Chapter 1282 - 1282: Advance Energy Level to the Seventh Level of the Great Deity Stage

Three months passed, in a room...

Booooom!!!

Groooaaan!!!

Success!

"Finally, I made it. I didn't expect it to take this long, but never mind, at least it was worth the time spent!"

Zheng-Fu finally broke through to a new energy level. He became a seventh-level Great Deity Stage cultivator. At that time, he could fight against the supreme commander of the demon monster beast, who was a novice Half Supreme Deity Stage cultivator, with ease. Although it took him quite a while to defeat, Zheng-Fu would eventually be able to defeat it if no one intervened.

"I wonder what the situation outside is like now."

Zheng-Fu had spent three months cultivating in his secret dimensional space, so he was completely unaware of the situation outside. From the unrest that had occurred earlier, he estimated that at that time, there might be a war between the Demon Race and the demon monster beast hordes.

Better go outside first!

Creeeaaak!!!

Congratulations to Grand Leader!!!

As soon as Zheng-Fu opened the door, all the branch clan leaders and elders had come to greet him and congratulate him.

Thank you, everyone!

"But it seems that it's not just me who has improved. You have all improved a lot as well."

Zheng-Fu nodded to everyone before he looked around at them and found that they had all improved their strength a lot as well, especially Elder Zi-Liang, Elder Long-Hao, Zi-Dong-Lei, Ma-Li-Wei, Lin-Jun, and all the branch clan leaders, including those who had received personal guidance from him. Even Elder Bo-Tian had improved.

"During the time that Grand Leader was cultivating, we also cultivated our energy and accelerated our development. Otherwise, we wouldn't be worthy of helping you as promised," Elder Bo-Tian was the first to answer.

The elder felt very grateful and respectful towards Zheng-Fu. Even though he was already at the initial ninth level of the Great Deity Stage, the skills and techniques he had previously cultivated were not powerful. However, after receiving the cultivation technique and fighting skill from Zheng-Fu, his strength had increased a lot. If he continued to cultivate there for another year or two, he was confident that he would be able to advance to the intermediate ninth level of the Great Deity Stage.

"That's right, sir, Grand Leader! We all worked hard during your closed-door cultivation. Apart from us who improved, our young generations also improved quite a bit, especially the ten little Young Masters and Young Misses," Elder Zi-Liang added. He thought that his development was fast, but not as fast as the young generations that Zheng-Fu had adopted. All ten of them had rapidly developed their energy levels.

Hah?!

"Really? Where are they now?"

Zheng-Fu was slightly surprised and dazed when he heard this from the elder, but he soon remembered that he had adopted ten new children. It was because he was so busy with many things that he had forgotten about them.

"All ten of them are now in the Zi Clan's cultivation tower, sir!"

Umm!

"Then let them continue their cultivation. Right now, I think…"

Gurg!!!

Hah!

However, as Zheng-Fu was about to speak, a growl came from his stomach, indicating that he was extremely hungry.

"Grand Leader, you probably haven't eaten anything in the past three months. I'll quickly have the cooks prepare food for you."

Umm…

"Good. Then let's have a meal together. Eating together will make me less lonely."

Zheng-Fu tried to suppress his embarrassment. He hadn't expected to be in such an awkward position in front of so many people, even though it was a natural reaction.

Yes, sir, Grand Leader!

Soon after, the meal turned into a grand banquet. Everyone, regardless of which branch clan they were from, came to join. They wanted to see their Grand Leader and congratulate him. Therefore, it naturally became a grand banquet.

"Grand Leader, it's been three months since we've been here. What are your next plans, sir?"

Elder Bo-Tian wanted to know what Zheng-Fu would do next. Because Zheng-Fu did not tell him anything before, except for the matter of closed-door cultivation. So, when Zheng-Fu came out of his closed-door cultivation, he was curious about what the young man would do next.

"I think I'll go outside to see the situation first. Because I still have a mission to complete before I leave this continent," Zheng-Fu answered. He knew he should tell the elder some plans because the elder was already considered an important person in the clan. If he did not tell him anything, the trust that he should have would be gone.

Umm!

"What's that mission? Can you tell me?"

"I still have the final test of Testing Tower to complete my mission. The goal is to kill one Half Supreme Deity Stage demon or demon monster beast!"

Hah?!

Half Supreme Deity Stage!!!

Even though Zheng-Fu spoke softly, the people around could still hear it. And when they heard the words Half Supreme Deity Stage, their eyes could not help but widen. Everyone knew how strong this stage of energy level was.

Even Elder Bo-Tian was not sure if he could fight the one who was at this stage, so how could Zheng-Fu win? So, he asked, "Grand Leader, are you sure you can…"

"I know what you're thinking. But at this moment, I believe I can do it. The target I chose was just recently promoted, so it probably hasn't been able to balance its energy yet. That will give me a better chance of winning!" Zheng-Fu knew what the elder was thinking, so he told him why he was confident he could succeed in this test.

