353: I, Tongtian, respectfully welcome the return of the Divine Lord.

"Next, we just need to keep a close eye on the Xuantian Realm's movements. Besides, even if we don't act against the Xuantian Realm, someone will. That group of people betrayed him back then."

"Now that he has been resurrected, those people should be the most terrified. Let them test the waters of the Xuantian Realm, and we'll see how things go."

"Also... don't forget, there's another group within our Immortal Realm that stands with the Xuantian Realm."

A voice like a resonant bell rang out, and the nine people fell into silence again. However, from the expressions on their faces, it was clear that all nine were incredibly serious and solemn.

They all knew who was with the Xuantian Realm.

The Former Members of the Divine Court!

That's right, the former members of the Supreme Divine Court.

After the Divine Court vanished, a portion of trusted aides was mysteriously left behind. They have been searching for the Xuantian Realm all these years.

Their strength is also incredibly terrifying. If anyone were to act against the Xuantian Realm now, the Former Members of the Divine Court would definitely not sit idly by.

Moreover, besides the Former Members of the Divine Court, the Xuantian Realm has other helpers.

That is what the entire Immortal Realm fears the most.

Gradually.

The hall fell into silence. The nine people looked at each other, and seeing that no one spoke, they soon vanished from the hall.

Thus, the entire Immortal Realm fell into an eerie calm.

The Divine Court took control of the Wanxing Realm and the Ziyun Realm, yet no experts came forward to interfere.

However, the Divine Court's progress did not stop there. After spending five hundred thousand years fully taking control of the Ziyun Realm, Su Qingtian continued to lead the army to occupy other worlds.

Many worlds in the Immortal Realm involve Immortal Emperor experts behind them, and some even involve the Dominator Realm.

But this time, the expansion of the Divine Court met with little resistance; at least, no experts above the Immortal Emperor level appeared to obstruct them.

Of course, it could also be because the Divine Court was moving downwards, campaigning almost exclusively against lower-ranked worlds.

If they moved against higher-ranked worlds, it would likely cause quite a stir.

Over these years, Su Anshan's Jinghong Organization had also grown to a terrifying scale. Except for the top three worlds, almost every other world had his spies.

In other words, Su Chen could now know the movements of various worlds without even stepping out of his door.

Unfortunately, it wasn't refined enough yet; much of the information wasn't of a confidential nature.

However, Su Chen hadn't expected the Jinghong Organization to achieve such amazing results in such a short time. The current situation was enough... At the summit of Mount Wangyun.

Su Chen gazed into the distance, his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with indifference.

Although he hardly managed the affairs of the Divine Court, it didn't mean he had done nothing. The growth and expansion of the Divine Court over the years were exactly part of his plan.

Su Chen wanted the truth to come out.

So he directly exposed the Divine Court to everyone's eyes to see who would actually act against him.

However, things were somewhat unexpected; so far, almost no one had come knocking.

How strange.

Su Chen's brow furrowed slightly. Were they brewing some big move?

He suddenly remembered what the Lei Ling Immortal Emperor had said before he died—that their Xuantian Realm would become the enemy of the entire Immortal Realm in the future.

Hiss!

Thinking about it suddenly, Su Chen felt a bit uncertain.

Su Chen opened the System panel and looked at the cultivation he had obtained through check-ins.

"Cultivation: 720,001,000,000,000 years (Seven hundred and twenty trillion)."

Over these few million years, his stored cultivation had reached an incredibly terrifying level.

Su Chen used one hundred trillion years of cultivation without hesitation.

"Cultivation used successfully."

"Congratulations to the Host for breaking through to the Middle Stage of the Dominator Realm... Late Stage of the Dominator Realm."

Huh?

Su Chen was dumbfounded. One hundred trillion years of cultivation only to reach the Late Stage?

"One trillion is ten thousand billion years!"

"Doesn't this equal one hundred trillion years?"

Hiss!

Su Chen couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. He really hadn't expected the cultivation to break through so little.

"Use another hundred trillion!"

"Cultivation used successfully. Congratulations to the Host for breaking through to the Lesser Perfection of the Dominator Realm."

This time was even more ridiculous; after breaking through only one Realm, it stopped moving.

Su Chen took a deep breath and then used two hundred trillion years of cultivation at once. At this point, his cultivation balance was only four hundred and twenty trillion.

"Congratulations to the Host for breaking through to the Great Perfection of the Dominator Realm!"

Ah?

Su Chen was stunned again. He thought these two hundred trillion years would be enough to break through the Dominator Realm, but it turned out to be only the Perfection of the Dominator Realm?

Damn it!

Su Chen was getting anxious; this was too ridiculous. Even though he possessed the Grandmist Indestructible Body, the required cultivation was just too terrifying.

This is so unreasonable.

But Su Chen soon figured out the reason.

The Dao of Time!

Since he carried the Dao of Time, this terrifying Dao supported ten thousand other Daos, so the energy required naturally became incredibly immense. It was precisely because of this that the cultivation Su Chen needed for a Breakthrough increased significantly.

Su Chen took a deep breath and used all his remaining cultivation.

"Cultivation used successfully... Congratulations to the Host for breaking through to the Half-step Acquired Ancient God Realm!"

Half-step!?

"Four hundred trillion only to break through to the Half-step Ancient God?"

Before Su Chen could complain, he began to experience the terrifying cultivation that had appeared out of thin air. The Dao of Time permeated his entire body, making him seem as if he didn't even exist in this world.

Actually, the current Su Chen was already fully capable of wandering through the long river of time, but he didn't want to do that.

He didn't want to know about the past, and he even less wanted to know about the future.

If everything was known in advance, what fun would there be?

Sighing, Su Chen didn't dwell on the matter of cultivation any longer. He was already satisfied being able to break through to the Half-step Acquired Ancient God Realm.

His current cultivation was at least ten times stronger than before, giving him a better chance of winning when facing those unknown enemies of the Immortal Realm.

Su Chen's body shook, and his originally terrifying aura instantly vanished, retracting within him.

The ancient god realm is divided into Acquired and Innate. This Realm doesn't have early, middle, or Late Stages; Innate and Acquired are the two distinct Realms.

The Innate Ancient God Realm is also the strongest level Su Chen currently knows of in the Immortal Realm.

Having broken through to the Half-step Acquired Ancient God, Su Chen's confidence had grown a bit more. This way, even if he faced any enemy, he wouldn't be afraid at all.

But immediately after, Su Chen lowered his head and looked at the back of his hand.

His eyes shifted, and the figure of a young Taoist priest appeared in his sight. Four long swords hovered around this young Taoist, emitting incredibly terrifying power.

The young Taoist also immediately noticed Su Chen. He opened his eyes and looked at Su Chen with great surprise, clearly not expecting Su Chen to be able to find him by following the aura of Karma.

The young Taoist chuckled, stood up, and bowed to Su Chen:

"I am Tongtian, I welcome the God Lord's return."

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