Chapter 0392: It’s Because My Strength Is Weak

The Four Seas Mansion.
“Are these the Heavenly Sacred Fruit and the Nether Pearl?” Upon opening the box, a fragrant aroma filled the air. Before Huang Long’s eyes appeared a fist-sized fruit with a pale white surface and a light red pearl.
The fruit radiated a glow, with something like a flowing liquid inside. What surprised Huang Long was that the Heavenly Sacred Fruit had a quadrilateral shape, its corners emitting faint golden light.
In contrast, the Nether Pearl was dull and lifeless, yet Huang Long could sense a mysterious energy within it.
Swallowing both the Heavenly Sacred Fruit and the Nether Pearl together caused no conflict in energy transformation, so Huang Long consumed them simultaneously and then activated the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Technique” to absorb and transform the immense energy released by them.
A phantom image of a five-clawed golden dragon appeared, emitting waves of pure dragon power. The golden energies from the Heavenly Sacred Fruit circulated throughout Huang Long’s body, while the Nether Pearl transformed into light red rays that enveloped his soul.
Huang Long felt his soul gradually healing, its power steadily increasing.
The world fell silent.
Days later, Huang Long opened his eyes. Two beams of light flashed, and a faint humming sound arose in the space.
Standing in midair, with a mere thought, lights flashed around his body as air currents surged.
Huang Long exhaled gently. Wherever his breath passed, the surrounding walls disappeared. With a wave of his hand, the walls returned to their original state.
“This Heavenly Sacred Fruit is quite good,” Huang Long murmured, feeling the pure immortal energy within him.
His control over this energy had become even more precise through his recent actions.
“Still, I haven’t achieved breakthrough,” Huang Long thought with a sigh.
Although the Heavenly Sacred Fruit was the foremost among the ten sacred fruits of the Netherworld and greatly refined the immortal energy in Huang Long’s body, it still couldn’t help him reach the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
However, what pleased Huang Long was the effect of the Nether Pearl. His soul, severely damaged after reincarnation, had recovered significantly thanks to its healing power. Over nearly a thousand years since arriving in this world, Huang Long had tried hard to cultivate and restore his damaged soul, but the effect of this single Nether Pearl was equivalent to one-fifth of what he would have achieved in that time.
“If this is the case, once I enter the Land of Forgetfulness and obtain all ten Nether Pearls, I should be able to restore 70% of my soul’s power from my past life,” Huang Long thought to himself.
Before reincarnating, Huang Long had reached the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortal and was striving to break through to quasi-saint status. In terms of soul power alone, he would have been stronger than Brad at that time.

After calming the power of the immortal essence within him, Huang Long emerged from the backyard.
“Young master, you’ve come out?” On the hall, Bradd saw Huang Long coming out of the backyard and stepped forward.
Huang Long nodded with a smile.
“Young master, how effective are the Heavenly Sacred Fruit and the Nether Pearl?” Bradd asked.
Huang Long shook his head. “There has been some improvement, but no breakthrough.”
Bradd smiled bitterly—was some improvement not enough?
“Let’s get ready to leave the Luning Headquarters in a few days,” Huang Long said as Bradd smiled bitterly.
“Leave the Luning Headquarters?” Bradd stared at Huang Long in shock.
Huang Long nodded. “Don’t you want to return to the Ancient Forest?”
With over eight hundred years left before the Opening of the Land of Forgetfulness, it was impossible for Huang Long to stay at the Luning Headquarters indefinitely waiting for it to open. He needed to use these eight hundred years to continuously improve his strength and strengthen his army of mutated beasts.
Currently, the number of mutated beasts was one million five hundred thousand, but this was still far from Huang Long’s goal. It had to reach ten million to be considered acceptable, he thought to himself.
Reaching one hundred million in just over eight hundred years was impossible. Huang Long could only set this goal for before the interdimensional war ten thousand years later.
Bradd was naturally happy to hear that Huang Long planned to go to the Ancient Forest. However, leaving the Luning Headquarters to train in the Ancient Forest wasn’t something that could be done in a day or two. So, before leaving, he needed to inform Chester and Fat Francis.
“What? Brother Huang Hai, you’re leaving the headquarters again to go to the Ancient Forest?!” Fat Francis was quite shocked at the idea of Huang Long leaving to train there.
Chester also looked at Huang Long in surprise. Huang Long had been at the Luning Headquarters for over a hundred years, but he had spent only a few days there. First, there was the hundred-year trial, then the Sea of Wind and Thunder, and now, training in the Ancient Forest.
Huang Long nodded. “The Land of Forgetfulness will open in over eight hundred years. My strength is still insufficient, so I plan to go to the Ancient Forest to train and improve.”
After hearing Huang Long’s words, Bradd’s expression became strange.
Insufficient strength? During the Sea of Wind and Thunder, Huang Long had been able to fight against the descendants of the Terrence family, who were at the eighth level of the Nether Kings, without summoning his army of mutated beasts.
By the time the Land of Forgetfulness opened, since only gods below the seventh level of the Nether Kings could enter due to its restrictions, the strength of the descendants from the six major Nether Kingdom families would also be limited to the seventh level. The seventh level of the Nether Kings? That was far too weak for Huang Long now!