Umm!

"If the other party just recently advanced to the Half Supreme Deity Stage, at most, it's not much stronger than the utmost Great Deity Stage. With your energy level right now, there might be hope. However, I still want Grand Leader to reconsider," the elder nodded in understanding and emphasized. He could not help but feel worried and anxious.

"I know, and I'm not a fool to risk myself in a battle that I have no chance of winning. Rest assured, Master Grand Elder. Right now, you should hurry up and practice the new fighting skills and cultivation techniques I gave you. If you succeed, you'll become much stronger!"

Sigh…

"All right, Grand Leader! However, you should take care of yourself."

Thank you very much!

"Everyone else, too, keep cultivating hard."

Yes, sir, Grand Leader!

After they had finished their meal together, Zheng-Fu returned to his room. And suddenly, Elder Spirit came out to talk to him about the problem of his advancement. At that time, he had already reached the Half-Great Deity stage, but no matter how hard he cultivated, he could not break through and advance to the Great Deity Stage.

"I have tried every way, but no matter what, I still cannot break through the bottleneck. Master, please guide me," Elder Spirit tried to plead and beg Zheng-Fu because there was only the young man who could help him.

"Then how do you want me to help you? Everything I have given you is precious, but even so, you still cannot advance, Oldy Spirit."

It's not that Zheng-Fu did not want to help, but he also did not know how to help Elder Spirit either.

Erm…

"Is there really no way, Master?"

Ah!

"Oh, right! If I can find the souls of the Great Deity Stage cultivators for you to swallow, do you think there will be a chance for you to advance?"

Suddenly, Zheng-Fu had an idea. Elder Spirit had also been stuck and unable to break through the bottleneck before, but he had successfully broken through it when he swallowed the soul of a Deity Monarch Stage master from a Demon Race. Zheng-Fu, therefore, thought that this method might give Elder Spirit another chance to advance.

That's right, Master!

"But… I'm afraid that ordinary souls won't be able to help me break through the bottleneck. If that's the case, then I'll…"

"You don't have to worry about that, Oldy Spirit. I have already thought about whose soul I'm going to give you," Zheng-Fu replied with a determined look. He thought the same as Elder Spirit, and suddenly, a certain group of people crossed his mind. He believed their souls would help the Elder Spirit successfully achieve his goal.

Whose are they, sir?

"You'll find out soon. You can go back now. When the time comes, I'll summon you to devour those souls!"

Ah!

All right, Master!

Although Elder Spirit wanted to know whose souls Zheng-Fu would give him, he could do nothing but obediently leave when the young man did not tell him.

"Men Clan, it's time for you to pay!"

The target Zheng-Fu chose was the Men Clan. He had previously planned to wipe out that clan completely, but many events had happened, so he had to let this matter go for the time being. When he had time, he thought he had to do what he had planned.

Having made up his mind, Zheng-Fu spent the whole day resting. The next morning, he left his room to see Elder Bo-Tian, who was cultivating his energy, to tell him that he would be going outside, and asked the elder to look after that place for him while he was gone.

He then traveled back to the Demon Empire, setting the destination coordinates of the Heavenly Dimensional Gate to a forest deep outside the capital. Since there was no suitable place for him to appear in the capital.

If there were people in the area where he appeared, they might be shocked and spread news about him. For safety, Zheng-Fu chose the deep forest outside the capital instead.

Flop!

Thump!

"This forest is still the same."

As soon as he arrived, Zheng-Fu immediately put the Heavenly Dimensional Gate back in place before looking around to survey the area. He found that this forest had not changed at all from when he had wandered out to find the Heavenly Dimensional Gate's teleportation point.

Booooooom!!!

Hah?!

There's a fight?!

However, at that moment, Zheng-Fu sensed someone fighting not far from where he was. To find out what was going on, Zheng-Fu used the Invisibility Skill and headed toward that area immediately.

At the place where the battle was taking place…

Cleng! Cleng!

Booooooom!!!

Groooaaan!!!

Augh!

"Surround them! Kill them all, leave not a single one!"

Yes, sir!!!

Damn it!

"Who are you? How dare you come to cause trouble for our Guan Clan!?"

"Guan Clan, so what? After all, today will be your death day!!"

Kill them all!!!

Yaaaaa!!!

Guan Clan?

'What happened?! Why was the Guan Clan, which is a major clan, ambushed?'

As soon as Zheng-Fu arrived, he heard a middle-aged man shouting to announce his status to the attackers. Of course, Zheng-Fu knew that the Guan Clan was one of the major clans of the Demon Empire capital, but he could not figure out who would dare to ambush them. From what he saw, the enemy did not seem to care about the Guan Clan's reputation at all.