Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

"That's right." Xia Jin coldly uttered two words, a flash of murderous intent disappearing in her eyes.

Almost simultaneously, the hall fell into complete silence.

Several breaths passed before Zhou Suxin was the first to come to her senses.

Her beautiful face turned ashen, her eyes blazing with fury: "If what my husband says is true, then it's not just us, it's practically everyone in the Mirage Realm who has been deceived by those three!"

Zhou Suxin suddenly remembered something and twitched her pinky finger slightly.

"No wonder I once saw a record in the sect's notes left behind by the Hehuan Sword Sect."

"The record states that about ten thousand years ago, there should have been five Saint Realm beings in the Mirage Cloud Realm, but for some unknown reason, two of them unexpectedly perished one after another within a short period of three hundred years."

"I remember that the journal recorded that their deaths were not caused by the alien race, but rather they suddenly perished while in seclusion."

Zhou Suxin raised her head, her gaze meeting Xia Jin's, but she suddenly felt a chill run through her body: "At the time, I found it strange that a dignified Saint Realm expert could perish so inexplicably while in seclusion?"

"But if we consider what my husband said today, the fall of those two predecessors is very likely related to those three!"

Xia Jin sneered: "It's not just highly likely, it's definitely related to those three old ghosts!!"

Now that he has stepped into the Holy Realm, he naturally knows the terror of its existence.

Especially with that Saint Pill that was formed after breaking through to the Saint Realm, even if one suffers a qi deviation during seclusion, at most it will only damage the soul, and it will absolutely not be fatal!

"Those three old ghosts have been entrenched in the Mirage Realm for tens of thousands of years. On the surface, they are the masters of the three holy lands guarding the Mirage Realm, but secretly they are using this method to devour those of the same realm in order to maintain their own lifespan and cultivation. Therefore..."

"Until I am absolutely certain that I can handle those three old ghosts working together, I must not let them know that I have already reached the Saint Realm."

Leng Yuexi and the others exchanged glances and then nodded in unison. "Husband, rest assured! Apart from us, no one else will know the secret that you have already achieved the Saint Realm!"

However, Zhou Suxin frowned again at this moment.

After a moment of contemplation, she looked at Xia Jin and said, "Husband, even if we keep quiet, once this great battle is over, the fact that our Heavenly Alliance suffered such a near-complete loss in Fengyuan Prefecture will inevitably attract the attention of many forces in the Mirage Realm."

"At that time, all forces, including those three old ghosts, will inevitably turn their attention to my husband. Even if my husband deliberately hides his cultivation level, he will probably still arouse their curiosity."

These words immediately made the atmosphere in the hall heavy again.

But in the midst of this silence, Xia Jin suddenly smiled.

"Therefore," Xia Jin said, standing with her hands behind her back, "my true form will leave the Mirage Realm in three days."

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

"Leave the Mirage Realm?" Xia Yu asked in a startled voice. "Brother, where are you going?"

Xia Jin turned around, a slow smile playing on his lips: "I'm going to seek an opportunity. If all goes well, when I return..." His voice deepened slightly, and two terrifying beams of light shot from his eyes, "Even if those three old ghosts join forces, they will no longer be a match for me!"

......

For the next three days, Xia Jin barely had a moment's rest.

In a specially constructed secret chamber deep underground within the Heavenly Alliance, Xia Jin's true form sat cross-legged, with two objects floating in front of her.

One was the corpse of the progenitor of the Corpse Clan, exuding overwhelming corpse energy, and the other was the heart of a corpse embryo that looked like a living thing.

The two things originally came from the same source, and now, under the guidance of Xia Jin's Saintly Realm power, they began to continuously merge their powers together.

The air inside the sealed room was thick with the stench of death, and a chilling wind howled.

However, Xia Jin remained calm, and the power of the Saint Realm poured out, forcibly reforging the two disintegrated bodies into one.

On the third day, the body and heart completely merged.

The body of the progenitor of the Corpse Clan, which had originally looked somewhat withered, visibly swelled up at this moment, with a layer of dark golden luster emanating from its muscles.

An extremely terrifying aura suddenly erupted from his body, actually touching the threshold of the Saint Realm!

"Just as I predicted, after complete fusion, the power unleashed by this corpse should be at the initial stage of the Saint Realm!!" Xia Jin looked at the corpse of the progenitor of the Corpse Clan floating in front of her and nodded in satisfaction.

"Hmm!?" A cold glint flashed in Xia Jin's eyes.

Because he saw a wisp of intelligence about to take shape between the eyebrows of the corpse.

Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and struck down with his palm.

"Destroy".

The immense power of the Holy Realm completely erased that wisp of consciousness that had just begun to recover.

"Since you're just a corpse, then obediently serve me. Don't even think about regaining your intelligence and turning back into your so-called progenitor of the corpse race!" Xia Jin's lips curled up slightly, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

Such subtle actions could not escape his notice.

From then on, the corpse truly became a puppet.

The sun mark between Xia Jin's eyebrows suddenly lit up, and a white flame shot directly at the corpse, quickly imprinting itself on her soul.

Having done all this, he raised his hand and waved it, and his avatar emerged from the void.

Xia Jin gazed at her avatar, her expression turning solemn: "Fellow Daoist, after I depart, the Heavenly Alliance will rely on your protection. This corpse of the Corpse Clan's progenitor will be entrusted to your care!"

The avatar was slightly taken aback, then returned the greeting with a cupped-hand salute.

"Fellow Daoist, please rest assured. As long as the Heavenly Alliance exists, I will exist."

Xia Jin didn't say anything more. The void beneath his feet began to shatter continuously, and the next moment his figure disappeared into the secret chamber.

He didn't say goodbye to Zhou Suxin and the other two women, nor did he go to see Xia Yu. Instead, he left Tianmeng directly.

At the edge of the Mirage Realm, a tall, slender figure stepped out from a rift in the void; it was Xia Jin.

He glanced back at the vast, desolate land behind him, his expression complex, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

"This time, on our way to that isolated island in the Boundless Sea, we must not take the same old route that Ye Sanshu took back then, otherwise we will pass through the territory of the Golden Wing Clan. Given the extreme caution of that Sacred Crimson Halberd, he must have remembered my aura when we fought him back then."

"If we were to make a move on the territory of the Golden-Winged Clan, it would be easy to expose our presence and be recognized."

Xia Jin frowned slightly, secretly making plans in her mind.

He just wanted to go quietly this time and make a fortune without lifting a finger!

"It seems that the best option is to go through the demon race's territory and take a detour to the Boundless Sea."

"Although it's a longer route, it's much safer than taking the route of the Golden-Winged Clan."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Jin's figure disappeared outside the Mirage Cloud Realm.

Half an hour later, a human appeared in the territory of the demon race.