Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

"Owner!"

Ren Dahai was the first to greet him, his face full of excitement.

Behind him, Ling Huanzi, Wu Yuezi, Zhu Ping, and several others also rushed over, bowing and addressing him as "Master."

Chen Fan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the group of people.

Ling Huanzi was sitting cross-legged in meditation, his aura calm and steady, clearly indicating that he was attempting to reach a higher realm.

Ren Dahai was busy inscribing array patterns all over the sect. As for Wu Yuezi and Zhu Ping... Chen Fan scanned them with his divine sense and found that the two of them were still fast asleep.

"Get up, everyone!" Chen Fan said with a laugh.

Wu Yuezi and Zhu Ping jumped up in surprise, their faces full of embarrassment.

"Master...why are you here?" Ren Dahai asked, rubbing his hands together.

"I've come to see you all," Chen Fan said, his hands behind his back. "These years without us have been tough."

Upon hearing this, Ren Dahai and the others' eyes reddened slightly, and they all shook their heads, saying it wasn't hard work.

Without saying much, Chen Fan waved his hand, and the golden bowl flashed with light!

Wei Gonggong, Ji Daozi, Shi San, Xiao Die, Hei Feng, and Da Hei Gou all appeared in the sect square.

"Our family...is out?" Eunuch Wei, with his delicate fingers raised, squinted and looked around in disbelief.

Jidaozi was so excited he jumped up and down: "Master! I knew you would let us out! Hahaha!"

Shi San still looked as honest and simple as ever, carrying a hoe covered in mud, wearing a coarse cloth short coat and straw sandals, standing out somewhat out of place among the crowd.

Xiaodie, her eyes red, ran to Chen Fan, looked him up and down, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming he was alright: "Father-in-law... are you alright?"

"What could possibly happen to our family?" Chen Fan said with a smile, patting her shoulder.

However, before everyone could catch up, the square erupted in chaos.

"Awoo!"

The big black dog's eyes widened as soon as it landed, staring intently at the little flower lying in the corner.

Little Flower, the fat cat, was also stunned. Its fur stood on end, and it turned and ran away!

"Dead cat! Stop!" Black Wind took off chasing after it, the horse and dog rampaging across the square, causing chaos and panic!

"Black Wind! You stop right there!" Ji Daozi was so angry he jumped up and down.

"Stop chasing! Stop chasing! That's our cat!" Eunuch Wei shouted from behind.

But no one could stop it.

Little Flower was chased all over the yard, her chubby body knocking over several flowerpots. The black dog barked wildly behind her, and Black Wind kicked around beside her, turning the entire Yin Corpse Sect into chaos in an instant.

Chen Fan watched this scene with a slight smile on his lips, but he didn't seem to care.

He walked to the side with his hands behind his back and sat down. Looking at the noisy crowd, a rare gentleness appeared in his eyes.

"Stop making a scene," he said, his voice not loud, but it silenced everyone.

The crowd gathered around.

Looking at the people who had followed him all the way, Chen Fan was filled with emotion.

Wei Gonggong, Jidaozi, Shi San, Xiaodie, Ren Dahai, Ling Huanzi... Some of these people were brought out by him from the Great Abyss, while others were recruited along the way. Without exception, they all accompanied him through this sealed land.

"These past years have been tough for everyone," Chen Fan said slowly. "Our family has been working tirelessly outside, and it's all thanks to you all for keeping this business afloat."

"Master, you flatter me!" Ren Dahai said, clasping his hands in a fist salute. "If it weren't for your shelter back then, we wouldn't be where we are today!"

Even Eunuch Wei became unusually serious, raising his pinky finger and saying, "Our family has been farming here for so many years, we've accumulated some wealth..."

At this point, his eyes darted around, and he looked at Chen Fan: "Father-in-law, now that you're back, shouldn't you let our family rest a bit?"

Chen Fan smiled but remained silent.

He paused, his gaze falling on Eunuch Wei: "Eunuch Wei, I remember you've accumulated quite a bit over the years. Bring out all the resources you've gathered—spirit stones, pills, cultivation techniques… let's share them and cultivate diligently."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Wei's face lit up with joy, and his eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

He immediately started rummaging through his storage bag, muttering, "I knew... the old eunuch wouldn't mistreat you..."

