"Truly profound comprehension."

"The mastery of the Array Dao is completely comparable to the Soul Searching General of the Yang Realm, even surpassing the Nine Heavens Wanderer of the Desolate Cold Stream in the Nanhua Realm!"

Lu Qingfeng watched with astonishment.

In just over a hundred thousand years.

His eighth disciple in the Barbarian God Realm, Xuan Yu, had already surpassed the Nine Heavens Wanderer who had devoted a million years to the Array Dao. He had even caught up with the Soul Searching General, who had been practicing for countless years and had once listened to teachings on the Great Array Dao in front of the Ten Heavenly Lords.

This showed how high Xuan Yu's comprehension truly was.

But Xuan Yu's comprehension, along with his innate and spirit qualities, were apparent to Lu Qingfeng from the beginning when he first became a disciple.

At that time.

Lu Qingfeng lectured on the Immortal Dao at Zhenyuan Mountain in the Material Realm, welcoming all predestined to listen. Back then, Xuan Yu was just an eight or nine-year-old child from the Dwarf Clan, climbing the mountain alone, ranking among the very first.

Thus, he was taken as the eighth disciple by Lu Qingfeng.

Years later.

He indeed achieved Great Success.

"Merely having comprehension isn't enough without the providence of the Dao; one must also cultivate diligently to bear the fruits of the Dao today."

A look of satisfaction appeared on Lu Qingfeng's face.

On the battlefield in front.

Boom!

Twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans moved at will, setting up multiple layers of arrays. Knowing his teacher's intention to test him, Xuan Yu also wanted to showcase his years of achievements to his teacher.

Thus, he manipulated various lethal and mysterious formations, displaying all his insights from the years of studying the Array Dao.

Lu Qingfeng was gratified watching this.

Xuan Yu felt a rush of joy.

Except for the Sun Daoist.

Caught in the ever-changing array formations, he was completely powerless to fight back. Initially, he could still resist somewhat, but later, he could only exert his authority as the Fire God, manipulating the Fire Law between heaven and earth to summon myriad fires to protect his body.

Barely managing to protect himself.

But escaping was still difficult; he could only hope for the Bright God King to come to his rescue swiftly.

Lu Qingfeng saw the deadlock.

Although Xuan Yu was extremely skilled in the Array Dao, it wasn't easy to quickly defeat the Sun Daoist simply using arrays.

After all, the Sun Daoist, who had converted to the Barbarian God Path and was now an Immortal True God who had ignited the Divine Fire and condensed the Divine Grid, was comparable to an Earth Immortal of the Immortal Dao. And since he wielded the laws of the Barbarian God Realm, his combat power was even above that of other Earth Immortals of the same rank.

Winning won't be easy.

"A petty weak divine power; not good to drag this out."

Seeing this, Xuan Yu frowned slightly, with a faint yellow light flickering within him. A hazy look revealed that he seemed to be wearing a yellow robe, charging into the formation head-on.

"Huh?!"

Inside the formation, the Sun Daoist was stunned at first, then became overjoyed, bursting into laughter: "Ha ha! You little dwarf, had you stayed outside and relied on your arrays, I indeed would have no way to handle you. But you actually dared to charge in, too arrogant!"

The laughter of the Sun Daoist was thunderous.

Instead of defending himself with flames, he concentrated the flames onto his Divine Sword.

Clang!

A sword strike, augmented by the Fire Law and the will of heaven and earth.

His combat power soared instantly.

The Divine Sword stirred up myriad fires, which swept across and turned into a sea of fire, enveloping Xuan Yu. As the sea of fire rapidly contracted, the flame's power compressed, exponentially increasing its ferocity.

"Die!"

The Sun Daoist didn't stop, sneering as he lunged with his sword into the sea of fire, aiming directly at the small shadow within.

The small figure found it hard to move.

But just as the Sun Daoist reached him with his sword.

"Cloud Summit Step!"

Suddenly, his speed surged, his body radiated yellow light, and like a cannon shot to the sky, he charged at the Sun Daoist.