However, Chester and Fat Francis didn’t think much of it. Although Huang Long had defeated Daniel, who was at the peak of the sixth level of the King of the Underworld, when he returned to submit the Hundred-Year Trial task at the Heavenly Harmony Hall, in their eyes, he was still quite far behind the descendants of the six major families in the Underworld competing for a spot in the Land of Forgetfulness.
“Bro, it’s not fair of you to come back just to leave again,” said Fat Francis, looking reluctant.
Chester nodded as well.
Huang Long smiled and said, “There’s nothing I can do. It’s because my strength is weak.”
His weak strength was relative to Bishop.
But Fat Francis nodded and said, “True enough. Although Brother Huang Hai has made successive breakthroughs, you’re still a bit behind the descendants of the six major families competing for a spot in the Land of Forgetfulness.” At that, Fat Francis jokingly said to Huang Long, “But I and Chester will also be participating. Brother Huang Hai, better not run into me, or I won’t hold back.”
Huang Long was surprised and looked at Fat Francis and Chester. “You’re also participating?”
Chester nodded. “Yes.”
In the Runing family, although Chester wasn’t as strong as Fei De, Spindu, and Harris—three descendants at the peak of the seventh level of the King of the Underworld—he was still quite strong, otherwise he wouldn’t have been chosen to participate in the Trial Island trials.
“Hehe, the Sacred Fruits of Heaven and Earth, the Abyssal Beads—which descendant wouldn’t want them? Since Brother Huang Hai is participating, of course I, Fat Francis, will too. Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to encounter some weaker descendants and get a spot. Who knows? Maybe I’ll be especially lucky and find the Sacred Fruits of Heaven and Earth and the Abyssal Beads after entering the Land of Forgetfulness!” Fat Francis laughed.
“Why don’t you say you’ll get all thirty Sacred Fruits of Heaven and Earth and ten Abyssal Beads?” Chester rolled his eyes.
Fat Francis chuckled. “I’m just joking.” Then he turned to Huang Long and joked, “But Brother Huang Hai even found ten Thunder and Lightning Beads in the Sea of Wind and Thunder. This time, if we compete for that spot and get in, maybe we’ll be lucky enough to actually find all thirty Sacred Fruits of Heaven and Earth and ten Abyssal Beads!”
Huang Long smiled.
But Bradd thought to himself that it was uncertain.
Bradd had followed Huang Long for over a hundred years. The longer it went on, the more he felt unable to see through this young master. If before he had sworn to protect Huang Long out of gratitude after being saved by him from the valley’s rock forest and hadn’t truly been willing to follow him as his master, now, unbeknownst to him, he no longer felt just gratitude toward this young master—he had even developed a sense of awe for him.

“However, Brother Huang Hai, since you’re going to the Ancient Forest to cultivate, it makes me want to go too,” Fat Francis smiled, then said to Chester, “Chester, how about we go to the Ancient Forest with Brother Huang Hai?”
Chester looked at Fat Francis with a teasing gaze. “Go to the Ancient Forest to cultivate? Fat guy, will you really go there to cultivate?”
Among the direct descendants of the Runing family, Fat Francis was notorious for his laziness. Now he was actually offering to go to the Ancient Forest to cultivate?
Fat Francis smiled sheepishly. “It’s just more lively with more people. I haven’t been out in a long time either; I plan to go out to clear my mind.”
Huang Long and the others remained silent.
So this fat guy just wanted to go out for fun?
“Go ahead, Brother Huang Hai wants to cultivate, while you go for fun. That would only cause trouble for him,” Chester said.
Fat Francis chuckled. In fact, he had just said it casually. Him going to the Ancient Forest to cultivate? Elder Barret, his grandfather, would never believe it or allow it!
Naturally, Fat Francis and Chester did not go together.
Huang Long also breathed a sigh of relief. If they had gone together, there would definitely have been a lot of trouble.
A few days later, Huang Long and Brad left the Runing headquarters and headed for the Ancient Forest.
When Huang Long left, Kennedy naturally knew.
“Elder, Huang Hai is going to the Ancient Forest to cultivate. Should we send someone to protect him?” Donald asked.
Ken shook his head, his words carrying deep meaning, “No need. Since Huang Hai was able to return safely despite the upheavals in the Sea of Wind and Thunder, we no longer need to send anyone to protect him.”
Donald fell into deep thought.
Of course, Huang Long’s departure also caught the attention of Bishop, who was observant.
However, after hearing about it, Bishop merely smiled coldly and didn’t take it seriously. Cultivate in the Ancient Forest? In just over eight hundred years, what could he achieve? Not to mention eight hundred years—even if given eighty thousand years, it would be impossible for him to catch up with the outstanding descendants of the six major families of the Netherworld who would compete at that time.
Huang Long and Brad left the Runing headquarters and rushed ahead. A few months later, they left the Runing territory without stopping and headed straight for the Ancient Forest. Two years later, they finally returned to the Ancient Forest once again.
Upon arriving, Brad gazed into the distance, his eyes cold.
Huang Long knew Brad was thinking of the Nimeng Mountains and the Riga Mountains.
“Let’s go,” Huang Long said slowly after a while, then he and Brad vanished into the Ancient Forest.
An eight-hundred-year cultivation journey began!