Triumphant Return!

Eastern Mausoleum Domain, Lingxiao Sect.

Since the Eastern Mausoleum Domain Seal had been restored, Lingxiao Sect's prestige within the Eastern Mausoleum Domain had reached unprecedented heights. After that, Lingxiao Sect had shone like the midday sun, its scale continuously expanding until it had become an overlord-level force in the Eastern Mausoleum Domain, looking down upon the multitude of living beings.

The gates of Lingxiao Sect were shrouded by endless rolling mountains. Seven main peaks pierced straight into the clouds, spirit cranes circling above their summits as countless strands of auspicious mist drifted through the air. Along the mountainsides, spiritual waterfalls plunged from the nine heavens into deep pools, throwing up sprays of mist that refracted beneath the sunlight into a seven-colored rainbow bridge spanning several peaks.

A Pill River wound through the sect's heartland. Spiritual energy billowed above its surface, where hundreds of disciples sat cross-legged upon floating cushions. As they breathed in and out, spirit mist coiled like dragons and slipped into their mouths and noses with a faint hum.

On the martial training grounds, the clang of metal never ceased. Several Inner Sect disciples traded swords and staffs, while the shockwaves from their colliding spiritual power swept fallen leaves into the air, drawing cheers from the watching disciples.

Deep within the sect stood a towering black pagoda. Its surface was covered in thunder patterns, and thick bolts of lightning occasionally poured down from its peak, scorching the ground within a hundred yards black. This was Lingxiao Sect's sacred body-tempering ground—the Body Tempering Thunder Pagoda!

Outside the pagoda, an ancient stone stele a hundred yards tall stood silently. Countless names flickered across its surface with faint lightning, recording the body-tempering achievements of generations of disciples within the Body Tempering Thunder Pagoda.

Suddenly—

Rumble!

The entire stone stele shook violently.