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As Li Xiaoyao dropped his blood onto the severed finger, surging spiritual energy, like the sea, flooded into his dantian.

"This power!"

Li Xiaoyao was surprised by the violently increasing spiritual energy within him. In his perception, within the dantian, the fifth Golden Core was rapidly taking shape at an exaggeratedly fast speed.

"Boom!"

The fifth Golden Core successfully condensed, and a wild aura explosively burst forth.

However, the acceleration of his cultivation level did not stop there; the sixth Golden Core promptly began to condense.

In just a few breaths, the sixth Golden Core was successfully condensed, and that overwhelming momentum surged out once again.

With back-to-back breakthroughs, Li Xiaoyao felt his soul being nourished and purified.

The soul of the Eight-Headed Serpent he had devoured not long ago, the unrefined soul power, now taking advantage of this opportunity to merge with the severed finger, was being refined at a terrifying speed, completely assimilating the remaining soul power of the Eight-Headed Serpent.

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The events that occurred in the Hui Country Secret Realm spread at an extremely fast pace throughout the entire Cultivation World.

All cultivators and Spirit Attachers were aware of what happened in the Secret Realm.

They learned that a spirit of the vegetation had appeared in the Secret Realm.

They learned that the Secret Realm attracted countless demon beasts, with the most powerful reaching the pinnacle of the Spirit Condensation Realm. It was rumored that even Nascent Soul Realm beasts were drawn there.

They learned that the Li Family of the Eight Great Sects in Xuan Country had suffered heavy losses, with the Clan Leader and the most talented clan member being devoured by the Secret Realm, their life and death still unknown.

They learned that Xuan Country's number one military prodigy, Ling Tian, had captured all of the Li Family members from Xuan Country.

The Ancient Li Family was angered when they received the news.

Although they had always longed to see Li Chaotian die out there, the moment they learned that not only had Ling Tian seriously injured Li Chaotian, but he also harmed Li Yunchen and Li Tinghai, and even captured them.

This was unbearable!

The Li Family of Xuan Country was also part of the Ancient Li Family; Ling Tian's actions were akin to a slap to the Ancient Li Family's face.

This was an insult the Ancient Li Family could not swallow.

The Ancient Li Family sent people to contact the military of Xuan Country, but all they got was stalling.

You want your people back?

Fine, wait for General Ling Tian to return then we'll talk.

Although the Ancient Li Family was angry, they had no solution. Despite being an Ancient Sect, the opponent was a country—how could they compete?

Ling Tian didn't slow down even after capturing three members of the Li Family. He used various relationships and powers to undermine the Li Family's business interests in Xuan Country and then bribed other forces and sects to deliberately provoke the Li Family. He did this to enrage the Li Family, providing him with an excuse to deal with them.

Furthermore, Ling Tian had also sent people to investigate information about the friends and women in Li Xiaoyao's life.

He quickly received detailed information on Li Xiaoyao's women. He was sitting in the sunroom of the villa, taking out photos from an envelope, looking at each one by one.

Each photo showed Li Xiaoyao's women.

With a sinister smile hanging on his lips, Ling Tian laid the photos flat on the table and said, "Li Xiaoyao, I've said that I would kill all your relatives and friends, and your women—I will kill them all as well. But before killing them, I want to enjoy myself thoroughly."

In a secret military office somewhere.

An old man in military uniform listened to the report from the man in front of him, his frown deepening.

"This Ling Tian, he's getting more and more out of line!" the old man cursed, slamming his palm down on the table.

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"Military Governor, please don't be angry," the man pleaded. "What General Ling Tian is doing actually benefits our country greatly."

"Benefits? Hmph!" the elder lit a cigarette, took two harsh drags, and cursed, "Does he think those from the Ancient Sect and the Eight Great Sects of Xuan Country are fools? To divide and conquer, he's simply causing trouble without reason!"

"If our country really wanted to deal with them, we would have done so long ago. Would we have allowed them to remain until now?"

"The reason our country has always maintained relations with them isn't just for stability, it's more about leveraging their power to deter foreign forces. What a fool!" The Military Governor cursed vehemently, causing cigarette ash to fall onto the desk.

"Tell General Ling Tian to immediately stop and release all members of the Li Family," he commanded.

"Military Governor, this..." the man said, looking troubled, "Wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? Do you not understand the consequences of his actions? He is a fool, are you one as well? Such a significant incident has occurred, and you're just reporting it now? Has your brain been eaten by a dog?" The Military Governor was furious, taking a deep inhale of his cigarette before his mood gradually calmed.

The man glanced at him and said, "Military Governor, there is another matter."

"Another?" The Military Governor's eyebrows furrowed as he scolded, "Spit it out all at once, don't stammer like a woman."

"Yes," the man promptly replied. "According to our observations, General Ling Tian has been collecting information these past few days on the founder of the Dreams Charity Foundation, the CEO of Ling City's Lin Corporation, and..."

"Eh?" The palm lightly eh'd, saying, "These names, why do they sound so familiar?"

The man reminded, "They are Li Xiaoyao's women."

"Li Xiaoyao!" The Military Governor suddenly realized, saying, "I heard that the kid disappeared in the Secret Realm. Why would Ling Tian be investigating his women?"

The man gave an awkward smile and explained, "Li Xiaoyao had a dispute with General Ling Tian in the Secret Realm."

The Military Governor's mind was sharp, and he grasped the man's implication instantly.

"Absurd, sheer nonsense!" If Ling Tian had acted on his own against the Li Family of Xuan Country, he would merely be angry, but now that he knew Ling Tian intended to lay hands on Li Xiaoyao's women, he was truly enraged.

Ling Tian was first and foremost a soldier, and only after that, a cultivator.

No matter how cultivators fought in the Cultivation World, they absolutely did not allow harm to befall family members.

Ling Tian's actions were playing with fire, touching live wires!

If his actions became known, his position in the military would plummet to rock bottom, beyond redemption.

"Get me Ling Tian on the phone!"

Having never seen the Military Governor so enraged, the man immediately took out his phone to dial Ling Tian's number.

"Beep beep~"

"Hello, Counselor Liang, what do you need?"

Before Counselor Liang had a chance to speak, the Military Governor snatched the phone and bellowed, "I don't care where you are—immediately, right now, get back to the military camp!"

After cursing, the Military Governor slammed the phone down.

On the other end of the call, General Ling Tian paused for a few seconds after hearing the berating, then smirked derisively.

He wasn't taking it seriously at all.

For someone with such formidable personal power, the rules and laws of the mundane world could no longer restrain him.

Such was the so-called freedom.

Ling Tian looked at the photo, slowly stood up from the ground, stretched his body, and said, "Let's finish this sooner rather than later."

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