Out of the twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talismans, three thousand six hundred formed a long spear adorned with runes, its formation completely coherent.

The spear thrust forward like a dragon.

With a flick of the spear tip, it deflected the Sun Daoist's Divine Sword.

Then with a lightning-fast thrust forward—

Bang!

A loud noise.

The Sun Daoist, struck heavily, his entire chest turned to dust, was sent flying backward, spurting blood continuously in mid-air. Even his core Divine Grid suffered, with three or four strands of divine essence dissipating on the spot.

The Divine Grid is fundamental to a Barbarian God.

Even more critical and robust than the Divine Soul.

Once damaged, it's also the deadliest. Although Xuan Yu's strike didn't shatter the Sun Daoist's Divine Grid, the immense force of his spear created several cracks, and the three or four strands of divine essence dissipating represented a significant fall in the Sun Daoist's cultivation and strength.

"Disaster!"

"This Xuan Yu has an incredibly strong physique and incomparable close combat prowess, not to mention the sudden advancement technique he used—"

The Sun Daoist continued to bleed, gripped by fear.

He hadn't expected.

Xuan Yu, known throughout the Heavenly Realm for his prowess in Array Dao, had such a trick up his sleeve, catching him completely off guard.

The dissipating divine essence greatly pained him.

You see.

The strength of a Barbarian God is determined by the quantity of the Divine Grid, which is defined by divine essence.

This divine essence is both a Barbarian God's comprehension of the laws of the Barbarian God Realm, representing Dao ability and realm, and the accumulation of divine power refined from the power of faith from billions of followers, representing mana.

The Sun Daoist had been a god for nearly twenty thousand years, and had accumulated only ten strands of divine essence, ranking him in the second rank of 'weak divine power' among Immortal True Gods.

The loss of four strands of divine essence directly reduced him to 'minimal divine power'.

Truly, his Yuan Qi was greatly damaged.

"Cannot contend with brute force!"

Terrified and enlightened, with external arrays trapping him and Xuan Yu charging with a spear, the Sun Daoist dared not hesitate any longer, channeling divine power from the remaining six strands of divine essence. Gritting his teeth against the pain, he divided three more strands to execute the Fire Escape Secret Technique of the 'Three Suns Immortal Technique'.

Divine flames roared with intensity.

When the Immortal Escape Technique was activated, the person transformed into a flame, and in an instant, was about to disappear within the sea of fire.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

Xuan Yu thundered with furrowed brows.

His steps radiated Xuan Light across the Four Seas, and in his hand, a long spear stabilized the mountains.

With one step forward.

He quickly caught up with the flame, not even glancing as he raised his spear and thrust it down fiercely—

Crack!

A faint sound was heard, and the blaze dimmed, yet still had enough force to speed toward the distance and vanish.

"Escaped?"

Xuan Yu's young face was tightly furrowed, his eyes gleaming with spirit light, employing the 'Daluo Cave Temple' to peer in all directions, but he didn't catch sight of the Sun Daoist.

Clearly, using the Fire Escape Technique, he managed an invisible exit.

After all, akin to an Earth Immortal, it was the Barbarian God, and within the Barbarian God Realm, employing Immortal Dao Immortal Technique Secret Technique and wholeheartedly fleeing, even Heavenly Immortals might miss him momentarily, not to mention capture him.

Let alone Earth Immortals.

He contemplated.

No trail to start a pursuit.

Xuan Yu had no choice but to give up, retracting his spear, dismissing the Great Array, turning to approach Lu Qingfeng, and said with a blush of shame, "Disciple failed and let this Fire God 'Ogarwen' escape."

In his early years, Xuan Yu was merely a little dwarf.

Not just himself,

But his entire clan, within the Material Realm, were oppressed, abused and slaughtered by those domineering clans, living in constant fear.

Until one day.

A powerful being offered to teach the ways of cultivation at Zhenyuan Mountain, Xuan Yu, then known as 'Little Green', ventured alone.

He crossed mountains and rivers,

Despite facing numerous perils along the way.

