When they were breaking through the Foundation Establishment Merit Task, Feng Zikang had inadvertently left someone behind. That person was Huo Zhongguang, who had regained a physical form by possessing a wild boar spirit using his Primordial Spirit Blood Shadow!

Originally, in his Primordial Spirit Blood Shadow form, he was contained within Feng Zikang's Sea of Consciousness in the Four Symbols Divine Demon Prison, naturally able to enter and exit the Mysterious Realm with him; the Great Reincarnation Disk also did not treat him as an anomaly. However, Huo Zhongguang had possessed the wild boar spirit, binding himself tightly to the life form of this Mysterious Realm, and Feng Zikang hadn't managed to place him inside a jade box.

By the time the mission concluded, he had actually been lost here, with all contact severed. At the time, Feng Zikang had believed there would likely be no chance of meeting again.

Feng Zikang’s cultivation in actual combat already far surpassed Huo Zhongguang’s, and his later rapid ascent meant Huo Zhongguang’s utility to him had long diminished, so his disappearance was simply overlooked and not given much thought. In any case, before leaving the Mysterious Realm, Huo Zhongguang had already possessed a body and regained form.

Even if it was just a gelded pig, it counted as Feng Zikang fulfilling his promise; he owed him nothing. Unexpectedly, upon breaking into the Trial Tower this time, he had arrived in this Mackerel Mysterious Realm once more, actually finding a chance to see Huo Zhongguang again.

He didn't know how much time had passed in this realm, but if he could find him, he might learn a great deal of information. Feng Zikang held the core of his Primordial Spirit, and with just a flicker of thought, he located Huo Zhongguang’s position.

It turned out to be right in the center of that great city. “Oh?” Luo Lianxin was not one to pry into details, nor did she know that the wild boar spirit was Huo Zhongguang himself.

She only knew that he was an associate Feng Zikang had left behind in the previous mission. “I never imagined a casual action back then would prove useful.

Senior Brother truly possesses immense fortune!” In this boundless sea of Mysterious Realms, there are billions of fragments. According to Buddhist doctrine, there are the so-called Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds, and each Great Thousand World contains Three Thousand Lesser Thousand Worlds, which in turn are composed of Three Thousand Fragmentary Realms, and so on.

Without precise targeting, the chance of entering the exact same Mysterious Realm twice in a row is infinitesimally small. For Feng Zikang to return here was almost dreamlike and illusory; if not explained by ‘great fortune,’ there was nothing else to say.

In an instant, the two arrived at the city center. Feng Zikang pointed to the magnificent, glittering palace ahead and smiled faintly, “If you speak of great fortune, it should be our Brother Pig.

We were fighting for our lives in the Main Mysterious Realm, while he is enjoying prosperity here—that is fortune…” He had not expected Huo Zhongguang to be residing in the imperial palace. Furthermore, Feng Zikang sensed that he was already vastly different from before; a faint aura of imperial dragon energy permeated his entire being.

Could it be that in this tiny Mysterious Realm, he had actually become the Emperor? With a thought, sword light manifested, and he stood suspended in the sky above the palace, bathed in myriad rays of auspicious color and vast, radiant light.

Suddenly, he called out loudly, “Zhu San! Why do you not come out and see me!” Zhu San was the name of the wild boar spirit, which Huo Zhongguang had adopted after possessing it.

With Luo Lianxin present, it was inappropriate for him to call out Huo Zhongguang’s true name directly. Though Feng Zikang’s voice was not loud, it carried far, echoing endlessly within the palace.

Before long, a figure clad in a dragon robe dashed out in haste, followed by a group of panicked civil and military officials. “Senior…” The figure in the dragon robe saw Feng Zikang in the air, his face beaming with joy, about to shout, but a sidelong glance caught Luo Lianxin standing beside him, so he quickly corrected himself, “Master!

You have finally come! Zhu San has been waiting for you agonizingly long!” ※※※ This person was indeed Huo Zhongguang.

Upon seeing Feng Zikang, he looked as if he had seen a savior, falling to his knees and bowing his head repeatedly. Even the Emperor behaved this way; the civil and military officials, unsure of the situation, saw Feng Zikang’s immortal bearing and felt awe, joining the Emperor in haphazardly kowtowing and crying out for blessings.

Feng Zikang smiled faintly, extended a hand to scoop up Huo Zhongguang into the sword light, and then, with a flicker of his body, they arrived at a quiet spot before he began to inquire. “Zhu San, we haven't seen each other for a while, and you look quite majestic…” Before he could finish speaking, he saw Huo Zhongguang covered in streaming tears, weeping bitterly.

“I said, Senior… Master, why did you take so long to arrive? Old Zhu has suffered terribly!” It turned out that Huo Zhongguang’s reign as emperor had not been a happy one.

Seeing him crying buckets of snot and tears, Feng Zikang found it rather amusing. He inquired about the details and learned that thirty years had passed in this Mysterious Realm.

The flow of time clearly differed across the various Mysterious Realms. A quick calculation showed that only a few years had passed in the Main Mysterious Realm since they completed the Foundation Establishment Merit Task; time here had sped up considerably.

When Huo Zhongguang possessed the wild boar spirit, discovering it was a gelded pig, he felt regret but had no choice but to make do. Unexpectedly, after Feng Zikang and Luo Lianxin slew the Mackerel, they were transmitted back directly by the Great Reincarnation Disk, leaving him stranded in this Mysterious Realm.

His original cultivation level was already a cut above ordinary minor demons. With the death of the Mackerel Great Demon and those who served it, he became the strongest presence and was hailed as the Demon King, enjoying a period of carefree existence.

After reigning as Demon King for a few days, he noticed that due to the collapse of the illusion created by the Mackerel, the Mysterious Realm was in turmoil and people were gripped by fear. He seized the opportunity, led demon soldiers, and unified this realm, establishing a nation.

He then smugly locked himself away to be the Emperor. Cultivation was slow in this realm, so he lost the heart for further training and intended to enjoy a few years of glory and prosperity, living a good life.

For years, the realm enjoyed peace, and the four borders were tranquil; he reigned comfortably as Emperor. But one day, a regional vassal attacked, offering a beautiful woman as tribute.

After he accepted her as an imperial consort, things took a turn. Originally, his body, being that of a eunuch, had no carnal desires.

He had established the three palaces and six courtyards filled with the daughters of vassals and ministers merely to maintain appearances and win their loyalty; in reality, he spent his nights alone. But after this beauty was presented, for some unknown reason, Huo Zhongguang, as a eunuch, could not resist her charms.

He became utterly infatuated, even executing ministers and deposing the Empress for her sake, acting erratically and becoming a corrupt ruler. In just a few years, rebellion broke out in all four directions.

Huo Zhongguang had assumed his cultivation level could guarantee dominance in this small Mysterious Realm, so he paid little heed. Who knew that among the rebel forces, there was also a powerful prodigy with formidable divine abilities, who nearly battered him into oblivion with a stone club.

Now, with the rebel army at the city gates, and the beauty suddenly vanishing, Huo Zhongguang finally snapped back to reality. At this point, the situation was irreversible.

He had already prepared to immolate himself in the palace when, at that very moment, Feng Zikang suddenly arrived! Heaven never closes all avenues of escape!

Huo Zhongguang hastily extinguished the firewood, rushed out to greet his junior brother. Thirty years of time were enough to completely deify Feng Zikang in his mind, leaving him with not an ounce of will to disobey, instead placing all his hope on Feng Zikang to save his life.

“Such a thing happened?” Feng Zikang felt both exasperated and amused, yet his mind was racing with countless thoughts.