In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

Therefore, even with her profound skill, it would be quite an achievement if Lü Zhi could only master three or four of the techniques.

If she weren't Lü Su's older sister, and had an extremely noble destiny, Zhang Sheng would never have been able to marry Lü Zhi as his principal wife.

Back then, Zhang Xiaoshan and Lü Gong's final persuasion, coupled with Liu Ji's death at his hands, forced him to take over and inherit the destiny of being the 'Lord of the Nine Provinces'.

Lü Zhi and Lü Su made extremely rapid progress, while Zhang Sheng made even greater progress.

Over the past year, although Zhang Sheng, who obtained the Dragon Pearl from the Dragon Vein, could not directly control it, he could also directly use the power of the Dragon Vein to cultivate, thanks to the return of the Dragon Pearl from the Changbai Mountain Dragon Vein.

In a short period of time, he not only reached the tenth level of the Pure Yang Realm, but his Heavenly Demon Body also directly crossed the peak of the entry level and entered the minor completion level.

This is already equivalent to the Nine Cauldrons Realm.

However, at this level, he could only hold out against Chi Yuan for a short time.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng was helping Lü Su cultivate, so that she could enter the Grandmaster realm as quickly as possible.

A year ago, Chi Yuan sent the Dragon Pearl.

When Zhang Sheng faced Chi Yuan, even though Zhang Sheng's true qi had surpassed that of most grandmasters, he was still completely overwhelmed by the Xuan Yin demonic qi and had no power to resist.

However, Zhang Sheng did not reveal the Nine Cauldrons Divine Skill because he knew it would be useless to do so.

Unless he can break through the twelfth level of the Pure Yang Divine Skill and combine it with the power of the Nine Cauldrons, he will be able to contend with Chi You's Demonic Skill.

To defeat Chi Yuan, besides mastering the Heavenly Demon Body, he considered another possibility—

Flying Immortal Sword Technique!

This is a sword technique that Zhang Xiaoshan and Yaoyue co-created years ago. Although it only made a stunning appearance once, Zhang Sheng felt that the combined power of pure Yang and pure Yin might be able to rival Chi Yuan.

After Lü Su broke through to the ninth level of the Pure Yin Divine Skill, Zhang Sheng began to cultivate the Flying Immortal Sword Technique in seclusion with Lü Su.

However, Lü Su had not broken through the Pure Yin realm, so she could not achieve true union.

Therefore, Zhang Sheng went into seclusion to assist Lü Su in cultivating the Nine Yin Divine Skill, striving to reach the peak of the ninth level as soon as possible and enter the tenth level of pure Yin realm.

Moreover, after Zhang Sheng entered the Pure Yang Realm, with the blessing of destiny, his progress was so rapid that by the time Lü Su reached the peak of the ninth level, he would have been able to reach the peak of the tenth level as well.

"The ninth level of my cultivation has finally been stabilized. In another year, I should be able to attempt to break through to the Pure Yin Realm!"

Under the prevailing circumstances, Lü Su made rapid progress.

It should be noted that even talented women like Liu Sheng Piaoxu and Huang Rong took ten years to reach the ninth level of the realm.

Another ten years have passed since I entered the Grandmaster level.

However, in terms of experience and knowledge, Lü Su was far inferior to Liu Sheng Piaoxu, Huang Rong, and other women.

Lu Su was merely a substitute in terms of skill, while Liu Sheng Piaoxu had developed his own martial arts path, and each of them had reached the pinnacle of their skills.

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Three years after three years!

After the uprising in Kyushu, warlords vied for power, and the country was divided among various states.

After a series of battles, the world gradually fell into three parts. The Zhang family swept across the north and occupied the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and the Yellow River and Huai River plains; Western Chu occupied the southeast and used the Yangtze River as a natural barrier.

With Baling as its core, the Jiuli tribe expanded southward to Yunnan and Guizhou, westward to Sichuan, and northward to Hanzhong.

Although the rebel armies supported by those Jianghu forces were strong and well-equipped, the battles between the two armies were not just simple clashes.

After several exchanges, they were almost completely overwhelmed, with the other side having no chance to resist.

In the Miao region, there are twelve golden men who can kill gods and Buddhas alike.

The Zhang family possesses armored chariots, and even mechanical beasts such as the Qilin, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Azure Dragon (827).

While the Western Chu, seemingly only a military strategist, possesses unparalleled divine strength, Xiang Shaoyu, who is a god of war who has broken the cauldrons and sunk the boats; the earth-shattering plans of the Farmer's School and the Mohist School are actually aimed at supporting the Western Chu in destroying the Qin; with the addition of the Sword Saint Gai Nie, the Yin Yang School's Donghuang Taiyi, and the Quicksand Wei Zhuang, the strength of the Western Chu should not be underestimated.

