Chapter 2925 — Zhang Naipao's Bottleneck
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, was actually able to finish off Mo Ba and Mo Jiu, those two mid Heaven-rank experts? And by means of instant kills at that? That aside, Zhang Naipao's Infernal Yin-Demon Fist—Wei Zhao had actually managed to produce an Infernal Frenzied Flame Fist. What sort of thing was that? How had it come about? Zhang Naipao, now the successor of Lord Chiyou of the Chrysanthemum Treasure Canon, was actually unable to defeat a wholly unremarkable loose cultivator like Wei Zhao? That was simply too absurd! Yet the facts lay right before his eyes, and Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable did not think Zhang Naipao, looking so utterly dispirited, was telling lies. The only explanation available at present was that Wei Zhao was simply too formidable, and that no one else was a match for him! "Wei Zhao... has already grown powerful to such a degree?" Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable's brows knit together, and for a long while he could not loosen them. "In that case, if our Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect wishes to move against him, unless an expert of my caliber takes the field, there is no hope?" "Not necessarily. If Wei Zhao had not been wearing a mid-grade Golden Cicada Inner Armor, even if he wished to wound me, it would not have been so easy!" Zhang Naipao said with a bitter smile. "In short, it was a tangle of mischances..." Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable patted Zhang Naipao on the shoulder, then rose to his feet. "These matters are a heart demon! Your cultivation has now stalled on this very point. Break through the heart demon, and you will be able to press bravely onward." "What do you mean?" Zhang Naipao was slightly taken aback. But Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable only shook his head, said no more, and turned to leave his room... Zhang Naipao sat alone in the room, sinking into deep thought. Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable, meanwhile, went straight to Zhong Yongliang. "Venerable Master Wild Dragon, I have now learned clearly the whole course of Zhang Naipao's participation in this trial! The matter is like this..." Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable told Zhong Yongliang everything he knew. "Oh? So then, Paozi suffered a blow during the trial, and has been unable to recover from it?" Hearing Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable's words, Zhong Yongliang immediately knitted his brows. "How has Wei Zhao become so formidable?" "Indeed, Zhang Naipao did suffer a blow! But in truth, this is also a good thing!" Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable said instead. "A good thing? What do you mean?" Zhong Yongliang was slightly taken aback, and then at once an expression of understanding appeared on his face. "Before the second layer of the Chrysanthemum Treasure Canon can reach great perfection and break through to the third layer, one must undergo the trial of a heart demon. Without the trial of a heart demon, there can be no breakthrough!" "Indeed, it seems you have thought of it too, Venerable Master." Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable nodded. Although Zhong Yongliang had fused with Patriarch Wild Dragon's memories, the time had been too short for him to thoroughly master and integrate them, and sometimes there would be pauses. "It seems Wei Zhao has done us a great favor after all!" Zhong Yongliang smiled slightly and said. "Only, if Paozi cannot successfully emerge from the heart demon and rouse himself again, will he not be trapped in this state for the rest of his life?" "Venerable Master, there is no help for it. You know as well that cultivating the Chrysanthemum Treasure Canon requires passing through these trials!" Pure Yang Heavenly Venerable spread his hands and said with some helplessness. "If the Chrysanthemum Treasure Canon were truly so easy to cultivate, could our Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect still be held down by the Five Luminaries Gate?" "That is true enough. Let us hope Paozi can break through successfully!" Zhong Yongliang nodded. …………………… Within the Flaming Mountain Sect, in the Hakunamata Mountain Range. Yang Dingtian, the grand elder of Flaming Mountain, sat before Sect