed, and please accept your grief," Elder Wu casually comforted him.

Hearing this, Jiuyuan sighed helplessly. He bowed to Elder Wu, then his figure moved, turning into a stream of light, and he flew away from the Ancient Demon Mountain.

Seeing this, Elder Wu shook his head and did not stay any longer, taking the Dragon Clan disciples and leaving together.

Beside the Ancient Demon Mountain, only the group of Demonic Cultivators who had participated in the Hundred Demon Competition remained.

As soon as the crowd of Demonic saw the figure of Great Emperor Jiuyuan disappear into the horizon, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Some Demonic Cultivators, because of the extreme tension just now, had their legs go weak and collapsed directly onto the ground, panting heavily.

These Demonic Cultivators still didn’t understand what had happened until now; they only knew that the atmosphere just now was far too terrifying.

The pressure from Great Emperor Jiuyuan was too terrifying; they didn’t dare to move at all, only able to remain stiff in place.

"Leave quickly, leave quickly... This place is not suitable for staying long!"

The Demonic Cultivators who had recovered their senses all had pale faces, not daring to stay for even a moment.

They hurried to escape from the Ancient Demon Mountain, fearing that some other accident would occur and they would run into trouble they shouldn’t touch.

Fang Hong mixed into the crowd and returned all the way to Ancestral Dragon City.

After entering the city, Fang Hong did not linger, directly found the teleportation array to Southern Dragon City, stepped onto it, and his figure disappeared from Ancestral Dragon City.

...

After arriving at Southern Dragon City, Fang Hong continued to fly south, speeding towards the vast Barren Sea.

Ten days later, Fang Hong finally found a remote deserted island in the boundless Barren Sea.

This small island was not large, surrounded by the sea on all four sides, with no powerful Demon Beasts around, and the Immortal Qi was passable, just right for secluded cultivation.

Fang Hong nodded with satisfaction, deciding to cultivate in seclusion here for a period of time to properly process the resources he had brought out from the Ancient Demon Realm.

Afterwards, Fang Hong found a hidden valley deep in the small island, waved his hand to set up several restrictions, and opened up a simple yet safe Immortal Cave.

After doing all this, Fang Hong’s figure flickered, and he entered the Years Pearl Space, preparing to start refining medicinal pills.

This trip to the Ancient Demon Realm had been immensely fruitful; not only did he obtain a large number of Ancient Beasts dao pill, but he also collected a large number of rare immortal herb.

There was a wide variety of them, of superior quality, enough for him to refine a batch of high-grade dao pill.

Fang Hong sorted out the immortal herb and, combined with the pill formula of the Dao Lineage, planned to refine ’Kaiyang Pill’, ’Tongtian Pill’, and ’Taiqing Pill’ this time.

Among them, the Kaiyang Pill and Tongtian Pill were both Rank 6 dao pill, which could help Immortal Emperor Cultivators quickly improve their cultivation and consolidate their realm after consumption.

And the Taiqing Pill was even more powerful; it was a Rank 7 dao pill, with effects even better than the first two.

As long as these three types of dao pill were refined, combined with the large number of Ancient Beasts dao pill collected from the Ancient Demon Realm, his cultivation would improve by leaps and bounds in the near future.

In the days that followed, Fang Hong stayed in the secret room of the Years Pearl Space, refining dao pill with single-minded devotion, absorbing dao pill, and striving to improve his cultivation.

...

Time passed day by day in such boring but fulfilling cultivation. In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

On this day, above the small island where Fang Hong was in secluded cultivation, the originally calm sky suddenly changed color.

A huge black cloud layer appeared out of thin air, and a deep black hole slowly split open in the middle of the cloud layer.

Inside the black hole, thunder and lightning flashed; the lightning moved back and forth like flood dragons, emitting deafening roars.

The entire sky and sea shook violently, as if the end of the world had arrived!

At this very moment, on a mountain peak somewhere inside the Years Pearl Space, Fang Hong was sitting cross-legged, surrounded by rich Immortal Qi.

Fang Hong slowly opened his eyes, and golden light shot out from them, piercing through the space between heaven and earth.

Boom.

A powerful Aura surged out from Fang Hong’s body, causing the heavens and earth to change color, shooting straight into the clouds.

It resonated with the black hole in the clouds in the outside world, and the entire Years Pearl Space trembled because of it. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Three years, finally reached this step."

Fang Hong slowly stood up from the mountain peak, his figure tall and straight. At this moment, his heart was full of pride and excitement.

In three years, Fang Hong had refined and absorbed all the Immortal Pill and dao pill on his person.

Relying on the massive amount of resources, he broke through levels one after another. His cultivation soared from the Late Immortal Emperor stage all the way up, finally successfully breaking through to the Early Stage Immortal Emperor.