Chapter 669

Shouxian Pavilion, in a remote cave abode.

The cave abode was not large, but its arrangement was rather particular.

Several landscape paintings and calligraphy pieces hung on the stone walls, and Calming Incense burned in the corner, blue smoke curling upward. Beside the stone table sat several cultivators—True Lord Shouyuan, Chen Yuanshan, Ma Youxin, True Lord Qingshan, and the others.

They were all Nascent Soul Cultivators of Shouxian Pavilion who had survived the great battle in the Primordial Beginning Hall by sheer luck.

True Lord Shouyuan leaned back in his stone chair, pinching a jade slip in his hand, his brows tightly furrowed, his tone carrying a trace of envy and unwillingness.

"Do you know? How many years has it been since Li Chengjie broke through to the Spirit Transformation stage? And now he's already at the Deity Transformation peak. He must have obtained some extraordinary treasure in the Primordial Beginning Hall to break through to the Deity Transformation peak so quickly."

Chen Yuanshan nodded, a trace of greed flashing through his eyes. "Senior Brother Shouyuan's words are well-founded. Look at Junior Brother Gao Chen, who followed Li Chengjie to the Primordial Beginning Hall. Back then, he was only at the Golden Core stage, yet now he's broken through to Nascent Soul. Without treasure, how could it possibly be so fast?"

Ma Youxin chimed in, "Gao Chen is still not that outrageous. You don't know—when Yan Xingci entered the Primordial Beginning Hall, he was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm, and now he's at the peak Golden Core stage. That big monk Lakong was only in the Qi Refining stage, and now he's also Nascent Soul. They must have obtained treasures that can speed up cultivation, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible."

True Lord Qingshan stroked his beard and said