Heaven Earth Peak Opens, All Cultivators Gather. Pill Saint Ascends, Mountain and Sea Celebrate!

Two streaks of evasive light slowly flew out of the Lanke Mountain Range along the banks of the Passing River.

Because they were not flying quickly, they repeatedly encountered low-level disciples of the Dao Sect along the way.

Whenever they saw Fu Qinglan, the disciples who knew her would usually salute and greet her. Fu Qinglan responded with the same aloof expression she normally wore.

Yet the flicker in her eyes betrayed the turmoil in her heart.

Finally, when they were nearing Heaven Earth Peak, she could not hold back any longer.

"Old Qi lost to you in a single exchange?"

"Mm."

With a casual hum, Luo Chen's expression remained utterly calm.

Faced with his indifference—as if he had merely crushed an ant beneath his hand—Fu Qinglan's emotions surged even more violently.

That had been Qi Xiongcheng!

The loyal servant painstakingly cultivated by the Great House Shi Family!

At first, he had been trained to become a guardian strongman, and had therefore practiced cultivation methods related to Body Tempering from childhood.

Later, after reaching the Furnace Realm, the Third Realm of Body Tempering, he had been sent to the Western Desert. There, he handled mundane affairs for the Shi Family while studying the Buddhist methods of Body Tempering.

That was right. In the present Mountain Sea World, the path of Body Tempering had long since declined. Only the Buddhist sects of the Western Desert still persisted in this form of cultivation.

Yet no one had expected that Qi Xiongcheng, after going to the Western Desert for "further study," would reveal Nascent Soul cultivation upon his return!

Dual Cultivation of Dharma and Body—this was something no one had anticipated.

Precisely because of this, Qi Xiongcheng's reputation had soared overnight.

Many believed that he would use his Nascent Soul Realm to leave