The Azure Edge Sword Sect's crisis had been temporarily resolved. According to the white-haired elder, Captain Qingyang wouldn't appear for a year.
No one knew what would happen in a year's time.
Perhaps the three captains would have already recovered to the peak of Qi Transformation. At that time, they wouldn't need to fear Captain Qingyang.
In any case, the matter of the Azure Edge Sword Sect had come to an end.
While staying in the Azure Edge Sword Sect, Fang Chen saw his best friends Xiao Shan and Jiang He, as well as Duzhong and Bing Ling.
In the end, Fang Chen had a long talk with his master, the Ninth Elders. When the Ninth Elders learned that Fang Chen was in Kamikaze Kenbu, they were very gratified.
In the blink of an eye, they had been staying in the Azure Edge Sword Sect for half a month. As time passed, the Azure Edge Sword Sect gradually recovered its original prosperity.
After experiencing this, the Flowing Wind Sect and the Seven Heavens Sect's masters grew tired of their life in the jianghu. They directly joined the Azure Edge Sword Sect, becoming their two great reverends.
No one was happier than the Flowing Wind Sect's master. This way, the Azure Edge Sword Sect's strength would be enough to unify the entire Azure Cloud County.
Before Fang Chen left, Ye Zi also went. However, Fang Chen didn't even look at her. He just turned and left.
After returning to Black Cloud City, Fang Chen returned to the Fang clan.
The Fang clan was now the absolute overlord of Black Cloud City. As for the Ye clan, after being suppressed by the Fang clan, they had long since declined to an ordinary clan.
The rise of the Fang clan had caused countless small powers in Black Cloud City to become vassals. However, although the Fang clan had become the overlord of Black Cloud City, the head of the Fang clan was very self-aware. He didn't continue to expand and only defended Black Cloud City.
When Fang Chen returned, everyone in the Fang clan was very happy.
"Chen 'er, you're back!" Fang Tianyu was very happy to see his son.
Fang Tianyu had already heard about what had happened during this time. The Azure Edge Sword Sect's crisis had been resolved, and now his son had returned.
Fang Chen stayed in the clan for half a month. After leaving behind a large pile of things, he left Black Cloud City and headed for the Imperial Capital.
When he came out, there were still two months before the Tianguang Secret Realm would open. Now, a month had already passed.
There was only one month left until the Tianguang Secret Realm opened. It was also the time for the New Year.
In the Ancient Sword Continent, the most lively festival every year was the New Year. This was the first New Year that Fang Chen would spend in this world.
Everyone in the Fang family hoped that Fang Chen would come back for the New Year, but unfortunately, Fang Chen couldn't come back.
This was because Fang Chen was going to enter the Tianguang Secret Realm during the New Year.
The Kamikaze Kenbu's Tianguang Secret Realm was considered a relatively famous Secret Realm. Countless warriors fought to enter but failed to do so. Fang Chen was naturally unwilling to give up such a rare opportunity.
He would never forget to find his mother. The prerequisite for finding her was to become stronger.
This time, he didn't encounter the Wang family's pursuit in the Lianyun Mountain Range. After all, Fang Chen had killed the Wang family's Grand Elder last time, greatly reducing the Wang family's strength.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lu family constantly attacked the Wang family. The Wang family was constantly suppressed, and some of their businesses were snatched away by the Lu family.
Of course, what the Lu family didn't know was that all of this was because of Fang Chen, the little warrior who had unintentionally saved Lu Wei.
It took half a month to pass through the Lianyun Mountain Range. During this time, Fang Chen cultivated the Diffraction Swordsmanship to the Realm of Intricacy.
The Diffraction Swordsmanship was even more powerful after reaching the Realm of Intricacy.
Although Fang Chen's cultivation was only at the peak of the Ninth Realm of the Qi Refining Realm, his combat strength was definitely comparable to that of a Third Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm.
Once he broke through to the Qi Transformation Realm and condensed a True Nucleus, Fang Chen would definitely be able to challenge a Fourth Realm warrior.
After using half a month's time, Fang Chen once again returned to Kamikaze Kenbu.
Just as he returned to Kamikaze Kenbu, Yang Hong appeared in Fang Chen's independent courtyard.
"Fang Chen, you're finally back. I thought you wouldn't be able to make it in time for the opening of the Tianguang Hidden Territory." Yang Hong looked at Fang Chen and smiled.
"Something came up, so I went back." Fang Chen said.
"Fang Chen, in the one and a half months that you weren't here, many shocking masters appeared in our primary district." Yang Hong said eloquently.
"Oh, what's the big deal?" Fang Chen asked.
"Not long ago, Yuwen Batian, at the peak of the Third Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm, challenged the number one primary disciple, Long Jun. Unexpectedly, Yuwen Batian defeated Long Jun. He became the number one primary disciple." Yang Hong said.
"Of course, this is not the most shocking thing. The most shocking thing is that not even a day after defeating Long Jun and becoming the number one junior disciple, Yuwen Batian broke through to the Fourth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm and became an intermediate disciple of the Divine Wind Sword Mansion," Yang Hong said.
