Chapter 1697 1696: A Peaceful Return

Under the Pavilion Master's orders, everyone dared not slack off, exerting themselves fully during the flight.

They understood Fang Yu had control of the Pocket World Shuttle. Hence, Fang Yu would be the first to return to the Main Planet.

Thus, Fang Yu had the potential to inflict significant damage to the Divine Race before they returned.

In light of this, they aimed to return as soon as possible.

Meanwhile.

Fang Yu and Ye Wenjun indeed returned to the Main Planet in an instant, landing in a forest. The Pocket World Shuttle's energy was depleted. Fang Yu realized the energy usage of the Pocket World Shuttle was quite limited, only to find it was completely exhausted after this trip.

Fang Yu pondered for a moment.

He placed the Pocket World Shuttle inside the Nine Layer Tower, enabling both to complement each other and simultaneously restore energy.

The two returned directly to the Cui Family.

Along the way, they noticed numerous changes. They found the Divine Race in the main city appeared extremely chaotic. Many buildings were destroyed, but there were also numerous reconstruction efforts underway.

Everywhere, people were busy.

Similar to humans on Earth, after their homes were destroyed, they chose to rebuild. Fang Yu and Ye Wenjun felt little sympathy for them.

After all, these people were their enemies.

Soon enough, they used the Disguise Technique to revert to their previous appearances within the forest.

The two returned to the Cui Family.

At that time, Manager Cui noticed them and was somewhat surprised. Approaching with a smile, he asked, "Master Fang, where have you been? Why have you only returned now?"

"I went out to handle some affairs. Didn't I open a clinic? There happened to be an important patient."

"Is that so? The master instructed that during this period, you shouldn't leave the Cui Family lightly. The current situation is very chaotic, there may be an alien civilization invasion. The best we can do right now is to ensure our safety and absolutely not leave easily," Manager Cui explained.

"I understand. Thank you for your concern."

From his words, it was clear few in the Divine Race truly understood the truth of the situation. In other words, they weren't aware that the mastermind behind all this was Fang Yu standing right in front of them.

Luckily, they had executed the Disguise Technique again before returning.

Thus, no errors occurred.

Fang Yu and Ye Wenjun returned to their room shortly after.

"What a close call," Fang Yu exhaled and sat down on a chair.

Ye Wenjun glanced over indifferently.

"I thought you feared nothing, but you do have such a side after all."

"I may fear nothing, but facing 25 high-ranking officials and a Pavilion Master alone this time was definitely more about luck that we achieved this."

Everything could only be attributed to luck. Because he felt the Pavilion Master and the 25 high-ranking officials truly had the power to kill him. But the question was why this was the case?

In other words.

This Pavilion Master had his own secrets behind him. He wanted to leverage Fang Yu's power to suppress the 25 high-ranking officials.

The result was very satisfactory to him; having destroyed the physical bodies of three high-ranking officials meant these three in soul state would struggle to find a place to stand, nor could they find suitable bodies to possess even with assistance.

This left 22 of the 25 high-ranking officials, with three in soul state, the Pavilion Master had complete control over them.

Fang Yu speculated.

"Then, are we really going to live among the Divine Race as you suggested?"

"I proposed it only to facilitate negotiation with the Pavilion Master. We don't have to actually live here, just visit occasionally."

"Visit occasionally?"

"Exactly. The Heavenly Ladder has already been destroyed. This means the Divine Race is unlikely to invade Earth in the short term, but this introduces a new problem. They will inevitably pay a lot of attention to space-bridging Divine Artifacts. Unfortunately, it seems I am the only one in the Divine Race with the Pocket World Shuttle."

As they say, possessing precious treasures invites misfortune.

Fang Yu held the Pocket World Shuttle. Such an item would certainly draw attention, especially within the Divine Race's territory. He couldn't assure there wouldn't be plots against him.

Moreover, the Pavilion Master was extremely insidious and cunning.

"So you plan to return to Earth once the Pocket World Shuttle's energy is fully restored?"

"Exactly."

"Alright, then let's do that!"

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Meanwhile.

In the vast universe, Earth's civilization had undergone comprehensive development.

Earth's civilization had integrated high-tech modernization and formed a unique cultivation civilization.

To make the cultivation civilization more rigorous and healthy, cultivation education was promoted from elementary to university level.

Wanxian University in the city

had become the center of the world.

A place all cultivators dreamed of.

Wanxian University.

In the conference room.

"Based on the reports from the frontlines, the entrance to the Heavenly Ladder has disappeared. This suggests Mr. Fang's plan may have succeeded," Ding Chunqiu said to the crowd.

Once the entrance disappeared.

Ding Chunqiu had called Chen Daotian and others over.

"Brother Yu was doing something unknown to close the Heavenly Ladder, taking so long."

"Twenty years have passed. According to the prior arrangement, he proposed a hundred-year plan. Only twenty years have passed, leaving 80 years. In these 80 years, we must surpass the Divine Race."

"You have a point. The Divine Race's civilization is indeed too advanced, far surpassing us. We now have only 200 cultivators at the Heavenly Master Realm worldwide, yet not a single one at the Great God Lord Realm. This issue is deeply concerning."

"It seems the ceiling restricts us. Previously, no one reached the Great God Realm in our cultivation experience, leaving no references. We can only blindly explore, progressing slowly. Not to mention a hundred years; even with 200 or 500 years, it would be impossible to advance to the Great God Lord Realm unless someone among us achieved it and documented their experience as teaching material."

These observations were quite reasonable; Earth's cultivation civilization had perpetuated this way for many years.

But the issue was.

Previous learning civilizations were very close. Understandable, visible, tangible, yet now cultivation civilization has become complex and rich in subjects, and absolutely no one has reached the Great God Lord Realm. Thus, there's no experience to draw upon.