Back on Earth, I am the only cultivator.

As night deepened, Wu Fan gently covered his younger sister with the blanket and tucked the corners in.

Originally, he wanted to go back to his room to sleep alone. After all, he hadn't been back for ten years, and he wanted to take a good look at his "doghouse".

Helpless, Wu Xi refused no matter what she said.

She clung to Wu Fan's arm, looking pitiful, and said that what happened today had caused her serious psychological trauma. She would have nightmares if she slept alone and needed her brother to stay with her and coax her to sleep.

Seeing his younger sister's aggrieved look, as if she was about to cry if he didn't agree, Wu Fan couldn't bring himself to say a single "no."

Only after confirming that the little girl in his arms was completely asleep did Wu Fan carefully pull his arm out and gently close the door.

He opened his bedroom, which he hadn't lived in for ten years.

"Squeak"

The door opened, and a smell that was both strange and familiar wafted out.

The bedroom was simply furnished with a desk, a bed, and a wardrobe.

The tabletop and the floor were spotless, just as they were when he left ten years ago, as if time had been paused here.

In the afternoon, his sister told him that when their parents were alive, they always cleaned this room. They always said that it should be kept clean so that their son could move in if he suddenly came back one day.

After her parents passed away, she took over the task, cleaning the place inside and out every week, because she firmly believed that her brother would come back one day.

Now that my brother is finally back, this room is finally coming in handy.

Thinking of this, Wu Fan felt a lump in his throat and his eyes instantly welled up with tears.

He walked into the room, his fingers brushing over the desk, the wooden stool, the wardrobe, and the edge of the bed in turn.

Close your eyes and feel the traces left by your family.

"Father, Mother, we will be reunited one day!"

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, all his emotions had subsided, and his gaze became calm and still.

He needed to clear his mind of distractions, begin his cultivation, and restore his strength!

The cultivation technique he practiced was called the "Heavenly Evolution Chaos Technique".

This is a supreme immortal technique that cultivates both body and spirit. In another world, Wu Fan relied on this technique to advance rapidly, eventually reaching the pinnacle and achieving the great feat of becoming an Immortal Emperor.

This cultivation method is extremely comprehensive, progressing from the initial stage of Qi cultivation to the realm of Immortal Emperor. It is divided into two main parts: "Mortal Cultivation to Immortality" and "Immortal Enlightenment."

Among them, the "Mortal Cultivation" records nine major realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcending.

Each major realm is further divided into nine minor realms. Once one reaches perfection, one can attempt to comprehend the Dao of Heaven, attract a tribulation of lightning, and break through to the next major realm.

For cultivators, each breakthrough to a major realm brings an exponential surge in strength, a truly earth-shattering change.

Although Wu Fan has forcibly returned as an Immortal Emperor, his cultivation level has dropped to the first level of Foundation Establishment, but his Immortal Emperor origin remains intact, and his Dao heart is as firm as a rock.

In this degenerate age of spiritual depletion, he is almost invincible!

"Buzz"

As the Heavenly Evolution Chaos Technique rapidly circulated, Wu Fan's body seemed to instantly transform into a bottomless black hole.

The extremely thin and invisible spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surrounding air surged wildly toward Wu Fan's body as if it were being fatally attracted!

Centered on him, an invisible vortex of spiritual energy is rapidly forming and expanding!

Bedroom, living room, the entire building, the whole neighborhood...

The sparse spiritual energy was completely absorbed, and the small sea of ​​spiritual energy in the dantian expanded and surged at a visible speed.

In just a few hours, his cultivation level rose rapidly, from the first level of Foundation Establishment to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment!

The area within a radius of several miles centered on him has become a completely lifeless "empty zone".

"call"

Wu Fan slowly opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, and felt the spiritual energy within his body, which was more than a hundred times stronger than before. He couldn't help but frown and sigh softly:

"The spiritual energy is still too thin!"

Simply by pushing his cultivation level from the first level of Foundation Establishment to the ninth level of perfection, he had already swept away all the spiritual energy within a radius of several miles.

Thinking that the demand for spiritual energy would increase exponentially in later realms, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

If one relies solely on breathing in such meager spiritual energy, let alone returning to the Immortal Emperor realm, even recovering to the Tribulation Transcending stage cultivation level would be a distant prospect.

"It seems I must go out and look for opportunities."

His mind raced, and he quickly decided on his next plan:

"But before that, I need to break through to the Golden Core stage. Tomorrow night, I'll find a secluded place and summon the tribulation lightning."

After all, undergoing a tribulation in an urban residential area would be too noisy. It would be a minor disturbance to the neighbors, but to suddenly attract a thunderstorm in the dead of winter would be too shocking and would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.

……

Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the city.

There is a magnificent building with neon lights adorning its exterior; this building is the Wanjing Casino.

At this moment, in the CEO's office on the top floor of the building, a young man with a somewhat effeminate appearance was staring at the computer screen in front of him with a gloomy expression.

His name is Li Gou, one of the heirs of the Li Group and the true controller of the underground world of Mencheng.

The screen was playing on a loop the surveillance footage of the bloody conflict that had occurred outside the West City Police Station during the day.

Beside him stood an elderly man dressed in a Tang suit with a ruddy complexion.

"Uncle Zheng, what do you think about this?"

Li Gou stood up and looked at the old man.

The elderly man, addressed as Uncle Zheng, bowed slightly, his gaze still sharply fixed on the screen, and said in a deep voice:

"Judging from the expressions and behavior of Biao Zai and the other two, they were most likely hypnotized, which doesn't seem like the ability of martial artists."

"Young Master Li, look here."

As he spoke, he pointed to the surveillance footage. Before being attacked, Bird didn't look at Biao Zai, who was about to hurt him. Instead, he craned his neck in fear and looked in another direction.

"Here, his behavior is extremely abnormal. Even though a deadly threat is right in front of him, he looks away."

"Unless, he discovers the real mastermind behind it all."

"And following the direction of his gaze, the prime suspects were the young man and woman who had just come out of the police station."

"I've already checked. That girl borrowed money from us not long ago. Today, Little Bird sent Biaozi over to their house to collect the debt."

"Therefore, it is certain that this incident is inextricably linked to the two of them."

After listening to Uncle Zheng's analysis, Li Gou's gaze settled on Wu Fan and Wu Xi in the surveillance footage.

He stared at Wu Fan's calm face, then looked at the pitiful girl clinging tightly to his arm beside him, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

"Interesting! Very interesting!"