Hearing Yang Hong's words, Fang Chen was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Yuwen Batian to break through to the Fourth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm and become a middle disciple.
"It seems that if I want to regain my former reputation, I'll have to go to the middle district." Fang Chen thought to himself.
Yuwen Batian's talent was shocking. It was reasonable for him to break through to the Fourth Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm.
"Fang Chen, have you broken through to the Qi Transformation Realm?" Yang Hong asked.
Fang Chen shook his head slightly. Seeing this, Yang Hong reminded him, "When you enter the Tianguang Secret Realm, you must be careful of Long Jun. I heard that this person will harm you once you enter the Tianguang Secret Realm."
"Thank you for the reminder." Fang Chen said.
After that, Yang Hong and Fang Chen chatted for a while before leaving.
In the following time, Fang Chen went into seclusion to cultivate.
Ten days later, using the golden heart, Fang Chen cultivated the Diffraction Swordsmanship to the Perfection of Manifestation.
The Diffraction Swordsmanship at the Perfection of Manifestation was comparable to a Rank Two Cultivation Technique. As a result, Fang Chen's strength increased greatly.
"There are still five days before the Tianguang Secret Realm opens. Let's go to the Sword Art Palace to try." Fang Chen opened his eyes and grinned.
When Fang Chen arrived at the Sword Art Palace, there were many martial artists in front of the Sword Art Palace. They were all staring at the Sword Art Palace.
Fang Chen asked around and found out that Long Jun. Long Jun. was charging towards the third level of the Sword Art Palace.
Ignoring the discussions of the crowd, Fang Chen stepped forward and entered the first level of the Sword Art Palace.
With Fang Chen's current strength, he could have entered the third level of the Sword Art Palace long ago. However, Fang Chen did not enter.
Although the strength of the shadows on the first level was at the First Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm, Fang Chen could feel that the shadows could help him increase the level of his swordsmanship.
After entering the Sword Art Palace for an hour, Fang Chen had already defeated 256 shadows. This was where Fang Chen had stopped the last time.
This time, Fang Chen wanted to try again.
"The power of the Diffraction Swordsmanship of the Transformative Stage is indeed powerful," Fang Chen exclaimed.
Even the Mercury Swordsmanship of the Transformative Stage would not be so fast. This showed how powerful the Diffraction Swordsmanship of the Transformative Stage was.
Crash!
After resting for a while, an illusory figure suddenly appeared in the void. This illusory figure held an illusory longsword and stabbed towards Fang Chen.
Immediately after, countless shadows appeared in an instant. They were densely packed on the first level of the Sword Art Palace.
Swoosh!
Fang Chen used all his strength to display the Diffraction Swordsmanship of the Transformative Stage and continuously killed the shadows.
Time passed by slowly. This time, Fang Chen did not feel any pressure. Wherever the Spiritual Light Sword passed, the shadows were constantly defeated.
When Fang Chen killed five hundred phantoms, he finally felt a little pressure.
However, at this moment, Fang Chen released his sword aura.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful sword aura surrounded the Diffraction Swordsmanship, making it even more powerful.
Boom!
After the sword aura appeared, the pressure suddenly disappeared. Fang Chen easily killed the shadows.
Puchi!
A smile appeared on Fang Chen's face as the Spiritual Light Sword in his hand continued to kill the shadows.
"Among the disciples of Kamikaze Kenbu, I'm afraid that many people have the strength to defeat the 512 shadows on the first level, but they think it's a waste of time," Fang Chen thought to himself.
According to Fang Chen's knowledge, as long as he cultivated a first-grade cultivation technique to the Transformative Stage, he should be able to defeat the 512 shadows on the first level.
After a quarter of an hour, Fang Chen killed the last shadow and finally passed this level.
When the last shadow disappeared, the entire first level of the Sword Art Palace was filled with rolling thunder that resounded through the sky.
At this time, many warriors in the outside world also noticed the abnormality in the Sword Art Palace. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Look, there's a strange phenomenon in the Sword Art Palace. Did someone break the original record?"
Hearing this disciple's shout, everyone looked up and saw that there was a virtual giant sword above the Sword Art Palace. It was directly inserted into the Sword Art Palace.
This kind of abnormality had not appeared for many years.
In the history of Kamikaze Kenbu, whenever such an abnormality occurred, it meant that a disciple had broken the record in the Sword Art Palace.
"It must be Senior Brother Long Jun. His strength has reached the peak of the Third Realm of the Qi Transformation Realm. It shouldn't be a problem for him to break the record."
"That's right. The record on the third level of the Sword Art Palace is 256 shadows. Maybe Senior Brother Long Jun defeated 512 shadows."
"It must be Senior Brother Long Jun. Other than him, no one in the primary area can break the record."
Most of the disciples in the outside world thought that Long Jun had broken the record.
They never thought that Fang Chen would be able to break the record.
At this moment, when Fang Chen broke the record on the first level, he suddenly realized that the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth in the entire small space suddenly entered his body.
In the next moment, Fang Chen realized that his golden heart was beating rapidly. It was as if there was a giant sword in his mind.
It was also at this time that Fang Chen was shocked to find that the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth that entered his body had gathered in his energy center.