After waiting for a long time without catching sight of Chu Feng, the crowd gathered at the Nine Moon Divine Domain gradually began to disperse.
Almost everyone in the Chu Heavenly Clan — with the exception of a scant few such as Chu Zhengfa and Chu Lingxi — was convinced that Chu Feng was dead.
Even if he wasn't dead yet, it was only a matter of time.
Because for all these years, ever since the Nine Moon Divine Domain had closed, not a single person left behind inside had ever walked out alive.
No matter how heaven-defying Chu Feng might be, it was absolutely impossible for him to leave the Nine Moon Divine Domain.
After all, if he could have gotten out, he would have done so long ago. There was no way he would still be inside attempting a breakthrough.
And when they thought about this matter, none were more pleased than Chu Zhiyuan's grandfather and Chu Haoyan's grandfather — the two Supreme Elders of the Chu Heavenly Clan.
True, Chu Feng's earlier summoning of the Divine Thunder and his successive breakthroughs had given them quite a scare. But once he had stopped breaking through and the world returned to its usual tranquility, their worries gradually dissipated. They firmly believed that Chu Feng was as good as dead.
But they were wrong. Chu Feng had not only left the Nine Moon Divine Domain — his cultivation was far from what they had imagined.
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The vast starry sky stretched on without end. This was a place where even the most powerful martial cultivator would appear insignificant.
It was the true sea of stars — a martial world so boundless that even cultivators could never hope to reach its edges.
And Chu Feng was now right in the midst of that boundless starry sky, within that infinite sea of stars.
Though trapped inside a spatial tunnel, Chu Feng was in excellent spirits.
He had ceased his cultivation breakthroughs, and his current level of cultivation had already reached the Fourth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
From the Sixth Grade of the True Immortal realm to the Fourth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm — that was an enormous leap.
It was something most people could never accomplish in their entire lifetimes, yet Chu Feng had pulled it off in less than half an hour.
Such a speed of breakthrough could only be described as fast — or perhaps even terrifying.
If the people of the Chu Heavenly Clan could have witnessed this breakthrough with their own eyes, they would surely have been stunned by Chu Feng's talent all over again, and their awe would have only deepened.
Yet even at the Fourth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm, this was only a portion of what Chu Feng had gained from the Fire Lake's source. In truth, the Fifth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm was merely a single step away.
Chu Feng was confident that it would not be long before he comprehended the opportunity to break through to the Fifth Grade and shattered that barrier in one decisive move.
In short, for Chu Feng as he stood now, the Fourth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm was by no means the end. After all, the Fifth Grade was well within reach.
"Chu Feng, to think you broke through to the Fourth Grade of the Heavenly Immortal realm in one go — truly cause for celebration. Congratulations!" Chu Youyuan examined Chu Feng at that moment, his eyes brimming with joy.
He was naturally happy — happy for the Chu Heavenly Clan. Because he was firmly convinced that if anyone else had fallen into the source of that Fire Lake, they could never have reaped anything close to what Chu Feng had gained.