Chapter 777

Chapter 777: The Devoted Son

The black dog head turned and dove into the small piece of spirit stone in Xu Fan’s hand.

The black crystal, with a diameter of one zhang, rose from the endless deep pit.

"This thing can’t be stored in a Daoist artifact palace," Xu Fan remarked.

A small dimensional space sealing formation appeared, encapsulating the black crystal, which then transformed into a small cloth pouch.

"Grapes would be over the moon to see this," Xu Fan chuckled.

After finishing his task, Xu Fan released the surrounding spatial seal.

Three people and a dog appeared nearby.

The little white dog quietly assessed the situation, its large eyes wide with shock.

"Little Black is just gone," the Beast King of the Mountain Sea exclaimed in disbelief.

The little white dog nodded, its gaze at Xu Fan now filled with fear.

If Xu Fan could handle his father, he could surely do the same to him.

The little white dog instinctively took a couple of steps back.

"Don’t be scared. I just had a chat with your father and decided to let him go solo; I didn’t destroy him," Xu Fan explained with a grin.

Hearing this, the little white dog, previously fearful, became visibly agitated.

"Why did you spare my father?" In its haste, the little white dog forgot to bark.

"It’s simple. Destroying your father would only cause harm, but leaving a trace of his source power doesn’t cost me much," Xu Fan said, shaking the pouch containing the black crystal.

"See, knowing you’re a devoted child, even if I sold your father, I’d still give you some face."

"Can you not send my father away? Even sealing him forever would be better."

"I know you’re worried about the karma; I’ll take care of that for you."

Xu Fan laughed upon receiving the little white dog’s transmitted message.

"About that list of spirit ores I gave you…" Xu Fan began.

"No problem," the little white dog quickly responded.

"You’re truly devoted."

Soon, Xu Fan held a space celestial tool filled with all the spirit ores he needed.

"I’ve met your conditions; can we now seal Little Black away forever?" the little white dog asked.

"I made a promise to your father to let him live," Xu Fan replied.

Hearing this, the little white dog became frantic.

"I’ve given you everything you wanted; you can’t do this!!"

"Relax. I have a better solution," Xu Fan said, holding a small piece of black crystal.

"Your father now has only this tiny bit of source power left; sealing it in the core will be quite straightforward."

“No seal can hold back the former Heavenly Way’s Will. Even if it’s sealed now, it’s pointless,” the little white dog said, shaking its head.

Just then, a small black crystal rolled to the little white dog’s feet.

“The seal is complete. If there are no issues, you can take it outside the South Mountain Realm,” Xu Fan said.

The little white dog sensed the seal within the black crystal, and its expression grew increasingly complex.

“Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head back now. Keep the Cross-Boundary Teleportation Formation running smoothly between the two realms. I’ll return in a while,” Xu Fan said, vanishing before the little white dog.

In the underground space of Hidden Spirit Island, First Clone was staring at the black crystal, which was one zhang in diameter, with a look of curiosity.

“Master, you’re getting more daring. You’ve even managed to obtain the source of the Heavenly Way’s Will.”

Xu Fan glanced up at the sky, sensing that the Heavenly Way’s Will from the cultivation world was also paying attention to this place.

Countless scriptures appeared on the protective grand formation of Hidden Spirit Island, blocking the perception of the Heavenly Way’s Will.

“I brought this from the South Mountain Realm. That world has two Heavenly Way’s Wills, and since it seemed wasteful, I took one,” Xu Fan said casually.

“So, what do you plan to do with it? Upgrade Grapes?”

“Or use this source of the Heavenly Way’s Will to let Hidden Spirit Island form its own realm,” First Clone suggested.

“Master, if you give this source to Grapes, it can also create its own realm,” Grapes said cautiously.

For some reason, Grapes felt that its once boundless computing power was now somewhat insufficient.

“Let’s split it in half. One half will go to upgrading Grapes, and the other half will be combined with my own human race merit and fortune to refine a merit celestial tool to stabilize the fortune of the entire sect,” Xu Fan said after some thought.

A merit and fortune artifact isn’t crucial for dynasties or sects, but it’s still something they can’t do without.

“That’s a good idea. Giving all the Heavenly Way’s Will source to Grapes would be a bit wasteful,” First Clone agreed with a nod.

“There’s no rush. We’ll discuss it when Number Two returns. You can all figure out how to refine the merit and fortune celestial tool then,” Xu Fan said.

The black crystal was split in two, and one half merged into Grapes’ body.

“Master, with this Heavenly Way’s Will source, Grapes can become a top-tier celestial tool and serve you even better,” Grapes said gratefully.

At that moment, Xu Fan suddenly thought of something. It seemed that from the very beginning, when Grapes was refined, it had taken an unusual path.

Grapes’ current abilities were no different from those of some complete small thousand world Heavenly Way’s Wills, and might even be stronger.

After this upgrade, Grapes would likely be comparable to the Heavenly Way’s Will of a smaller middle thousand world.

“Master, what if we use Hidden Spirit Island as the foundation to create our own realm?” Grapes asked.

“The timing isn’t right yet. If we form our own realm, we might face more risks than we expect. The entire sect can’t appear in the Immortal Realm.”

“So for now, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Let’s discuss this after the entire sect ascends to the Immortal Realm and we’ve trained some top-tier disciples,” Xu Fan replied.

“Understood, Master.”

“Hurry and absorb the Heavenly Way’s source. Become a top-tier celestial tool as soon as possible,” Xu Fan said.

Just then, Xu Fan suddenly sensed a gathering of energy in the sky. The calamity clouds abruptly disappeared, only to reappear elsewhere.

“This aura… it must be Big Brother overcoming tribulations,” Xu Fan said as a void teleportation portal appeared before him.

A hundred thousand miles deep into the lake, there was a massive artificial island with a thunder barrier on it.

Above the island, calamity clouds filled the sky, with countless flashes of lightning flickering within them.

Xu Gang stood at the center of the calamity clouds, looking up at them with disdain.

“Just a calamity cloud from ten thousand miles away? How underwhelming,” Xu Gang said to the sky.

Behind him stood a fully formed thousand-hand illusion.

The thousand-hand illusion was a thousand feet tall, its eyes glowing with the light of the five elements, and behind it, images of the sun, moon, and stars rotated.

A true dragon coiled around the thousand-hand illusion.

Xu Fan couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride as he watched.

The thousand-hand illusion was a support technique he had created long ago. Noticing that Xu Gang was well-suited for it, he had continuously refined it to higher levels.

Now, the thousand-hand illusion Xu Gang had formed had reached the pinnacle of this realm.