After a brief moment of thought, he still decided to ignore such a dismal idea and chose to personally go to Fire Spirit Island for the appointment.

He mainly had some confidence in his own strength, even if Elder Fumo had indeed fallen ill and colluded with the Demon Realm, he still had the ability to counteract. Having a legendary-level perfectionist ability that could be considered a cheat allowed him to be this confident.

Moreover, he was going to refresh his Demon Sealing List teleportation permissions twice tomorrow. Even if he couldn’t withstand any ambush, couldn’t he just turtle up, teleport, and escape to save his life?

The essence of the Demon Sealing List was genuinely at the Saint level, without any exaggeration. Even if the Demon Lord came in person, it wouldn’t necessarily suppress the basic abilities it granted.

After a bit of communication through the Demon Sealing List, Wang Zhifan had walked through many streets and arrived at the area where his Martial Venerable Hall was located.

Currently, he was passing by Qingyang Palace, which wasn’t far from the west of Martial Venerable Hall. Arriving in front of this tall building that he had visited many times before, he couldn’t help but slow his steps.

He could see that today’s gatekeeper of Qingyang Palace was a young Daoist he had little impression of. The young Daoist stood with arms folded, sword on his back, speaking to a young man emerging from the main gate of Qingyang Palace.

Wang Zhifan was very familiar with this young man; he was the Innate Realm sect youth Wang Zhifan had interacted with many times.

The young man’s left shoulder was currently wrapped in several layers of white bandages, but he seemed to move freely, likely having nearly recovered from his injuries and was here looking for work.

During this great battle period, it wasn’t only top-level cultivators like Wang Zhifan who were fighting hard. Many Demon Generals and ordinary demons were handled by these Innate Realm cultivators.

Although they couldn’t decide the true direction of the Calamity Realm battle, their contributions were equally noteworthy.

Many among them were injured in the fight against the Demon Army, with some even unfortunately perishing, and their death rate actually exceeded that of super Innate Realm cultivators.

"Senior Brother, where did our master go? Did he say when he would be back?"

"How would I know? But I heard that our master went with Elder Huayang to a very distant place to fight the Demon Venerable and probably won’t be back for a few days."

"Oh, then I won’t wait for our master. I’ll first ponder over the Cultivation Technique myself, maybe I’ll break through tomorrow. When Master returns, he’ll definitely be very happy to see it."

"Yo! You’re about to break through again so quickly? Come on, did Master give you special treatment in secret!"

"No, Senior Brother! I just had some realizations from frequently going out to kill demons recently. Isn’t it that many senior brothers have had breakthroughs lately? What does my little bit count as?"

"Haha, I was just teasing you! To be honest, I, your Senior Brother, also have a faint sign of breaking through to the Fifth Layer of the Innate Realm! When the time comes, I must ask Master for some good treasures as a progress reward..."

...

At the entrance of Qingyang Palace, two disciples of Qingyangzi were exchanging with youthful exuberance, both pleased with their combat-earned strength enhancements, expecting praise and rewards from their master Qingyangzi.

However, Wang Zhifan, passing by in the distance and hearing this with his extraordinary hearing, felt deeply uncomfortable. His heart was once again filled with a strong sense of guilt, and he hurried to hasten his steps to leave quickly.

"Zhenxu indeed didn’t announce the deaths of Qingyangzi and Huayangzi, but he can’t keep it from their disciples for long...

When that time comes, who knows how these young ones will cope, and whether Qingyang Palace and Huayang Palace will still have the hope of being passed down...

Maybe it really will be as Zhenxu said, that in the future the Zhenxu Hall will have to accommodate Qingyang Palace and Huayang Palace..."

While pondering these thoughts, Wang Zhifan arrived at his Martial Venerable Hall.

Unlike usual, the Martial Venerable Hall now had reinforced guards, the main guard being He Kuang, Wang Zhifan’s chief disciple, who had the cultivation of the Innate Sixth Realm.

One could see the ordinarily looking He Kuang practicing punches and kicks on the small square in front of the hall. From the moves, Wang Zhifan instantly recognized he was cultivating the Pure Yang True Skill.

"Master! The area around Martial Venerable Hall is very stable today! No suspicious figures have been detected!"

