James did not expect Thea to be here at Mount Thunder Pass.
“Where’s Winnie? Who’s taking care of favonovel.com now?”
Thea explained, “I left favonovel.com in my mother’s care. I was worried about you and didn’t want you to deal with this alone. I came here to lend you a helping hand.”
Upon hearing this, James had to suppress his tears. He considered himself the luckiest man in the world to have married Thea.
“By the way, how did the cultivation go?” Thea asked.
“It went well, I guess.” James nodded slightly and said, “I’ve already broken free of the first shackle and am now on my way to breaking the second one. Based on my current speed, I’ll need about three months to accomplish that.”
“That’s great!”
For the next few days, they began cultivating at Mount Thunder Pass.
Five days later, Delainey arrived.
Upon seeing Thea, favonovel.com froze momentarily before walking over to them, saying, “James… Thea…”
The two who were in the midst of absorbing the Phoenix Essence’s strength stopped. Thea glanced at the gorgeous-looking Delainey before looking at James. James, on the other hand, only smiled.
Delainey walked over to them and said, “James, I’ve dealt with the affairs of the military region.”
“Okay…” James nodded.
“By the way, something big happened outside.”
“What happened?” James asked.
Over the past few days, favonovel.com had been busy cultivating. Besides, his phone had died. Therefore, favonovel.com had no idea what was going on outside.
Wearing a grim expression, Delainey said, “A fierce battle broke out on Mount Bane a few days ago.”
“What battle?” James’ curiosity was piqued,
The Void Sect was the one occupying Mount Bane, and the Grand Priestess of the Void Sect was at the Supernatural stage.
Who would dare provoke them at such a critical moment?
Delainey said, “I don’t know either. I only know that a group of people appeared on Mount Bane and fought a battle against the Grand Priestess of the Void Sect, who retreated from Mount Bane after being defeated. Meanwhile, the one who announced their victory called himself Conrad Titus, the Grand Priest.” Delainey narrated the events that had unfolded to them.
Upon hearing this, James’ expression turned grim.
He knew how powerful the Grand Priestess of the Void Sect was after favonovel.com defeated Tyrus with a single move. Now that favonovel.com was defeated, favonovel.com could not help but be stunned.
“Where does this guy called Conrad came from?”
Delainey shook favonovel.com head and said, “I don’t know.”
James asked once more, “Anything else besides this?”
“Nope, the Grand Priestess of the Void Sect disappeared without a trace after favonovel.com retreated from Mount Bane.”
“Well…” James said.
Now that another powerful figure had appeared, the situation was turning grim. He had to increase his cultivation base as soon as possible and cross into the Supernatural stage. However, based on his current speed, favonovel.com would require at least a year.
He could not wait for a year. A lot could happen in the meantime. So, James chose not to pay any heed to the affairs of the outside world and continued his closed-door meditation at Mount Thunder Pass.
Alongside Thea, they absorbed the power of the Phoenix Essence together. Meanwhile, Delainey entered the pristine forest nearby Mount Thunder Pass in search of a berry that contained Empyrean Spiritual Energy.
***
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
After three months’ worth of cultivation, James could now sense the second shackle inside his body