Elixirs, spirit stones, jade slips, magical artifacts... piled up all over the floor.

Ren Dahai, Ling Huanzi, and the others stared wide-eyed.

"Don't be shy, take whatever you like." Chen Fan waved his hand. "I'll need your help a lot in the future."

Everyone expressed their gratitude, and the atmosphere became warm and harmonious.

Ji Daozi grinned from ear to ear while holding a bottle of pills, Zhu Ping happily picked out cultivation techniques, Shi San awkwardly carried a pile of spirit stones, unsure where to put them, and Xiao Die stood quietly behind Chen Fan with a faint smile on her face.

Eunuch Wei, even more smug, stood with his hands on his hips and directed the crowd: "Line up! One at a time! Don't rush, don't grab..."

Amidst all this laughter and joy!

"boom!!!"

A deafening roar suddenly resounded throughout the world!

The sound seemed to come down from the heavens or surge from the depths of the earth, and the entire sealed land trembled violently in that instant!

The smiles on everyone's faces froze instantly.

Chen Fan slowly raised his head.

Above the sky, a colossal Dharma image slowly took shape!

It was an old man dressed in a tattered black robe, his hair and beard completely white, his face withered, like a dried corpse. But his eyes were terrifyingly bright, surging with a terrifying bloodlust!

The Ancestor of the Soul Refining Sect!

He broke the seal twenty years ahead of schedule!

"After slumbering for millennia, I awaken to find such a bustling scene..."

The hoarse voice echoed throughout the sealed land, carrying a hint of amusement and an overwhelming sense of pressure.

The aura of the initial stage of fusion poured down like a mountain, covering thousands of miles!

Within the sealed land, all living beings in the Great Abyss Imperial City trembled under this oppressive force. Countless mortals knelt on the ground, their faces ashen, feeling as if the sky had collapsed.

"It's over...it's over..."

"That old devil has come out..."

"The seal is broken...we're all going to die..."

Cries and screams of despair came from all directions.

Inside the Yin Corpse Sect, Ren Dahai and the others were pale-faced, Ling Huanzi was trembling all over, Ji Daozi clenched his fists, and Eunuch Wei's face was ashen.

Only Chen Fan remained standing still, hands behind his back, motionless.

He looked up at the image of the Dharma in the sky, his gaze as calm as if he were looking at a falling leaf.

Peak of the tribulation.

This is the result of his years of arduous self-cultivation abroad.

From the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, to Deity Transformation, to Void Refinement, to Body Integration, and then to Mahayana... finally reaching the peak of Tribulation Transcending, just one step away from ascending to the Immortal Realm.

The pressure from the early-stage Nascent Soul Realm patriarch of the Soul Refining Sect was nothing more than a joke in his eyes.

"Oh……"

Chen Fan suddenly chuckled softly.

His gaze shifted from the image of the Dharma to the distant horizon.

That's the direction of the Grass Valley.

The place where Tianxiangzi grows.

The woman who gave her life to save him, the Daoist companion he desperately wanted to revive.

"Tian Xiangzi..."

Chen Fan murmured to himself, a barely perceptible hint of sadness flashing in his eyes.

The wind blew across the Yin Corpse Sect's plaza, ruffling his robes.

Behind him, Eunuch Wei, Jidaozi, Xiaodie, and the others held their breath, watching his back.

a long time.

Chen Fan withdrew his gaze and let out a slow sigh.

That sigh was very soft, yet it seemed to carry the weight of ten thousand years.

Then, he raised his head, his gaze sharpening like a knife once more, staring directly at the arrogant image in the sky, his voice calm yet clear, echoing in all directions:

"Ancestor...so what if you came out twenty years earlier?"

He paused, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"I've said it before... a hundred years from now, I'll come and personally behead you."

"It hasn't even been a century yet... and you're already getting impatient."

With his hands behind his back, Chen Fan released the aura of a peak Tribulation Transcending expert like a tide, instantly pushing back the pressure of the Soul Refining Sect patriarch's early-stage Integration Realm power!

In the sky, the image of the Soul Refining Sect's patriarch stiffened slightly.

For the first time, a hint of seriousness appeared in those blood-red eyes.

"you……"

Chen Fan did not speak again.

He simply turned around, looked at the old friends behind him who were also gazing at the sky, and said calmly:

"Don't be afraid."

"We're here."