After killing Sang Chong, Chen Fan returned to the Peach Blossom Valley.
The valley was all but destroyed, and the peach blossom miasma that once filled the area had dissipated.
Without the peach blossom miasma clouding their minds, the women came back to their senses one after another.
When Chen Fan returned, these women had already gotten dressed and were sobbing in each other’s arms.
“Thank you, sir benefactor, for saving us from the abyss of suffering.”
The women knelt in unison and bowed, expressing their gratitude.
These women were all extremely beautiful, each with moving, tear-stained faces.
Without Chen Fan's intervention, their primeval Yin would have been drained, leaving them as dried corpses—something they had witnessed many times before.
“No need to thank me. You should all quickly leave.” Chen Fan sighed.
After these women left, Chen Fan blew up the evil treasure, Peach Blossom Valley, destroying it.
“What, Chen Fan completed another high-difficulty mission!”
“The Eastern Continent Evil Fiend has also died in his hands!”
“How many missions does that make?”
Time flew by, day after day. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed.
During this period, Chen Fan was constantly either completing missions or traveling to them.
It had been a productive time for him, and over the course of that year and a half, he completed numerous missions, amassing countless merit points.
Those who knew of his achievements were envious, but no one dared to say anything openly.
Chen Fan had earned all of this by risking his life. That wasn’t an exaggeration—he had barely escaped death countless times.
At first, the missions he took on were challenging but not unreasonable.
However, as he completed missions one after another, Chen Fan’s cultivation also kept rising in the process. Thus, the difficulty of the missions he took on also increased further.
When he was at the fifth-level Heavenly Star realm, the missions Chen Fan took on were already those that no Heavenly Star realm experts would dare to accept.
The difficulty of those missions was so high that it could simply scare any Heavenly Star realm martial artist to death.
Even a monster-class genius like Chen Fan would only have a very slim chance of surviving, let alone ordinary people.
Many of those involved in the missions were old monsters and old freaks who had cultivated for seven to eight hundred years, perhaps even over a thousand years. They all had terrifyingly powerful cultivation and deep foundations, existences that could fight above their level.
It was already challenging for someone with extraordinary combat strength like Chen Fan to escape the grasp of these old devils.
Chen Fan’s shallow cultivation meant his foundation was not robust. The difference in strength compared to those old-timers, who had spent centuries in their realms, was like night and day.
At the very beginning, some old timers, seeing his youth and low cultivation, underestimated him. However, they quickly learned their mistake when he suddenly unleashed his immense strength and caught them off guard, killing them.
News of Chen Fan taking on such missions spread, entering the ears of some other old monsters. They soon recognized him as a killing god specializing in hunting them.
Consequently, those old monsters stopped underestimating him and treated him as a significant threat, bringing their full strength to bear.
Chen Fan was beaten to a pulp on numerous occasions, his tendons tearing apart, his bones cracking and his organs rupturing. If not for the boundless power of the Hegemonic Golden Body, he would have been blown away.
On several occasions, Chen Fan narrowly escaped death by relying on his fearless ferocity to take down his opponents, even while suffering severe injuries himself.
Through these experiences, he learned that there was always someone stronger.
Although the Peerless Peak claimed to be unrivaled, it didn’t mean no one could challenge them.
Nevertheless, Chen Fan improved rapidly.
These old monsters he had killed all had terrifyingly strong dao wills. His Chaos Will devoured all their wills, becoming significantly stronger. That allowed Chen Fan’s cultivation to soar from the third-level Heavenly Star realm to the fifth-level Heavenly Star realm in just a year and a half.
Furthermore, it wasn’t only his cultivation; the various martial arts he practiced also advanced rapidly through life-and-death battles. They broke through one after another, and his Hegemonic Golden Body had reached level 12.
Chen Fan could confidently say that no one under the Manifestation realm could kill him!
“There’s still half a year until the True Martial Assembly. I won’t take on any more missions. I need to spend some time consolidating my training during this period and stabilize my foundation.”
A light of wisdom flickered in Chen Fan’s eyes.
His rapid breakthrough to the fifth-level Heavenly Star realm was due to the life-and-death battles he endured and his ability to devour others’ Martial Dao Wills.
His Martial Dao Will, Chaos, could embrace all things and uniquely fuse with other people’s Martial Dao Wills to strengthen his own.
If anyone else had attempted to break through two small realms in a year and a half, they would have been considered peerless geniuses for merely advancing by one level. The vast majority of people would have made no headway.
Comprehending a Martial Dao Will was difficult, and strengthening one’s Martial Dao Will after comprehending it was even more difficult.
Many martial artists get stuck at the first-level Heavenly Star realm after comprehending a Martial Dao Will and entering the Heavenly Star realm.
“I have over a hundred million merit points now. Not using such a huge fortune and just letting it sit would be a waste.”
Chen Fan shot into the sky, flying toward the Merit Hall to exchange for some metal-attributed treasures.
He didn’t lack martial arts; he owned more than one or two heaven-tier martial arts. Enhancing his Martial Dao Will would take time, especially since he needed to focus on consolidating his cultivation. Naturally, he aimed to improve his Hegemonic Golden Body.
As the overlord of the eastern continent, the True Martial Academy had a rich collection, so they were sure to have quite a few metal-attributed treasures. He could quickly improve the strength of his Hegemonic Golden Body after getting them.
On this day, while practicing at Peerless Peak, Chen Fan suddenly saw Jian Qi descend, bringing someone with him—Li Yao.
Chen Fan stopped his practice and opened his eyes.
“Seventh Senior Brother.”
Being the straightforward person that he was, Jian Qi said, “He’s looking for you for some urgent matters, so I brought him here directly.”
“Many thanks, Senior Brother.”
“You guys talk.” Jian Qi replied before leaving.
Chen Fan glanced at Li Yao, surprised to see that he had also advanced to the Heavenly Star realm. He truly deserved to be the top person of the Hong Domain’s younger generation.
Chen Fan asked, “What brings you here?”
Li Yao said, “Something big has happened in the Hong Domain!”