Chapter 535: Half a Year Later

"This Secret Realm can only withstand up to the Great Perfection of the Xuandan Realm; I cannot Breakthrough to the Yuanhun Realm here, it is too dangerous…" Xiao Fan was planning.

He had remembered this crucial point before: within this Secret Realm, one's cultivation must remain below the Yuanhun Realm, or the Secret Realm would collapse.

Especially when the Mysterious Woman had briefly raised her cultivation to the Yuanhun Realm just now, he had felt the surrounding space become unstable.

"Reach the Perfection of the Xuandan Realm in one year, huh… that seems sufficient." Xiao Fan exhaled and continued to Cultivate…

He now had only one conviction, and that was to become stronger.

If he were in the outside world, it would be impossible to advance from the first level of the Xuandan Realm to the Great Perfection of the Xuandan Realm in less than three years.

But within this Secret Realm, in such an environment dense with spiritual energy, he felt it could be done.

Time passed day by day.

The Mysterious Woman did not know where she had gone and never showed herself.

Inside his star chart, Xiao Fan continuously shattered stars, Cultivating desperately.

Half a year later…

During this time, every time Xiao Fan advanced a minor Realm, he would leave his Immortal Cave to search around and see if there were any Spiritual Plants or Spirit Medicine in the Secret Realm to consume directly.

Consuming these Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine had different effects than Alchemy.

As for Medicinal Pills, their medicinal power was fierce…

But these naturally growing Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine were different; their medicinal effects were gentle.

Xiao Fan was now, one could say, running rampant in the Secret Realm.

Those Yao Beasts were simply no match for him…

Especially since Xiao Fan had found a spiritual spring, which he collected and consumed every day.

"A paradise on earth…" Xiao Fan exhaled. The spiritual energy here was dense, and all kinds of rare Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine were present, which was of great benefit to him.

"It's a pity I sent Xiao Jin away; otherwise, if it ate more Yao Beast meat here, it might have been able to advance to the fifth rank!"

Inside Xiao Fan's spirit beast bag, there were still meat tickets from the other three Sects…

He had considered releasing these people and letting them gather Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicine for him.

But he was afraid that these people would not listen and that he would have to manage them, so he had to give up on that idea.

Xiao Fan was also worried that they would starve to death in the spirit beast bag, so he simply threw in all the dried meat he had before, and very kindly threw in some spiritual spring water as well.

He was raising the Divine Sons and Divine Daughters of the other three Sects as if they were Spirit Beasts.

In Xiao Fan's view, these people were meat tickets to begin with.

Meat tickets were meant to be exchanged for Spirit Stones…

Xiao Fan's cultivation had now reached the fifth level of the Xuandan Realm.

The outside world…

Half a year had passed since the Secret Realm closed.

Because of this entry into the Secret Realm, the Four Great Forces had even had intense disputes!

Because the Divine Sons and Divine Daughters of their respective Sects had all suffered losses.

Especially the Thunder Fire Sect, whose Divine Son and Divine Daughter were both gone…

The Jixian Sect was equally furious; Divine Son Liu Yuan was dead, and Xiao Fan was missing as well.

He Yutang did not tell the Sect about the message Xiao Fan had given him, nor did he say that Divine Son Liu Yuan might have been killed by Xiao Fan!

Entering the Secret Realm and losing some Xuandan Realm Elders was nothing to the Four Great Forces.

But these Divine Sons and Divine Daughters were the future hope of the Sects.

Yet now…

As for the Wuhuang Dynasty, they had suffered the least losses.

After all, Wu Qingyan and Qiao Rong were both fine…

During this time in the outside world, Qiao Rong and Wu Qingyan had been in a very low state.

Even though half a year had passed, the two women remained the same; it was rare to see them smile in their daily lives.

Inside the Jixian Sect…

The fact that Xiao Fan had not come out of the Secret Realm and his life or death was unknown was naturally no secret.

On Zhenyu Peak…

Nangong Lingxuan had been silent for the past half year, even more cold and aloof than before…

On Wudao Peak…

Hu Rui's temper was even more explosive than before.

On Danding Peak…

Long Caiwei had been crying and making a fuss for half a year and remained so to this day…

Not coming out of the Secret Realm and the teleportation channel disappearing was no different from being dead.

Shengdan City was equally furious…

They had not expected that Xiao Fan would remain in the Secret Realm and not come out.

But… although Xiao Fan might have been killed within the Secret Realm, they did not know which force had done it!

This left Shengdan City with nowhere to vent their anger.

The news of Xiao Fan's death had caused quite a violent commotion throughout the entire Wuhuang Province.

Someone who had the potential to become a Grade 6 Alchemist in the future… had actually been trapped in the Secret Realm.

Although they had not seen Xiao Fan's corpse, the Secret Realm channel had disappeared, which was no different from being dead!

Among them, those great Families who had sent large amounts of Spirit Stones to curry favor with Xiao Fan were even more resentful…

Their Spirit Stones had all gone down the drain…

Xiao Fan had died in the Secret Realm.

For the Piaomiao Immortal Palace, the Thunder Fire Sect, and the Ziyun Cave Heaven, this was good news.

Without Xiao Fan, this existence who could potentially become a Grade 6 Alchemist in the future, their pressure was greatly reduced.

At the very least, the landscape of Wuhuang Province would not change.

Piaomiao Immortal Palace…

Lu Yueshan's expression was always melancholy.

She could not understand why, when she clearly hated Xiao Fan.

But after learning that he had died in the Secret Realm, why did her heart hurt so much?

When the members of the Dragon Family learned the news of Xiao Fan's death in the Secret Realm…

The entire Jingchuan City was like a dead city, plunged into silence!

And they absolutely did not know… that in reality, Xiao Fan was living perfectly well within the Secret Realm.

Moreover, he had already reached the Xuandan Realm.