In the time that followed, Xu Nian was primarily involved with the Heavenly Court Gang.

He decided to stay there for a year, during which he would try every means to support the expansion of the Heavenly Court Gang.

A year later, he would leave a Divine Demon Avatar to guard the place, continuing the presence of the Gold Attribute Avatar.

Therefore, during this year, he would have the Divine Demon Avatar stay in the Chaos Divine Palace, consume Divine Pills, and make every effort to break through to the Daluo God Realm.

Currently, his Earth Attribute comprehension had already broken through to the First Level of Daluo True Intent, and if the cultivation of the Divine Demon Avatar also broke through to the Early Stage of Daluo God.

Then, even without the Taicang Sword Formation, he could rely on his formidable combat power to fight against a Daluo God Peak Expert and even potentially slay one with the help of the Divine Demon Mark and Divine Soul Secret Technique.

In this way, as long as the Heavenly Court Gang did not provoke a God King Level Expert, there would be basically no significant issues.

Time flew by, and half a year had passed.

During this half-year, Xu Nian’s Wind Attribute Avatar and Undying Devouring Sky Beast Avatar each consumed a Red Blood Fruit, utilizing the powerful effects of the Red Blood Fruit.

Their cultivation advanced from the Early Level of God to the Late Stage of God, and their Wind Attribute Heavenly Dao and Space Heavenly Dao both broke through to the Ninth Level Heavenly Dao, just one step short of the Daluo Heavenly Tao.

This way, Xu Nian’s cultivation could be said to have reached a new level.

And in this half-year, the Heavenly Court Gang continued to recruit powerhouses from the Northern Wilderness Blood Domain, and through six months of recruitment.

The Heavenly Court Gang grew from over five hundred members to over a thousand, nearly reaching a thousand.

To this end, Xu Nian even casually crafted some Divine Artifacts and Heaven Artifacts, and gave them to Wang Hai to serve as resources for the Heavenly Court Gang, rewarding its meritorious members.

For many Loose Cultivators, powerful Divine Artifacts and Heaven Artifacts held a fatal attraction.

Thus, the members joining the Heavenly Court Gang continued to increase.

"Master, the Heavenly Court Gang has now expanded beyond a thousand people, and many forces are eyeing us, even assassinating our members. The days ahead may not be peaceful, and recruiting members won’t be so easy," Wang Hai said.

Recently, he received news that some who originally wanted to join their Heavenly Court Gang had been killed.

This news directly deterred many Divine beings who wanted to join the Heavenly Court Gang.

"Have you found out who did it?" Xu Nian asked directly.

"We did. It was the work of the Five Elements Hall, Tianjian Alliance, and Southern Demon Pavilion, all forces that had past conflicts with us," Wang Hai said.

"What are the strengths of their leaders?" Xu Nian asked.

"All are at the Daluo God Later stage," Wang Hai said.

Xu Nian nodded. At the Daluo God Later stage, with the Divine Soul Secret Technique and Taicang Sword Formation, he could easily deal with them.

However, Xu Nian did not plan to use these means lightly, as they were his trump cards.

"Alright, in a while, take me to meet these forces. Be prepared to swallow them whole," Xu Nian said calmly.

Currently, his Wind Attribute Avatar and Undying Devouring Sky Beast Avatar were cultivating the swordsmanship Bai Li had previously given, and had made some progress. In a while, his swordsmanship would achieve some small accomplishment, and if his Divine Demon Avatar could break through to the Early Stage of Daluo God, he could face Daluo God Later stage powerhouses even without using his trump cards.

"Swallow them whole?" Wang Hai was somewhat surprised.

He didn’t expect Xu Nian to say such things.

Even ordinary Daluo God Later stage powerhouses would not dare say such things lightly.

Unless one was a Daluo God Peak Expert.

Could their master indeed possess Daluo God Peak Level strength?

"By the way, Master, recently there’s been some commotion at the Divine Wind Lake. Rumor has it that a powerful Spiritual Treasure has emerged. Major nearby forces have already headed there. Should we go take a look?" Wang Hai suddenly said.

"Spiritual Treasure?" Xu Nian was somewhat surprised.

Spiritual Treasures are generally divided into Innate Spiritual Treasures and Nurture Spirit Treasures, with Nurture Spirit Treasures being craftable.

Innate Spiritual Treasures are birthed by nature.

Whether Nurture or Innate, Spiritual Treasures vary in strength.

Above Spiritual Treasures, there are Chaos Spiritual Treasures.

The value of Chaos Spiritual Treasures is even higher, like the Star Axe and Chaos Divine Palace in Xu Nian’s possession are both powerful Chaos Spiritual Treasures.

However, in the Divine World, Xu Nian dared not use the Star Axe lightly.

Otherwise, given the power of the Star Axe, even God King Level powerhouses might not withstand it.

Of course, this was Xu Nian’s last resort; without life-threatening danger, he would not easily use it.

Once a Chaos Spiritual Treasure is exposed, it could attract the attention of Divine Sovereigns or even God Emperor Level powerhouses.

By then, given his strength, he might not be able to protect his life.

"Where is this Divine Wind Lake?" Xu Nian asked curiously.

Since it’s a Spiritual Treasure, there’s no reason not to take a look.

After all, even the worst Spiritual Treasure is at least more precious than a God King Level Weapon.

"If Master wants to go, I’ll have Luo Shan take you there," Wang Hai said promptly.

"Good!" Xu Nian agreed.

"I’ll go too!" Lu Qinxin walked in from outside the hall.

During this time, she had also stayed with the Heavenly Court Gang.

She liked slaughter, so whenever the Heavenly Court Gang encountered any problems, Xu Nian basically didn’t need to intervene; Lu Qinxin would settle them alone.

During this time, Lu Qinxin instead established a strong prestige within the Heavenly Court Gang.

And Lu Qinxin’s strength had also increased significantly, to the point where even Wang Hai might not be her match.

"Alright, let’s go together," Xu Nian consented.

Subsequently, Wang Hai called Luo Shan, who then led Xu Nian and Lu Qinxin toward Divine Wind Lake.