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The Flame Ember Mountain Range stretched endlessly, resembling a sea of fire, scorching the earth.

Xu Ming, Lü Qing, and the King-ranked experts of Flame Ember Divine Mountain resided on a secluded mountain peak named "Scorching Sky Peak."

Lü Qing's residence was located at the very top of the mountain peak.

Xu Ming ascended the stone steps along the mountainside; soon, he arrived outside Lü Qing's courtyard.

"Come in!" Lü Qing's voice echoed in Xu Ming's ears.

Lü Qing possessed absolute control over Flame Ember Divine Mountain. She had already detected Xu Ming's return not long after he arrived.

Xu Ming pushed the door open and entered.

He saw Lü Qing sitting cross-legged beneath a tree in the courtyard, her expression serene, in harmony with nature.

"You're back?" Lü Qing slowly opened her eyes.

However, as her eyes opened halfway, she seemed to discover something incredibly astonishing, and her beautiful eyes widened instantly: "Xu Ming, your cultivation..."

At first, Lü Qing only sensed Xu Ming's aura and didn't pay attention to his cultivation; it wasn't until she opened her eyes that she suddenly realized that Xu Ming was already a Fourth Grade Silver Moon expert.

"It's only been so long..." Lü Qing couldn't imagine why Xu Ming's cultivation had increased so dramatically.

Moreover, Lü Qing certainly noticed that the person standing before her now was Xu Ming's Heavenly Dao Flow clone, not the Ancient Cultivator clone from before.

"What exactly did Xu Ming experience during these decades away from Flame Ember Divine Mountain; why has his progress in understanding the Heavenly Dao been so significant..." The shock in Lü Qing's heart surged wave after wave.

Xu Ming had long anticipated that Lü Qing would react this way when she saw him. He said calmly, as if nothing had happened, "When I was on Star Luo Island, I was hunted down by the Time-Space Walker Feng Ming; forced by circumstances, I used the Stone of No Tribulation! It was precisely because I entered the Realm of No Tribulation that my strength underwent such a tremendous transformation!"

"So you've already been to the Realm of No Tribulation! No wonder..." Lü Qing nodded secretly, "The Realm of No Tribulation is full of countless opportunities; it is indeed possible for you to make rapid progress in your cultivation in a few decades..."

However, as she spoke, Lü Qing's voice gradually grew softer.

Then suddenly, Lü Qing asked with a start, "Xu Ming, you said you entered the Realm of No Tribulation!?"

"Yes!" Xu Ming said.

"Then how... how did you leave the Realm of No Tribulation!?"

With Lü Qing's status, she naturally knew many secrets of the God Domain. For example, the Realm of No Tribulation is easy to enter but difficult to leave—to get out, one must possess at least Half-Step King-level strength; sometimes, even Half-Step King-level strength is not enough, and one must have true King-level strength!

However, Xu Ming's cultivation was only at the Fourth Grade Silver Moon level, so how did he come out of the Realm of No Tribulation?

"Could it be... that although Xu Ming is at the Fourth Grade Silver Moon level, he possesses at least Half-Step King-level combat power!?" Lü Qing looked at Xu Ming as if he were a monster, "How is this possible..."

Xu Ming nodded slightly, confirming Lü Qing's guess.

"You really have Half-Step King-level strength!?" Lü Qing asked again, unable to believe it.

"I should have it..." Xu Ming said in a low-key and ambiguous manner.

Should have it?

As expected, after hearing this, Lü Qing mistakenly thought that Xu Ming only barely possessed Half-Step King-level combat power. But even so, it already made Lü Qing feel extremely terrified!

"Monster!"

"Well..." Xu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps you won't have to trouble yourself to take action..."

"Why is that?" Lü Qing asked curiously.

"Because..." Xu Ming tried to make his tone sound low-key, "Feng Ming is already dead!"

"What? Feng Ming is dead? How did he die?" For a moment, Lü Qing couldn't react; after a while, Lü Qing widened her terrified eyes and looked at Xu Ming, "It couldn't be you..."

"Cough cough! I couldn't help myself and killed him!" Xu Ming coughed a few times.

"It really was you!!" Lü Qing gasped, "Feng Ming is a King-level High Rank expert. It is said that he is not far from the King-level Peak! You were actually able to kill him... Then your strength!?"

Why did the conversation always turn to strength?

Xu Ming sighed secretly in his heart: "I accidentally became high-profile again!"

Just as Xu Ming was hesitating whether to explain his strength to Lü Qing a little; Lü Qing's maid "Yue Xin" ran over somewhat hurriedly.

"God Emperor!" Yue Xin obviously had something to report.

"Speak!" Lü Qing said directly.

Yue Xin said: "The Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord has just sent a message, inviting you to Scarlet Blaze Prefecture to attend a banquet!"

Lü Qing's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, feeling a little strange: "The Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord is inviting me to a banquet?"

Flame Ember Continent has hundreds of "Prefectures"; and each Prefecture governs thousands of God Cities of various levels.

Scarlet Blaze Prefecture is one of them!

Moreover, the Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord is one of the top existences among the Emperor-level Great Experts!

"I have never had much interaction with the Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord; he has never invited me to any banquets before!" Lü Qing fell into deep thought.

"God Emperor." Yue Xin said softly, "How should I reply?"

Lü Qing thought carefully for a while and said: "The Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord is one of the top Great Experts in Flame Ember Continent! Although I don't have any friendship with him, since he has extended an invitation, it's not good to refuse... Go and say that I will attend the banquet on time!"

"Yes!" Yue Xin hurriedly left again.

Flame Ember Divine Mountain and Scarlet Blaze Prefecture are very far apart; communication between them must rely on the Void Sky Realm or a super-large communication array. Therefore, Yue Xin could not reply with an on-the-spot message.

After Yue Xin left, Lü Qing was still thinking deeply: "What could the Scarlet Blaze Prefecture Lord want from me?"

After thinking for a long time, Lü Qing still couldn't think of any clues: "Forget it! No matter what he wants, I'll face it head-on!—Xu Ming, if you have nothing to do, come with me to Scarlet Blaze Prefecture! Your strength has soared rapidly, and it's time for you to get to know some connections in the God Domain!"

Connections?

To be honest, Xu Ming wasn't very interested! Because Xu Ming was only interested in strength!

However, since Lü Qing had invited him to go together; plus, Xu Ming really wanted to go to a big place like the Prefecture City to buy some things, so he agreed.

"By the way!" At this time, Lü Qing brought the topic back to Xu Ming, "You haven't said what's going on with your strength yet!"