Two days later.
Yinlong Mountain.
Zhou Yi, trembling, spent a day in the Inner Valley and finally succeeded in refining several more furnaces of Elixirs.
Meanwhile, San Liu, Qiu Bai, and Chen Xiuying all emerged in these two days, each reaching the First Layer of the Fanxu Realm.
As for Nameless, after solving the after-effects of the Soul Seizing, her cultivation skyrocketed from the First Layer to the Eighth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm. Further wild advancements might harm her foundation, so Mu Jinyu advised her not to hasten cultivation and stabilize her foundation, thus she remained at the Eighth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm.
"Phew... At last, you all have emerged; I can now refine the Elixirs without fear."
Zhou Yi watched Chen Xiuying coming out of the sealed cave residence, glanced painfully at the exploded Pill Furnace, and spoke helplessly.
The previous day, when San Liu and Qiu Bai emerged, though it also caused the furnace to explode, he wasn't too distressed, for he knew that batch of Elixirs would have failed even without them emerging.
However, the explosion caused by Chen Xiuying's emergence left him heartbroken, as that batch was the one he felt somewhat confident in after practicing Second rank Elixirs several times, following his mastery in First Stage Elixirs.
If successful, he might have become more proficient in refining Second rank Elixirs, with a higher chance of success.
But with the failure, he had to start again from scratch, this left him heartbroken and filled with endless regret.
Had he known this, he would have abandoned the idea of using fresh Spiritual Medicine to increase the Elixir forming rate and should have been refining outside instead!
Then he would not have ended up like this.
"Master Uncle Zhou, I'm sorry, I really didn't know you were refining outside, or I would have come out quietly."
Chen Xiuying, feeling a bit scared by Zhou Yi's resentful gaze fixed upon her, stuck out her tongue and apologized with embarrassment.
"Never mind, since you're all out, I won't care about these anymore. I will continue refining Elixirs, just don't disturb me again!"
Zhou Yi withdrew his gaze from Chen Xiuying, slowly shook his head, brushed off the anger in his heart, and sat cross-legged with closed eyes, quietly reminiscing the rare insight he had before nearly succeeding in refining Elixirs.
Seeing this, Chen Xiuying breathed a long sigh of relief, softly apologized to Zhou Yi and bid farewell before going to find her master and others.
Dragon King Hall meeting room.
After Chen Xiuying stepped in.
Yu Shenfeng opened his eyes, nodded to Chen Xiuying with gratification, then stood up and said, "Everyone is here, now we can set off to settle the scores with Fallen Splendor, Withered Tree Quest for Spring, and Paradise Lost these organizations!"
These organizations have long been at odds with the Dragon King Hall.
The former Dragon King of the Dragon King Hall, Mu Jinyu's grandfather, perished together with Cain, the Curse World Master of the previous generation of Fallen Splendor.
Withered Tree Quest for Spring was the first to target Mu Jinyu's Beauty Pill Formula, repeatedly sending assassins, even after Mu Jinyu became the Hall Master of the Dragon King Hall, they did not give up.
As for Paradise Lost, strictly speaking, the dark turmoil was initiated by them.
Mu Jinyu originally intended, after the dark turmoil ended, to deal only with the main culprits Paradise Lost and Omniscient, not wanting to settle accounts with Fallen Splendor, given the cooperation in resisting Demons by various organizations.
However, due to the Spiritual Energy Revival, the Huaxia Region was already struggling to cope, so the Dragon King Hall couldn't implement Mu Jinyu's strategy to settle scores with Paradise Lost and Omniscient.
Yet during this year, these aforementioned organizations repeatedly targeted the Dragon King Hall.
Now that Yu Shenfeng's cultivation has reached the Peak Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, and San Liu and Qiu Bai have also reached the Fanxu Realm, it is time to settle the scores!
Yu Shenfeng had already, in the days since his emergence, used his Slaughter Redemption network worldwide to uncover many clues about these organizations, and with Chen Xiuying now out, he immediately wanted to commence a full-scale reckoning!
"Yes, Master!"
San Liu, Qiu Bai, and others stood up as Yu Shenfeng spoke, eyes filled with killing intent, and answered solemnly.
"Please be careful, if things really go south, let Jinyu step in himself,"
Su Zijin, worried, urged them.
She said this not because she didn't care for her children but because she knew San Liu and others who just entered the Fanxu Realm might not fare well against the likes of Curse World Master and Withered Wood Taoist, even with the Spiritual Treasures given by Mu Jinyu.
But Mu Jinyu was different; his strength could crush these enemies, so letting Mu Jinyu handle it, she wouldn't have any concerns.
"Aunt Su, don't worry, we cherish our lives, and we promise to come back alive even if the mission isn't completed," San Liu said with a grin.
Hearing this, Su Zijin couldn't help but roll her eyes, but the tension on her face eased up.
Mu Hongchen then entered, handing several documents to Yu Shenfeng while saying, "These are the clues about Fallen Splendor I've collected over the past few days, they might be useful, you should take them."
"Alright, thank you."
Yu Shenfeng accepted them without refusal, as even though the Dragon King Hall had been suppressed by enemies all year, the intelligence department was not to be underestimated, and the collected clues might reveal something Slaughter Redemption had not found.
After accepting the documents, Yu Shenfeng once more took out his phone, trying to call Mu Jinyu, but still couldn't get through.
"Forget it, we won't inform the Dragon Master, let's set off," Yu Shenfeng said helplessly.
Over these past few days, he had been trying to call Mu Jinyu to report his cultivation progress post-emergence, but couldn't get through. He found out from clues that Mu Jinyu had gone to explore the Dragon Nest at sea and had no news since.
But he knew that although Earth's seas were dangerous now, there was no threat to Mu Jinyu.
So, although Yu Shenfeng felt somewhat resigned at not reaching Mu Jinyu, he wasn't alarmed to the point of pausing the entire reckoning to first go find Mu Jinyu.
After that, Yu Shenfeng set off with San Liu, Qiu Bai, and Chen Xiuying, splitting into four routes. He went after Fallen Splendor, San Liu was to deal with Paradise Lost, Qiu Bai to handle Omniscient, and Chen Xiuying to face the relatively weaker Withered Tree Quest for Spring.
...
A day later.
Europe!
"Boom!"
A church that had become increasingly prosperous after the end of the dark turmoil suddenly collapsed; several Vampires with bat wings shrieked and soared skyward, frantically flapping their wings to flee the ruins!
Several Clergy members, transformed into Werewolves with blood-red eyes filled with murderous madness, let out eerie howls and charged towards the invader that shattered the church!
This was indeed a branch of Fallen Splendor.
Yu Shenfeng watched as the Werewolves charged at him, while several Divinity Transformation Realm Vampires tried to escape amidst the chaos, his expression indifferent as he suddenly drew his blade.
"Whoosh!!"
A chilling gleam of light instantly illuminated the entire scene.
Crack, crack, crack!!
The onrushing Werewolves froze in their tracks, ice-blue frost spreading from their skin, turning them into sculptures in an instant.
The Vampires soaring in the sky were also turned into ice sculptures, plummeting from the skies, shattering into pieces!
Yu Shenfeng turned and left without sparing a glance at the scene, going straight to seek Fallen Splendor's real stronghold where the Curse World Master hid.
Scenes like this were happening all over the world...