I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

After testing his sword techniques, Lu Xin didn't linger and returned directly to the Seven Luminaries Sect.

However, before leaving, he glanced towards the depths of the Shifting Sands Sea, and after thinking for a while, decided to cultivate for a while longer before exploring it again.

Back at the Seven Luminaries Sect, various forces came to pay their respects, but he ignored them all, leaving everything to Murong Xin and the others to handle.

He went straight back to Demon Subduing Peak and entered seclusion again.

And just like that, another ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten years, no one had seen Lu Xin, and the demon race had not attacked again.

It was a very peaceful period.

The Seven Luminaries Sect, no, it had long since been renamed the Seven Luminaries Sect, and had experienced explosive growth during this time.

As more and more people came seeking to join.

There were now nearly ten thousand Qi Refining disciples in the sect, and more than 90% of them were new disciples. As for the old disciples, they had long been eliminated round after round due to insufficient talent.

This included Wang Yanjun, whom Lu Xin knew to be timid, and who had reportedly already married.

As for Gao Li and Jiang Yi, because of their connection with Lu Xin, although their talents were lacking, no one dared to drive them away without authorization.

However, Gao Li voluntarily left and returned to her mortal family, and then married the patriarch of a small Qi Refining family.

Now she was focused on raising the next generation.

And Jiang Yi, now at the peak of Qi Refining, had become a steward of Miscellaneous Affairs Peak, only occasionally glancing in the direction of Demon Subduing Peak.

The number of Foundation Establishment cultivators had also increased to several hundred, but most of them had joined at this level, and very few of their own Qi Refining disciples had broken through.

This naturally included Li Jingxuan.

With her aptitude, she could have directly become a personal disciple of the elders of each peak, becoming a true disciple.

But she had always chosen to cultivate alone as an ordinary inner disciple.

Until a few years ago, when she broke through to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, she gave up the opportunity to become a disciple of the Golden Core elders and chose to become an outer sect elder.

In short, the Seven Luminaries Sect was now greatly changed.

Not only had the number of true inheritance peaks increased, but the area directly under its control had also expanded to the edge of the Shifting Sands Sea, encompassing the former Phoenix Pavilion and Myriad Manifestations Mountain.

It was just not covered by the same array.

...

A mountain path in the outer sect area.

"Senior Brother Zhou, I heard that our founder is super powerful. He once destroyed four Nascent Soul great demons with a single sword, and is now one of the only four God Transformation experts in the Dragon Abyss Empire.

You entered the sect early, have you ever seen his real face?"

An outer sect disciple asked.

The Senior Brother Zhou who was asked turned his head and glanced at him:

"Isn't there a portrait of him in the Founder's Hall? Didn't you pay your respects when you entered the sect?"

"Of course I did, I mean the real person."

"I haven't."

Senior Brother Zhou shook his head, "I only entered the sect nine years ago, and the founder was already in seclusion at that time."

"Ah, I wonder when I will be able to see the founder."

The man sighed, and then said: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. The outer sect competition is in a few days, how are you preparing, Senior Brother?"

"It's okay, I survived the eighteen illusion arrays set up by the founder some time ago, and I was lucky enough to get a mid-grade magic weapon, which has slightly increased my strength."

Speaking of this, Senior Brother Zhou became a little smug.

"Eighteen?"

The man who asked widened his eyes.

"I heard that there are not only all kinds of demons and ghosts inside, but also the last one is full of all kinds of temptingly dressed people. You can survive this too?"

"It's a piece of cake." Senior Brother Zhou waved his hand.

"Senior Brother Zhou is indeed a master." The man admired sincerely. Which outer and inner disciple of the Seven Luminaries Sect hadn't embarrassed themselves in the last illusion array?

So they usually choose to break through alone.

"Senior Brother Zhou, do you have any tricks?" The man asked again.

Senior Brother Zhou pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement, "There are indeed tricks."

"What is it?"

The man's eyes lit up, "Senior Brother, please teach me quickly. I promise that after getting the magic weapon, I will treat you to the most luxurious spiritual food restaurant in Yuhua City, Hundred Tastes Pavilion."

