Chapter 684: Han Jue’s Reputation

Boom!

Han Tuo's feet landed on the eaves of the first floor of the Tower of the Great Dao like a cannonball, the terrifying force causing the tower to shake violently.

Dozens of Demonic Birds lunged at him. He swept his spear, transforming his Dharmic power into gusts of golden wind that swept in all directions, slaying all the attacking birds.

Just then!

A terrifying pressure descended, startling Han Tuo into looking up. He saw a window above suddenly open, and a pitch-black, four-winged monster crawled out. Its body was burly, its face like a snake's, cold and evil.

Han Tuo felt as if he were facing a great enemy. His left hand formed a seal, and a golden character for 'War' appeared out of thin air, merging into his body and enveloping his Physical Body in a layer of golden light.

The Four-winged Black Demon transformed into a gust of black wind and swept down with extreme speed, directly forcing Han Tuo to plummet.

On the other side, Yi Tian was also caught in a bitter struggle.

The Tower of the Great Dao housed many demons in the Pseudo-Saint and Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm. The number of ordinary demons even exceeded that of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals. For the Heavenly Court, the situation was not optimistic.

Rumble—

A large door at the top of the Tower of the Great Dao suddenly opened, and Zhou Fan, dressed in black robes, slowly stepped out. His Aura was like a flame, his gaze cold and sharp. Walking out from the darkness, he looked like a demon god emerging from the Nine Netherworlds.

The Saint's pressure descended!

Han Tuo, Yi Tian, and the million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals all felt their hearts skip a beat.

A Saint!

Zhou Fan looked down at the million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and roared, "You small fries dare to come and snatch my Tower of the Great Dao? You're looking for death!"

His gaze quickly landed on Han Tuo. He could feel that Han Tuo's Aura was the strongest; he should be the leading general.

In the next second, his expression became subtle.

Han Tuo met his gaze; one face was solemn, while the other's expression was slightly stunned.

…

Five thousand years passed.

Han Jue opened his eyes. Feeling the progress in his cultivation, he showed a satisfied smile.

A few more times and he could have another Breakthrough.

To a Mortal, five thousand years might be the span of a long civilization, but to Han Jue, five thousand years passed as quickly as a single nap.

Han Jue first looked toward Xing Hongxuan.

Well, his son hadn't been born yet. Judging by the situation, it might take tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of gestation.

Han Jue remembered an ancient legend: at the beginning of heaven and earth, the longer a creature's gestation period, the stronger its Aptitude.

Great powers like the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Three Pure Ones, Emperor of Heaven, Eastern Sovereign Supreme, and Nüwa were gestated for an entire epoch. They only finished gestating after the first Immeasurable Calamity ended, immediately becoming top-tier beings in the world.

Han Jue then looked toward the Immortal Realm.

During this period, more than ten Pseudo-Saints and a hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals had emerged in the Immortal Realm. The number of beings in lower Realms was even more countless, and the total population of all beings had reached an incredibly exaggerated figure.

Han Jue discovered that the Immortal Realm had also expanded significantly. Both the Immortal Realm and the various Mortal Realms displayed a thriving atmosphere.

The Saints were managing things very well.

Han Jue nodded in satisfaction.

The Heavenly Dao was developing well, and so was the Hidden Gate. The Personal Disciples were successively becoming Grand Unity Golden Immortals, though Zhao Xuanyuan and Jiang Yi were stuck at Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection, unable to step into the Pseudo-Saint Realm.

Han Jue decided to give them some guidance and summoned them via voice transmission.

The two quickly came to visit.

In fact, they had wanted to visit Han Jue for a long time, but they were afraid of disturbing his cultivation and also felt ashamed of their lack of progress.

After entering the temple, the two knelt and bowed.

Han Jue didn't waste words and directly used the Extreme Origin Great Dao, pouring it into the depths of their Souls, causing their consciousness to quickly enter a state of enlightenment.

He was, after all, at the Late Stage of the Freedom Primordial Chaos Realm; elevating someone to Pseudo-Saint was not difficult.

Previously, he just found it troublesome. Currently, the Heavenly Dao was at peace with no wars, so Zhao Xuanyuan and Jiang Yi couldn't follow Dao Supreme's example of advancing through combat.

