The flying fish flapped its wings vigorously, carrying a group of battered soldiers across the sky like shooting stars.
On his back, Huang Feifei used the Law of Life to heal Xiao Fei, restoring his vitality.
Xiao Fei's losses this time were too great; not only was his immortal power completely depleted, but his essence blood and origin were also consumed entirely.
To fully recover would not be a quick process.
The flying fish was already exhausted. After flying at its fastest speed continuously, it finally could not hold on any longer. Like a falling meteor, it plunged into a desert, smashing a large crater into the ground.
The group helped the flying fish, now in human form, out of the crater and flew tens of thousands of miles in a new direction.
They found a secluded spot and decided to hide temporarily.
They burrowed underground, and then Fei Xin cast his Law of Concealment, hiding all traces of their presence.
Huang Feifei continued to use the Law of Life to heal Xiao Fei. Another month passed, and on Xiao Fei's body, which resembled a dried corpse, flesh finally began to grow again, and a trace of vitality returned.
The moment Xiao Fei opened his eyes, his first action was to count the people around him.
Huang Feifei was there, Second Sister was there, Ji Wudi was there…
Teacher Xiao Hei was nowhere to be seen?
And Huangfu Xuan was also missing?
Two people were gone?
"Where are Teacher Xiao Hei and Huangfu Xuan? What happened to them?"
"Alas!"
Huang Feifei sighed and handed Xiao Fei a blood-red bead, which was all that remained of Huangfu Xuan after her self-detonation.
Xiao Fei took the bead and sensed Huangfu Xuan's aura from it.
"After you fell unconscious…"
Huang Feifei recounted the events that transpired after Xiao Fei lost consciousness.
Xiao Fei's emotions were complex after hearing the story.
Teacher Xiao Hei had ultimately chosen to self-detonate!
Raised by the Heavenly Demon Guards since childhood, regardless of whether his master treated him well or poorly, his innate loyalty as a dog meant he always prioritized fidelity.
However, his friendship with Xiao Fei and the others placed him in a difficult position, torn between two loyalties.
If he stayed with Xiao Fei and the others, the tracking restrictions on him would soon be discovered by the Heavenly Demon Guards.
If he didn't stay with them, he would soon be forcibly ordered by his master to find Xiao Fei, and he did not wish to disobey his master's command.
For him, loyalty and righteousness were irreconcilable, and self-detonation was perhaps the release he most desired.
As for Huangfu Xuan, since Zhu Yu had intervened and preserved this bead, she might still be saved.
The Immortal Realm was home to countless powerful beings and an immeasurable array of divine abilities. There had to be some method to resurrect Huangfu Xuan.
"Everyone should return to the Jianmu World!"
"Senior Brother Fei Xin, I still need to trouble you to conceal our tracks as much as possible. The later we are discovered, the better."
"No problem."
Fei Xin responded and began to employ his law, transforming the surrounding area into his domain.
This domain of his had no other combat power but was highly effective in concealing their presence.
After Fei Xin had fully prepared, Xiao Fei opened a portal to the Jianmu World, allowing everyone to enter.
Then, as the last ones, Fei Xin and Xiao Fei entered, the portal gradually closed, and Fei Xin's residual domain slowly dissipated.
After another incense stick's worth of time, a powerful being sensed the spatial fluctuations in the area and arrived to investigate.
"There was a very strong spatial fluctuation here!"
"Judging by the residual aura, it should be the Creation Jade Disk!"
"So it was hidden here!"
"Search for it! Even if you have to dig thirty thousand feet deep, find him!"
Many also directly unleashed their divine abilities, attempting to pull the Creation Jade Disk out of the void.
However, due to the passage of so much time, while they could initially sense faint traces of the Creation Jade Disk's aura, their attempts to communicate through divine abilities were ethereal and elusive.
As time passed, this sensation grew weaker and weaker until it finally disappeared entirely.
It became difficult to locate the Creation Jade Disk from the void using divine abilities.
Yet, the enthusiasm for the Creation Jade Disk never diminished. Since the person had disappeared from this location, they decided to station people here permanently.
They believed that one day, the person would reappear from this very spot.
Thus, large contingents from various major forces were assigned to guard the area long-term.
Due to the sheer number of people, a city was eventually built on the spot.
…
Xiao Fei returned to his space and recuperated for another fifty years before his body truly recovered.
He had just advanced to the True Immortal realm, and he had nearly died this time.
Xiao Fei sat on the mountaintop within his space, his immortal sense already spread out, covering the entire space.
He was searching. Based on his past experiences, a new law should have emerged within the space.
However, he searched for a long time without any discovery. He had been searching for a year now.
As the space became more refined, the laws that emerged were no longer placed directly and obviously before him but were instead integrated directly into the space, requiring him to search for them slowly.
Still no discovery, Xiao Fei opened a jade bottle beside him, filled with Enlightenment Spring Water.
He downed the entire bottle in one gulp and lay down, his mind immediately entering a state of etherealness.
His immortal sense became more sensitive, and gradually, he seemed to sense something…
Another year passed. Xiao Fei was still sitting on the mountaintop. This time, he extended a finger, and faint spatial fluctuations emanated from its tip.
This time, a spatial law had actually appeared within the space.
Among the myriad of Great Dao laws, the laws of time and space were among the most difficult to comprehend and the most powerful.
He never expected to have the opportunity to comprehend the law of space.
However, he was merely at the introductory stage, only able to create a few small spatial rifts using the law of space.
Xiao Fei finally had the time to stand up and examine the recent changes in his space.
Since his advancement, the total area of the space had expanded tenfold. The newly added areas were currently empty, with no immortal plants planted.
In Xiao Fei's eyes, this was a significant waste.
Regarding the varieties to plant, Huang Feifei had collected many immortal herbs and seeds for him when she sold spiritual wine in Qingqiu City. Now was the perfect time to plant them.
There were many puppets working in the space, and he summoned them, ordering them to cultivate the land.
However, the seeds he had on hand would at most be enough to fill one-tenth of the new empty land.
There was still a vast expanse of empty land remaining. Xiao Fei decided to seek out more precious and useful treasures to plant in the future.
It would be most cost-effective to find treasures like the Yellow Gourd.
Additionally, he moved several Heavenly Fire Golden Lotuses to plant in these empty areas.
These were the only treasures he possessed that could currently yield immortal artifacts.
It was a pity that the set of Five Elements Lotus Seeds he had previously possessed had been lost in the self-detonation.
The Heavenly Fire Golden Lotuses he had transplanted into the space had already proliferated into a large patch on the mountaintop.
However, it would take 120,000 years for them to mature into fully formed lotuses, and that time had not yet arrived.
Furthermore, Xiao Fei discovered that although these immortal herbs could survive when planted anywhere in the space, their growth rate was much faster when planted on the mountaintop where immortal energy was present. Other areas, while rich in spiritual energy, had very little immortal energy, resulting in very slow growth.