Two years had passed since the Hu continent learned of the existence called as the Cmity Fiend.


    The being had brought forth terror that was unknown to the continent. Those that were a bit more knowledgeable about it couldn''t help butpare it to the legends of the past, the time when their world had been invaded.


    And now that a being like this had reappeared, the resistance was equally great.


    Upon the first appearance of the Cmity Fiend, Danching city was eradicated. On its second appearance, two more such cities were erased. It was around this time that the follower of the Cmity Fiend appeared as well.


    They called themselves the Shadow Legion and raided several smaller settlements as well as important areas like mines, spirit herb orchards and more. The Hu n''s branches had acted, but they were still putting all their effort into it.


    It wasn''t until the third appearance of the cmity fiend that they had to change their stance, as this time the Second Light City itself was attacked.


    Thankfully, the second light city was the base of the Hu n branches and could resist the being. Though the attack had certainly put them on high alert and show them just how serious the threat really was.


    And thus, the Hu n''s core took the lead in resisting the Cmity Fiend. Its members, including the top heirs, took part in this, mounting several attacks against the Cmity Fiend as well as its followers.


    The number of battles reached the high tens before a delicate equilibrium was achieved.


    By now, the Hu n had learned how to fight against the Shadow Legion and could deploy their people at any moment. They had also developed strategies against the Cmity Fiend, with formation arrays being the main method of resisting it.


    It was said that the immortal ascension realm expert of the Hu n was even willing to act, but whenever he was about to, the Cmity Fiend would retreat. This put the n in a frustrating situation and the patriarch was highly stressed.


    Though in all this, he hade to see the worth of his heirs.


    Hu Peiliang, Hu Shui and Hu Dagao had all shown great skill in handling the situation and had led several battles against the Shadow Legion as well as the Cmity Fiend. It had made the patriarch feel better about choosing from them, as they were now tested by the fires of a battle.


    With such achievements, the patriarch increased the support to his heirs. This increased support also meant an increase in resources which allowed all three of them to progress quite fast.


    Hu Peiliang was already in the Dao Treading realm before that, but at the Embryo Growth Stage. With the increased resources, he had reached the Dao Comprehension Stage.


    Hu Shui on the other hand, was only at Embryo Birth Stage and broke though to reach the Embryo Growth Stage.


    Hu Dagao though, had the greatest progress among them, directly going from the peak of the Dao shell all the way to the Dao Comprehension Stage!


    Such progress was astonishing for the entire Hu n as well as the other powers. They were now sure that Hu Dagao would have a high chance of being chosen as the next patriarch. Despite starting offte, he had overtaken his elder sister and was now toe to toe with his eldest brother.<novelnext></novelnext>


    But what the Hu n patriarch didn''t know was the fact that his cherished heirs were now standing in front of the very being that he hade to hate the most.


    "Seems like the scheduled battle went well?" Lin Wu spoke while looking at the three siblings.


    "It was all ording to your n, master." Hu Dagao stated.


    "There was no chance it would go wrong. I personally monitored it all." Hu Peiliang said in a slightly mechanical tone.


    Hu Shui though said nothing, her eyes looking a bit dull.


    "Hmm… good. Just keep on doing as per the n and inform Cang Ci about any discrepancies." Lin Wu said, feeling pleased on taking the three on.


    ''Adding Hu Shui was better than killing her after all. Making her a ve made it possible to do even more operations.'' Lin Wu praised his judgment.


    Shortly after he had turned Hu Peiliang into a ve, he had gotten the man to bring Hu Shui over as well. It was easy for the man to fool his sister, as she had already been working with him for a long time.


    And upon bringing him to Lin Wu, she didn''t have long to react before she was restrained and enved.


    Among the three siblings, only Hu Dagao had free will left and the other two were just a little more than puppets. Though Lin Wu had asked them to behave as they did before bing ves, so as to not arouse any suspicion from the others.


    The gains Lin Wu had from ''employing'' the three Hu n heirs were not small either. His Dao Embryos had grown faster than ever and were now at a point where Lin Wu didn''t even know if his current activities were enough to progress them.


    He had reached a sort of a bottleneck and there wasn''t much he was able to do to increase it.


    ''The Totem of Upheaval has basicallye to a halt in terms of its growth. The normal conflicts do nothing to it, and the battles only nudge it slightly. Only the Helix of assimtion is still growing, but that is merely due to the beasts that are avable.


    Even that is reaching its limit.'' Lin Wu knew he would soon reach the limits of what this world could provide too.


    And all this was when he was still at the Dao Treading realm. It wasn''t as if he couldn''t breakthrough either, in fact he had already touched upon the threshold of the Immortal Ascension realm!


    The only reason he wasn''t progressing was because he felt like something wascking and unless it was found, he wouldn''t feel satisfied.