Only with such power could Western Chu contend with Miao Jiang and the Zhang family.

Even so, Western Chu was still the weakest of the three major warlords.

After all, Chi Yuan and Zhang Sheng were both Grandmasters, and their strength could reach the pinnacle of the Nine Provinces. They were simply incomparable to the masters of the Hundred Schools of Thought in Western Chu.

Moreover, Zhang Sheng not only has the support of experts from the Zhang family, but also the assistance of experts from the Taoist Tianzong, the Imperial Meng Tian, ​​and Dongjun Yanfei.

In terms of strength, the Zhang family is the most powerful among them.

However, even the weakest of the three, Western Chu, swept away all the rebel armies and recovered the territory of the former Chu state in just three years!

Three years later, in the tenth year since the Dragon Emperor's fall, Chi Yuan was finally defeated by Zhang Sheng's mastery of the Heavenly Demon's Great Perfection. Later, he was severely injured by the Flying Immortal Sword Technique while wielding the Chi You Demon Sword and was forced to retreat to Miao territory.

Thus, the Nine Provinces were once again unified, and the people's hearts were with them.

This was both expected and unexpected.

The Zhang family was originally the support of the people, but Zhang Sheng was able to conquer Chi Yuan and replace Zhang Xiaoshan as the number one person in the Nine Provinces in ten years, which can be described as legendary.

Chapter 891 Breaking Through the Barrier and Changing Circumstances

Three years after three years!

Inside the secret chamber of Peach Blossom Island, Zhang Xiaoshan sat cross-legged, his entire body radiating like a blazing sun, impossible to look at directly.

Having surpassed the realm of the Twelfth Level Pure Yang Divine Skill, Zhang Xiaoshan's own Pure Yang Purple Qi, refined to its extreme, radiated a temperature as intense as the sun, enough to melt metal.

Even as you approach, the entire secret chamber is enveloped in a scorching crimson light.

Zhang Xiaoshan originally planned to go into seclusion for three years, or at most five years.

However, the Heavenly Demon Body is unfathomable. Zhang Xiaoshan easily broke through to the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Demon Body, but his Divine Technique has hit a bottleneck.

The Nine Provinces Cauldron in Zhang Xiaoshan's sea of ​​consciousness was not merely a manifestation of his pure Yang primordial spirit, but a supreme divine object composed of Heavenly Dao divine patterns. Therefore, during the fusion process, Zhang Xiaoshan was trapped in the predicament of 'a day in the mountains is like a thousand years in the world'.

He appeared to be in a state of enlightenment, but in reality, he was trapped inside the Nine Provinces Divine Cauldron.

It wasn't until Zhang Sheng unified the nine provinces and was blessed with good fortune that Zhang Xiaoshan had any hope of breaking through the barrier.

After all, the tripod is a divine object that governs the nine provinces and governs the destiny of the nation.

Zhang Xiaoshan lacks nothing except luck.

Merit is not luck; the Zhang family are merely merchants. What truly matters is the gathering of good fortune.

Therefore, when Zhang Sheng unified the Nine Provinces, the Zhang family's fortune increased dramatically. As the core of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiaoshan was naturally blessed and protected by the fortune of the Nine Provinces, thus breaking through this Heavenly Dao barrier.

Combined with the flow of fortune, the Nine Provinces Cauldron was now radiating a vast and magnificent aura as it turned.

Thump! Thump! Thump...

Deep within the nine primordial spirits, Zhang Xiaoshan suddenly awoke from his seclusion, amidst the resounding torrents of a great bell.

Divine light burst forth, and primordial energy, like a torrent, transformed into a great sun behind him.

At the same time, golden divine patterns appeared on Zhang Xiaoshan's body, a power similar to the Undying Demon Body.

However, one is righteous and the other is evil. This is evolved from the supreme yang power of dragon's saliva, and is the supreme yang, supreme strength and supreme righteous divine power in the world. It is magnificent and vast, and is supremely righteous and pure.

Moreover, in order to cultivate the Heavenly Demon God Body, Zhang Xiaoshan directly spent 500,000 merits.

It can be said that his body is no less than that of a supreme divine object.

"Finally, I've broken through!"

The Heavenly Demon is immortal, its mighty cauldron will forever rule the Nine Provinces!

At this moment, the power that Zhang Xiaoshan possessed was that of a true god or demon, not like Chi Yuan, a puppet controlled by power.

If Zhang Xiaoshan were to face Chi Yuan again, he wouldn't need to go all out; the power of his divine body alone would be enough to suppress Chi Yuan's indestructible demonic body.

