Chapter 499: Half-step Xuandan

By then, his own safety within the Secret Realm would be guaranteed.

The dangers existing within the Secret Realm were one thing, but at the same time, Xiao Fan also had to be careful of people from the other three Sects, who might take the Opportunity to attack him while inside.

"Must be on guard!" Xiao Fan exhaled. He was now someone recognized by Shengdan City.

As a Prodigy with the potential to become a Grade 6 Alchemist in the future, other smaller forces might not offend him, and might even want to befriend him.

But the other three Sects were quite likely to want to eliminate him; after all, once he grew up in the future, he would definitely be a huge threat to them.

When chatting with Sect Master Wu Xinjue earlier, he had mentioned this point.

This was also one of the reasons why Sect Master Wu Xinjue did not want him to enter the Secret Realm.

Xiao Fan accelerated, and after another hour, he arrived at a cave.

This cave seemed to be naturally formed, and the spiritual energy within was even more concentrated than outside.

"It's at least nearly twenty times more concentrated than the spiritual energy in my Immortal Cave!" Xiao Fan exhaled. There were far too many places suitable for Cultivating within this Secret Realm.

He sat cross-legged and began to breathe in and absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.

His current cultivation level was the Early Stage of the ninth level of the Tongtian Realm.

In such a place filled with spiritual energy, he estimated that about ten days would be enough to reach the Great Perfection of the Tongtian Realm.

His Divine Soul entered the star chart and consumed a large amount of Medicinal Pill to increase spiritual energy.

Then his Divine Soul left. This time, he was going to Cultivate in the outside world, absorbing the spiritual energy of the outside world.

Time passed…

A large amount of spiritual energy surged into the cave where Xiao Fan was located.

His own aura also climbed steadily.

Meanwhile, in other places, Saintess Jiang Nian and Divine Son Liu Yuan, the two Divine Son and Saintess of the Jixian Sect, were also exploring their own Opportunities.

Their cultivation levels were already in the Xuandan Realm. Cultivating could improve their strength, but the greatest Opportunity upon entering this Secret Realm was those precious Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines.

The effects of these Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines far exceeded those of the outside world, and consuming them directly was of great benefit to them.

Even a single precious Spiritual Plant could allow them to have a Breakthrough!

Ten-thousand-year-old Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines had long been extinct in the outside world!

Elder He Yutang and other Jixian Sect Elders were also exploring this Secret Realm. During this time, they also discovered a few ten-thousand-year-old Spiritual Plants and collected them all.

The people from the other three Sects were the same; several of the major Sects had even encountered each other and conflicts had occurred.

Besides this, the people from the Treasure Pavilion had no conflicts with anyone, and the people from the Four Great Forces had not encountered anyone from the Treasure Pavilion; they did not know where they had gone.

And after those two mysterious people entered, they also seemed to have disappeared; the Four Great Forces had not encountered them either.

Time passed, three days later…

Xiao Fan successfully achieved a Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the ninth level of the Tongtian Realm.

He did not leave the cave, but continued to Cultivate within it.

What he currently lacked the least was Medicinal Pill.

Moreover, he himself was a Grade 4 Alchemist; there were far too many types of Medicinal Pill he could refine at the moment.

Four days later…

The seventh day since Xiao Fan and the others entered the Secret Realm.

Xiao Fan's cultivation level had a Breakthrough to the Late Stage of the ninth level of the Tongtian Realm!

What surprised Xiao Fan was that while he had a Breakthrough within the Secret Realm and his strength had increased, it had not caused any commotion at all.

Another six days passed…

Xiao Fan's cultivation level had a Breakthrough to the Great Perfection of the Tongtian Realm…

His aura was robust, and his strength was even more formidable than before!

"Is it Half-step Xuandan…" Xiao Fan exhaled, his face devoid of joy, showing only determination.

"Still not enough. I must continue to become stronger…"

Tianshen Prefecture—this place was Xiao Fan's true goal. He was currently too weak.

"Strange, why did breaking through in this Secret Realm not cause any commotion…" Xiao Fan muttered to himself.

Breaking through here did not produce any sound. If it weren't for the fact that his own cultivation level had indeed increased, he would have suspected that he hadn't broken through at all.

"Could it be because the Secret Realm is unrelated to the outside world?" Xiao Fan guessed the reason, but he still had no clue.

"Then does that mean I can also reach the Xuandan Realm within the Secret Realm later?!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan was slightly excited.

He always remembered in his heart what Sect Master Wu Xinjue said about being a person cursed by the heavens.

If he were to break through in the outside world, if a few bolts of Heavenly Tribulation really came, even if he could quickly reach the Xuandan Realm, something might go wrong.

If there was no Heavenly Tribulation here, then wouldn't that mean…!

"Cannot rush… I must first go find Opportunities, then consolidate myself. To reach the Xuandan Realm, I am currently not enough." Xiao Fan exhaled.

Being able to improve to Half-step Xuandan was not difficult for him.

Xiao Fan's Foundation was solid, so his advancement was a matter of course. However, to reach the Xuandan Realm, he was still lacking quite a bit.

He needed to gain more experience before it might be possible.

"It's time to go and see what this Secret Realm is really like…" Xiao Fan exhaled and left the cave.

Although Xiao Fan didn't know how strong he was now, he estimated that he should be able to fight against experts at the eighth or ninth level of the Xuandan Realm!

If he risked his life, he could even slay someone at the ninth level of the Xuandan Realm!