Luckily, being inconspicuous, Xuan Yu managed to avoid dangers one by one.

Actually reaching Zhenyuan Mountain first, and was the earliest to ascend the Cloud Platform.

The journey was arduous.

Only Xuan Yu knew the extent of it.

Honored by his teacher's favor, he was taken in as a direct disciple and taught Immortal Laws and Divine Skills.

Thus, changing his fate.

Not only him, but the dwarf clan also rose to become the fourth major clan in the Material Realm, beyond Human Clan, Black Prison Clan, and Tauren Clan. Mentioning the dwarf clan inevitably brought up their ancestral figure 'Immortal Xuan Yu'.

Xuan Yu was grateful in his heart.

Meeting his teacher again after more than a hundred thousand years, yet having the thief escape, he felt a deep shame.

"Let him escape if he must."

Lu Qingfeng said indifferently.

Had he taken action just now, even if the Sun Daoist used the Fire Escape Technique, he couldn't have escaped.

But bullying the weak was ultimately inappropriate.

It wasn't about Tianpeng True Monarch's dignity.

But he also had his own disciples and followers; if he personally acted dishonorably against the younger generation, those Great Powers akin to him might repay in the same manner.

Ultimately, it would be self-destructive.

Not worth it.

Persons like Four Bright Gongbin Yuanjun were indeed rare, and back then, it was Lu Qingfeng fighting, bullying a Yang Realm Soul Searching General with no substantial background.

But Lu Qingfeng could not follow Gongbin Yuanjun's actions.

Additionally,

Having been hit by Xuan Yu's two spears, the Sun Daoist's Divine Grid might be shattered, and whether the divinity was lost or dissipated, even if he survived this ordeal, whether he could restore his Divine Grid and reascend to his position as a Fire God was uncertain.

There was no need to fret.

The master and disciple conversed.

Suddenly,

Outside the firmament, light arose once more.

Bouts of brightness followed by profound darkness, clearly demarcated.

Lu Qingfeng and Xuan Yu both looked up, and the latter recognized the arrivals, explaining: "The Fire God 'Ogarwen' belongs to the Bright God System, to prevent him from seeking help from the Bright God King, the disciple also secretly messaged the eldest senior sister. The two approaching figures, one is the eldest senior sister, the other is the Bright God King."

As Xuan Yu finished speaking,

Two figures descended.

One was a woman with curved horns and a slender figure, dressed in a dark Daoist robe smooth as silk, standing in the air like the Control Pillar, her Qi as deep as the abyss, unshakably still.

The other was a middle-aged man with a benevolent face, clad in a white magic robe, holding a scroll, radiating an endless peaceful and bright realm.

Somewhat similar to a monk from the Buddhist Sect.

Lu Qingfeng did not recognize the latter.

But the former, a Black Prison Clan woman, was not a stranger to him.

She was his leading direct disciple in the Barbarian God Realm—

Xuan Ningzi!

In front of his disciple, Lu Qingfeng did not intentionally conceal his divine soul qi mechanism from his life in the Barbarian God Realm, which allowed Xuan Yu Zi to recognize him, and naturally, Xuan Ningzi was no exception.

"Eighth junior brother."

Xuan Ningzi came straight to Xuan Yu's side, called out, and then looked towards Lu Qingfeng with a hint of doubt and disbelief in her eyes.

She was momentarily stunned.

Xuan Yu, standing beside her with a height barely three feet, hardly reached half of Xuan Ningzi's body, seeing his eldest senior sister in a daze, he quickly

reminded: "Eldest sister, why don't you greet our teacher?!"

"Teacher?"

"Is it truly the teacher?!"

Xuan Ning, presiding over the广元仙宗,engaging with gods of the Heavenly Realm, always had a grand marshal's demeanor. At this moment, however, she was also flustered, staring at Lu Qingfeng, momentarily forgetting etiquette.

Not until Xuan Yu reminded her again.

She then abruptly realized, hastened to stand tall, and bowed deeply, passionately saying, "Disciple Xuan Ning, greets the teacher."