The Three Emptiness focuses on adjusting and coordinating oneself. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Therefore, there are no subdivisions into smaller realms.

However, the vaguer these special divisions, the harder they are to grasp and leaves no trace.

Zhang Rongfang closed his eyes to feel the changes in his body.

Thin streams of cool air appeared out of nowhere, spreading throughout his body, unblocking all the sluggish and obstructed places one by one.

In just a few dozens of breaths, he felt an unprecedented sense of fluidity throughout his entire body, as if every part of his body could be commanded as easily as moving a finger.

Even... even his hair... seemed to have slight control over perception.

His whole body felt like a unified entity, condensed into a single point.

"...."

"..."

Outside, Emperor Jiang and Ostend watched with numb expressions as Zhang Rongfang’s aura rapidly transformed.

"This kid.... has the style I had back in the days." It took Emperor Jiang a while to squeeze out this sentence.

"Sir, your praise is high..." Ostend forced a smile.

In about ten days, he witnessed with his own eyes as Zhang Rongfang progressed from internal methods, to the perfection of Three Emptiness.... and is now about to step into the rank of Grandmaster.

Only the condensation of self-reliance is left...

This speed... is unprecedented...

And yet, Emperor Jiang has the audacity to say he was the same?

Truly befitting the Extreme Realm master, just his thick skin alone makes others look up to him.

Soon, Zhang Rongfang stood up again.

In his attribute column, his life value showed no change.

But he just felt different...

Immediately, Zhang Rongfang turned his gaze towards Ostend.

"Senior, please give me your guidance."

He raised his hand, posing in the starting stance of the Great Dao Teaching’s Talismanic Skill.

"Then let’s begin again." Ostend took a deep breath.

Swish!

The two vanished from their spots simultaneously, causing two depressions in the ground.

Two shadowy figures exchanged blows, producing loud sounds.

The disparity in seizing the initiative against the enemy gradually lessened.

As Zhang Rongfang’s realm and martial arts advanced, his understanding of his own martial arts left fewer flaws and his responses became faster.

Though he had yet to cross the significant threshold into Grandmaster.

But, with his extraordinary physical qualities, he could now unfold the Blood Lotus and contend with Ostend for a while.

They fought from morning till noon for lunch, then continued after eating, until evening.

Zhang Rongfang seemed tireless, relentlessly squeezing Ostend.

Constantly learning everything he could from him.

Each time he got defeated, his injuries meant nothing, and he immediately asked why he was defeated.

Then pondered how to compensate for that gap and flaw.

During this process, Emperor Jiang would occasionally offer guidance.

Under the advice of a Grandmaster and an elite of the Extreme Realm.

Zhang Rongfang’s understanding of martial arts advanced rapidly, as if on steroids.

For others, after comprehending thoroughly, they need time to accumulate, practice diligently, and temper themselves to break through.

But for him, as long as he understood thoroughly and clarified how to cultivate and progress afterward.

He could advance using attribute points!

Time flowed by swiftly day by day.

Zhang Rongfang’s accumulation in martial arts, understanding, and knowledge of various martial arts were all advancing rapidly.

He was already studying multiple martial arts simultaneously, so he had a much deeper understanding in this aspect compared to ordinary Martial Artists.

Now, with guidance from Emperor Jiang and Ostend, many concepts began to connect, gradually forming his unique martial arts theory system.

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Zel Dan City, Yi Province.

As the third-largest city in the entire Yi Province, Zel Dan was once considered to bear the responsibility of a capital city.

But due to interference from religious forces at the time, it ultimately wasn’t chosen.

And now...

It has become a linchpin stabilizing the entire Yi Province, with Chen Yiche, a Grandmaster from the Jade Void Palace of the Great Dao Teaching, personally stationed there to sweep away miscellaneous forces.

In the current scenario of conflict between the five kings, there gradually formed a situation where the top powers of many provinces congregated in the Great Capital and Upper Capital, and a few places saw clashes.

Consequently, after the forces gathered, they left the rest of the places somewhat empty.

Thus, in many areas of Great Spirit, power vacuum regions emerged after much of the elite forces left.

Zel Dan was one of them.

At this moment, Chen Yiche was sitting with a furrowed brow on the top of the tallest pagoda in the city, overlooking the scattered lights at night.

He felt something was amiss.

For some reason, ever since he left Jade Void Palace, aiming to dominate the world and cooperate with the Great Dao Teaching’s major strategies, occupying the district,

he felt somewhat restless.

Recently, this feeling has intensified.

If previously it was just slight waves on the surface of the lake, now it was wind and waves, the lake water churning.

"Where exactly did the problem arise...? Now that Dust Palace, the largest tumor of the religious alliance, has been dismantled. The Sect Leader and Palace Master are hunting down the fugitive Alliance Leader Cosimo. What else in this world could threaten our power?"

Chen Yiche, with furrowed brows, kept pondering.

At the level of a Grandmaster, they have a special reaction and perception to any minor abnormalities within themselves.

"Actually... your feeling isn’t wrong."

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from behind him.

Startled, Chen Yiche turned to look.

Behind him, on the same sloping top of the pagoda, stood a figure he didn’t know when it appeared.