Although the Undying Demon Body is domineering, it is only at the peak of the Nine Cauldrons level of external cultivation, and at most its indestructible characteristic is somewhat tricky.

However, even with the Heavenly Demon Body, the Great Completion Realm surpasses the Nine Cauldrons level.

Moreover, the primordial spirit power of the Nine Provinces Cauldron is a more domineering and terrifying force than the divine body, and it is simply incomparable to the Undying Demon Body.

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"Master!"

Jiang Xue, who was tidying up the flower garden, suddenly looked at Zhang Xiaoshan, who had just emerged from seclusion, in disbelief.

Nine years!

They were constantly worried about Zhang Xiaoshan, who was in seclusion. It had been almost ten years since the three-year or five-year agreement was made.

If it weren't for the fact that the Shana sisters relied on the Demon Seed to sense that Zhang Xiaoshan's Pure Yang Primordial Spirit was still at its peak, they might have been preparing to break open the Dragon-Slaying Stone to investigate what was inside.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaoshan has finally emerged from seclusion after nine years.

"Well, I'm glad you're okay!"

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoshan's cultivation level was such that no sound could escape his notice throughout Peach Blossom Island.

Not only has his physical cultivation surpassed the Nine Cauldrons level, but his primordial spirit has also reached a new realm. Like radar, he can sense the slightest movement within a thousand feet radius, and even the sound of wind blowing through flowers and dew dripping cannot escape his notice.

If there's any significant commotion, it won't escape his notice within a ten-mile radius.

He knew this place was still a paradise, and that all the women were safe and sound, so he was naturally relieved.

As for the outside?

From the feedback of fortune from the Nine Provinces Cauldron within his primordial spirit, he knew that Zhang Sheng had succeeded; otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly been blessed with good fortune.

"By the way, Zhong'er hasn't returned yet?"

When Mirage set sail, the plan was to return in five years, but now it has been ten years.

He couldn't hear Xuan Nu and Zhang Zhong's voices on the island, and couldn't help but worry that the two might have encountered problems at sea.

After all, the ocean is treacherous and unpredictable; anything can happen.

"Don't worry, young master, the young master is doing well and is currently overseeing things at the East China Sea base."

As for Miss Xuan Nu, she was cultivating diligently in the far south. When Young Master Zhong returned, the young master was in seclusion, so she chose to stay at the East Sea base.

Jiangxue recounted her return from the South China Sea.

Antarctica is covered with glaciers.

Adding to the mystery of the glacial continent, Xuan Nu chose to cultivate in seclusion in Antarctica. At least Zhang Xiaoshan had not yet emerged from seclusion, and Xuan Nu did not intend to return to the Nine Provinces Continent.

She was someone who shouldn't exist in Kyushu; the glacier-covered far south was more suitable for her cultivation.

Zhang Zhong had reached the age for marriage, and if Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't been in seclusion, Zhang Zhong would have been married the moment he returned.

After all, in those years of severe labor shortage, marriage at fifteen or sixteen was the norm, and Zhang Zhong and Gao Yue were mutually in love.

However, Gao Yue's Nine Yin Divine Skill was not yet fully mastered and had not reached the level for joint cultivation. In addition, Zhang Xiaoshan was in seclusion, so it has been delayed until now.

".‖ Um!"

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded, relieved of his worries.

As long as the whole family is safe and sound, that's good. As for Zhang Yuan, with his Eight Cauldrons Strike and Grandmaster realm cultivation, there are practically no one in the Nine Provinces who can stop him.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan was protected by Juexin, a super expert with twelve levels of Golden Bell Shield.

"Husband!"

"Master!"

Inside the villa, all the women looked at Zhang Xiaoshan in disbelief and excitement.

After ten years of seclusion, I was finally able to put my mind at ease, despite all the worries I had.

Meanwhile, news of Zhang Xiaoshan's emergence from seclusion spread to various parts of Kyushu immediately.

After all, Zhang Xiaoshan's emergence from seclusion would be a significant boost for the Zhang family.

Moreover, compared to Zhang Sheng's unification of the nine provinces, the Zhang family's true foundation was laid by Zhang Xiaoshan.

With Zhang Xiaoshan in charge, they knew the Zhang family's true identity.

Without Zhang Xiaoshan as the town's leader, who knows where the Zhang family (Qian Liaozhao) would lead the three generations of the Zhang family?

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoshan's emergence from seclusion is definitely good news for many forces.

At least Zhang Xiaoshan wouldn't indiscriminately kill innocent people or arbitrarily kill meritorious officials, which was a guarantee for them.

"father!"

Suddenly, a tall, beautiful young woman rushed over. Looking at the little girl who had grown into a young lady, Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't help but smile.