Though He Kuang was practicing, he was well aware of the surrounding situation, and upon seeing Wang Zhifan return, he immediately stopped his cultivation to report to him.

"Mm, we must stay vigilant. Those from the Demon Realm have many tricks up their sleeves, so you must pay attention to any subtle movements around... By the way, I see your technique is becoming more and more proficient. You should enter the Black Tower for advanced training, there’s no need to worry about the outside today."

As he spoke, Wang Zhifan flicked his hand and released his legendary treasure, the Black Tower, allowing the miniaturized Black Tower to fly towards the interior of the Martial Venerable Hall, entering the Underground Palace beneath the main hall.

"Thank you, Master! However, since my junior and senior sisters are also meditating in the hall, can I take them with me?"

"Why not? Anyone who wishes to go may go, tonight the Black Tower is yours to use."

"Great! I will now go to challenge the Demon Venerable!"

Hearing this, He Kuang ran quickly to the main hall to announce the good news to the juniors and seniors, then charged towards the Underground Palace Black Tower with them.

When Wang Zhifan arrived in the main hall, he found only one disciple remaining, the bronze-skinned youth, Qin Quan, who had left a deep impression on him.

"Quan’Er, why aren’t you going to train in the Black Tower?"

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan couldn’t help but feel curious. He remembered this disciple was also very addicted to training in the Black Tower, so why was he motionless today when it wasn’t often that Wang Zhifan returned and released the Black Tower?

"Reporting to Master, this disciple wishes to train in the Black Tower, but there’s an issue with body refining that requires Master’s guidance."

"Oh? It seems to me that your physical strength has improved, not displaying the appearance of being at a bottleneck."

"Replying to Master, it’s not the disciple’s own cultivation problem, but rather that I’ve discovered two body refining medicinal herbs, Wood Immortal Grass and Poison Ring Stone Root, are not purchasable in the market. I wish for Master to guide me on where around Celestial Essence City they can be collected..."

"Wood Immortal Grass and Poison Ring Stone Root? If I recall correctly, these two medicinal herbs only grow in very remote regions. It seems recent wars have disrupted the trade of rare herbs. If you’re looking to buy them, it may be difficult...

Well, I remember I still have some herbs collected before the war, I’ll allocate a portion to you, which should suffice for your use for a month."

"Thank you, Master! I will go train in the Black Tower immediately, then tomorrow return home to begin a body refining herbal bath!"

Receiving some herbs from Wang Zhifan’s Space Ring, Qin Quan quickly ran off out of sight.

No wonder, the Black Tower’s allure for cultivators was simply too great, and with Wang Zhifan often taking the Black Tower out nowadays, they had to cherish every precious training opportunity in the tower.

"Qin Quan’s Infinite Golden Body Skill is likely about to break through to the second layer, I wasn’t mistaken about him. He truly is a once-in-a-thousand-miles body refining genius, who will likely cultivate this skill to very advanced levels, and eventually become one of my legacies in this world..."

Looking in the direction where the bronze-skinned youth Qin Quan ran off, Wang Zhifan sighed in his heart.

He recalled that a month ago, this disciple was troubled by his inability to learn the Wind and Thunder Heaven-Treading Skill. But ever since arranging for him to switch to the Infinite Golden Body Skill, his progress had been rapid beyond words.

Of course, Qin Quan progressed very quickly only compared to the norm. If compared to Wang Zhifan, whose body had long surpassed human standards and was stacked with various cultivation buffs, it wasn’t much.

Feeling satisfied with his disciples’ talents and efforts, Wang Zhifan’s gaze then swept over the empty and spacious hall.

This grand and vast place was now his main base of operations, gaining even more fame throughout the Calamity Realm.

He remembered about half a month ago, there was a group of disciples from Calamity Realm noble families, who braved the risk of the Demon Army attacks, traveled thousands of miles from outside Celestial Essence City, to come to this Martial Venerable Hall seeking apprenticeship.

At the time, Wang Zhifan was not in the city and had previously told his chief disciple He Kuang not to take on any more apprentices, so He Kuang drove them all away, quite mercilessly.

This shows that taking apprentices requires a lot of affinity, and now with these fifty-one disciples, although their average talent might not be considered great, fate has already determined that they are the inheritants Wang Zhifan would leave in this world.