Qingyun Sect stood atop a steep ten-thousand-meter-high peak. A flight of azure stone steps stretched from the foot of the mountain to the mountain top, where an azure palace more than thirty meters tall stood. The forceful, vigorous characters for "Azure Cloud Hall" were written across the plaque.
The main hall was spacious and brightly lit. Chen Qingyang sat on a green jade chair, his expression solemn.
A flirtatious white-skirt woman and a tall, thin, azure-robed old man sat to one side. The white-skirt woman had stunning features and a pair of peach-blossom eyes that glistened alluringly, capable of ensnaring the soul.
The white-skirt woman was named Chen Yaoyao, and she was a Void Refinement Early Stage cultivator.
The azure-robed old man was named Liu Hongji, and he was also a Void Refinement Early Stage cultivator. He had ascended from the Lower Realm.
Qingyun Sect currently had three Void Refinement Cultivators. More than two hundred years ago, one Void Refinement Cultivator had died beneath the Grand Heavenly Tribulation, and another had fallen in the racial war. Otherwise, Qingyun Sect would have had five Void Refinement Cultivators.
"Junior Brother Liu, I'll leave the sect's affairs to you. I'm going out to undergo the Grand Heavenly Tribulation, and Junior Sister Chen will protect me."
Chen Qingyang's voice was heavy. This was his second time undergoing the Grand Heavenly Tribulation. The second tribulation was far more powerful than the first, and he had no confidence in his heart either.
Over the years, he had sent quite a few people to investigate Wang Mengbin's whereabouts, hoping to find that half-page of the Celestial Void Jade Tome. Unfortunately, they had failed to learn anything about Wang Mengbin's whereabouts. He had probably ascended in another region, or perhaps changed his name and identity.
After arriving on