Senior Brother Zhou didn't hide anything and said directly:

"Actually, the trick is very simple, just five words, 'habit becomes nature'. So you don't have to invite me to Hundred Tastes Pavilion, just go to the building next door."

The man widened his eyes, just about to speak, when he heard a cold snort from behind.

They were so frightened that they turned to look, only to see a woman in a black dress and a black veil, and hurriedly saluted:

"Greetings, Elder Li."

Li Jingxuan walked over slowly, glanced at the Zhou surnamed disciple, and coldly dropped a sentence "Severe loss of essence, detrimental to Foundation Establishment" before leaving.

The two of them flushed red and fled in panic.

Li Jingxuan scanned with her divine sense, shook her head slightly, and turned her gaze towards the direction of Demon Subduing Peak, muttering to herself, "Still not out of seclusion?"

In the secret room, Lu Xin had actually opened his eyes.

After ten years of cultivation.

He used all the resources he could use, actively cultivated and converted a portion of the mana passively generated by [Breathing].

He was now in the middle stage of God Transformation.

[Host: Lu Xin]

[Lifespan: 54/4650]

[Realm: Mid-Stage God Transformation (0/40000000)]

[Cultivation Method: True Yang Subduing Evil Demon Slaying Art Fifth Layer]

[Convertible Mana: 15077606 (continuously increasing)]

[Passive Skills: Breathing, Heart of the Sword, etc.]

The mana value required to break through to the late stage of God Transformation had doubled again, which also meant that the time would double.

Relying solely on the active cultivation of [Heart of the Sword] would take more than forty-two years.

Adding the passive [Breathing], it would take him about twenty to thirty years to break through to the late stage of God Transformation.

Looking at his lifespan again, twenty to thirty years was still a fraction of his total lifespan, and he could completely afford it at the moment.

However, the high-grade and top-grade spirit stones had already been used up in the past few years.

If he went into seclusion again, there would be no resources to assist him.

He pondered in his heart whether the time saved by using resources to assist in cultivation could exceed the time spent searching for resources.

After weighing the gains and losses, he decided to directly go into seclusion until the late stage of God Transformation before considering it.

He predicted that the speed of breaking through each realm would slow down significantly in the Void Refinement stage, and would be measured in centuries.

It would not be too late to go out and search for resources then.

He made a happy decision.

Anyway, he was now the strongest in the Dragon Abyss Empire, and even the entire East China Region, and there was no sense of urgency.

Even if the demon race attacked again, he would not be afraid.

As far as he knew, the demon race lived in groups and was not a monolithic entity.

The demon race that invaded this time was only the ten great God Transformation demon races near the Lancang Region, and the strongest was only at the God Transformation stage.

So there was nothing to worry about for the time being, and he could just cultivate with peace of mind.

Lu Xin planned to continue his seclusion, but the demon race made a move.

Lancang Region, after more than twenty years of occupation by the demon race, this region had been completely transformed into a demon domain, occupied by ten races including the Dark Shadow Demon Fox, Shadow Moon Demon Wolf, Volcano Cloud Leopard, and Ironback Cang Xiong.

Lancang City, the former center of Lancang Region, had now become the base camp of the ten races.

In a council hall, the strongest of the ten races gathered here.

"Now that the Lancang Region has been completely digested, and the human race's few God Transformation experts have either died or fled, with no more worries, we can now discuss which direction to attack, right?"

At the head, the Supreme Elder of the Dark Shadow Demon Fox clan asked in a deep voice.

He convened this gathering.

During the last attack on the Dragon Abyss Empire, not only did his clan lose most of its elites, but it also lost two Nascent Soul elders, as well as the current God Transformation patriarch.

This caused his clan's strength to be greatly damaged.

He even had to spit out a lot of the territory he had annexed.

After waiting for so many years, if it weren't for the checks and balances of other clans, he would have wanted to go to the Dragon Abyss Empire to take revenge long ago.

That's why he asked this question now.

The people of the other clans naturally understood his intentions, looked at each other, and did not speak.

Seeing this, the Supreme Elder of the Dark Shadow Demon Fox clan said in a deep voice again:

"I can promise that my clan will not take any of the Dragon Abyss Empire's territory!"