The two involuntarily began to sit cross-legged and meditate.

Han Jue pulled up his mail to check.

[Your friend Peacock Divine Lord was attacked by your enemy Curse Demon God]

[Your friend Empress Houtu created the Witch Race, her Luck has greatly increased]

[Your friend Huang Zuntian has entered the Dark Forbidden Zone]

[Your Disciple Zhou Fan was attacked by your son Han Tuo]

[Your Disciple Zhou Fan was attacked by mysterious Dao Demons] x3,902,247

[Your friend Ancestor Xitian was attacked by a Mysterious Great Power and was severely injured]

[Your Grand-disciple Fang Liang comprehended the jade disc of creation, his Dao Cultivation has greatly increased]

[Your friend Reincarnation Immortal Emperor occasionally obtained the Book of the Earth, his Luck has greatly increased]

…

The Peacock Divine Lord found the Curse Demon God so quickly!

Quite efficient!

Unfortunately, he didn't kill the Curse Demon God.

Han Jue thought silently. Looking further down, he saw more mail about the battle between the Peacock Divine Lord and the Curse Demon God.

The Peacock Divine Lord really had some skill. Han Jue only saw that the Curse Demon God was severely injured, but he didn't see the Peacock Divine Lord getting hurt.

Han Jue wasn't surprised to see Empress Houtu creating the Witch Race. After all, she had always had this intention, and there was likely support from Di Jiang behind it.

Now, Han Jue could look at those beings from ancient myths as equals, so he wasn't amazed.

Further down.

How did Zhou Fan and Han Tuo end up fighting?

Fortunately, Han Tuo wasn't injured. Zhou Fan was quite sensible.

Han Tuo was, after all, Han Jue's son. If his Disciple injured his son, it would be like slapping his face!

After reading the mail, Han Jue began a Simulation Trial.

Ten years later.

Jiang Yi and Zhao Xuanyuan left the Daoist temple and returned to their respective residences to Cultivate. Han Jue also began his secluded cultivation again.

In less than a hundred years, Zhao Xuanyuan and Jiang Yi successively became Pseudo-Saints, shaking the Hundred Peaks Immortal River.

On a peak in the Hundred Peaks Immortal River, seven Disciples gathered in an Immortal Cave.

A man in red robes said with emotion, "The Hidden Gate is truly terrifying. Two Pseudo-Saints were born just like that."

The others followed with sighs.

"Yes, the number of God Realm experts has already exceeded a hundred thousand, and that's just within the Hundred Peaks Immortal River."

"It's said that all those Personal Disciples will attain the Pseudo-Saint Realm in the future."

"Not just the Personal Disciples. Among the prodigies sent by the Second Protector, at least dozens have the potential to become Pseudo-Saints."

"The Hidden Gate should be the number one force in the Heavenly Dao today."

"Sigh, maybe we should really follow the Hidden Gate."

The Immortal Cave had a Restriction that could prevent Divine Thought probes, so they spoke without much reservation.

They were originally sent to gather intelligence on the Hidden Gate, not to harm it, so the pressure wasn't that great.

Indeed, they were spies arranged by Jin Shen.

After seeing the foundation of the Hundred Peaks Immortal River, they wavered.

Jin Shen was a Saint, but the Hidden Gate had two Saints!

The red-robed man gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, we haven't sent any messages to Jin Shen yet. Let's just act as if that never happened. We are still Hidden Gate Disciples!"

As soon as he said this, the other six all breathed a sigh of relief.

Jin Shen had promised them that once the task was completed, he would personally preach the Dao to them and even support them in establishing providence sects.

Before this, they were indeed tempted.

But after coming here…

They found that the Hidden Gate Disciples all seemed to be cultivating toward becoming Saints. They had once asked if the saint positions were limited, only to be told that with the Sect Leader around, saint positions would surely be infinite.

They fell silent.

Jin Shen and the Hidden Gate's scale were completely on different levels. Once one understood, they could feel the gap between the two sides.

Most importantly, the Spiritual Qi in the Hundred Peaks Immortal River was even denser than in a Saint's Dao field!

After coming here, they didn't want to leave!