The person wore a black gauze garment, with a robust physique, their long hair fluttering in the night breeze, revealing a pair of exceptionally clear and pure eyes.

The eyes were like black gems emitting starlight in the night.

"Who are you!?" Chen Yiche was on high alert, his whole body tensed up.

Being able to approach him silently, this person was certainly no ordinary character!

"Ordered by my master to come, since your actions have been so ruthless, you cannot blame us for retaliating in kind," the newcomer said calmly.

"You are... from the Dust Palace!!?"

Chen Yiche suddenly realized, his entire body inflated and grew larger, silver patterns began to emerge on his skin, and it seemed as if a new eye was forming at his brow, ready to open.

In war, is there ever a battle without casualties?

From the start, Dust Palace’s counterattack was expected.

The quick assault by the Sect Leader and others was meant to minimize these counterattack casualties.

But... clearly, Dust Palace’s grandmasters have been recorded, not nearby, all pursued by Snow Rainbow Pavilion and other grandmasters.

How did this person suddenly appear!? Chen Yiche couldn’t understand.

Bang!!

Explosions erupted atop the pagoda.

Not long after.

A corpse was heavily struck down from above.

While still mid-air, the corpse turned to black ash and scattered.

Only the tattered clothes of Chen Yiche fluttered to the ground.

Jade Void Palace Grandmaster, Chen Yiche, dead.

At the top of the pagoda, the shadowy figure in black gauze glanced below and then leaped off into the moonlit night.

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Two days later.

Inside Celestial Sincerity Palace.

Several Jade Void Palace Grandmasters sat cross-legged, faces solemn behind Jin Yuyan.

Opposite them was Yue Dewen, sitting quietly alone.

"Since the night before last, the grandmasters stationed at our Twelve Sect Mansions have been ambushed. The attackers claim to be disciples of the Dust Palace Alliance Leader, named Yue Hong Die."

"But prior to this, no one had ever heard of this name," Qian Gong, ranked second among the Twelve Sect Mansions, said solemnly.

"Three grandmasters dead, in just two days, not even time to escape. Snow Rainbow Pavilion’s intelligence personnel provided a portrait of the assailant."

He looked sternly at Yue Dewen.

"Sect Leader Yue... our Jade Void Palace’s grandmasters at the Twelve Sect Mansions are few, each cultivated with great effort! And now, they’ve died without cause!"

"It’s not as you think," Yue Dewen shook his head, "the portrait is wrong."

"Why is it wrong? Snow Rainbow Pavilion, now managed by your old friend, wouldn’t dare deceive you, would they?" Qian Gong said coldly.

Jade Void Palace sent ten grandmasters this time, leaving two to guard the headquarters in secret.

The three deceased grandmasters included one who was Qian Gong’s own nephew.

His nephew, whom he had personally guided years ago!

It was the foundation of his Qian family! Now dead without reason.

"My Song family also had a grandmaster murdered. If Sect Leader Yue doesn’t act swiftly, we may no longer cooperate with your plans. Our sect is minor, with limited power, we dare not send our descendants into danger again."

Song Yize, ranked third, spoke solemnly.

Indeed, Jade Void Palace had many grandmasters, over twenty in total.

But this number, divided among families, meant each of the Twelve Sect Mansions had only two or three grandmasters.

Some even had just one.

Losing a grandmaster might not impact Jade Void Palace much, but for individual sect mansions, it was a significant loss.

"You should have realized this before leaving Jade Void Palace," Yue Dewen answered softly.

"This is war, not a sparring match."

His eyes swept over Qian Gong and Song Yize.

"And in war, people die....."

The two felt a jolt, as if paralyzed briefly under his gaze.

Even they feared the intimidating aura of a top-level Spirit General.

"They’re simply asking for a strategy," Jin Yuyan spoke.

Her beautiful eyes fixed on Yue Dewen.

"Did you not consolidate the Sensing Sect? When will you deploy them?"

Both being Spirit Generals, though she was slightly weaker, it didn’t mean she feared him.

"Palace Master, the key right now is not that, but the portrait...."

Song Yize interjected.

"After some reconciliation with the intelligence from Snow Rainbow Pavilion, we’ve confirmed many circumstances match.

There aren’t so many coincidences in this world. That person possesses such skills, so secretive and with concealed strength, committing such acts is understandable. After all...."

He paused.

"After all, during the events of the Eastern Sect, we contributed... and he was from the Eastern Sect...."

"Enough!"

Yue Dewen suddenly interjected.

He rarely got angry, always amiably smiling at people.

Even when killing, he did so.

But at this moment... the smile vanished from his face.

The Celestial Sincerity Palace was silent.

Even Jin Yuyan’s expression shifted, she didn’t speak.

Yue Dewen rarely ceased smiling.

A person who always smiles becomes predictable to all.

When he doesn’t smile... it creates an ice-cold contrast.

Frightening and unsettling.

This cold contrast induced immense oppression.

But those present were all Grandmaster-level, the top tier in today’s Great Spirit.

All present had survived blood and slaughter, their resolve as strong as iron.

No one was afraid, rather, all Grandmasters directed ten sharp gazes upon Yue Dewen, like daggers and swords.

Everyone awaited his response.