The Dharma Assembly Opens, and Another Incident Arises

How important was a living Void Return Realm old ancestor of matchless strength to a Cultivation Family? The answer was: fucking important.

With a Return to Void old ancestor overseeing the family, the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan was a true "minor Immortal Clan."

Without a Return to Void old ancestor, however, the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan was merely a second-rate cultivation power, coveted at every moment by countless "tigers and wolves," liable to have a huge chunk bitten off at any time.

Thus, Zhao Sheng's return was like sweet dew after a long drought, rescuing the Divine Craftsman Zhao Clan from its precarious plight in one stroke.

At the same time, Zhao Sheng's sudden appearance was like a great stone hurled into a tranquil lake, instantly stirring up towering waves.

Once this news spread beyond the clan, the repercussions it caused were even more unimaginable.

In just a few days, cultivation families large and small around Yellow Wind Immortal City learned of the matter. The attitudes of the various families changed dramatically, and they sent special envoys one after another to congratulate the Zhao Clan at Zhao Clan Hanging Island in Thriving Mountain City.

Even the two great Immortal Clans within Yellow Wind Immortal City—the Huang Clan of Five Emperors Mountain and the Feng Bo Clan of Misty Wind—were alarmed by this matter.

Though no news had emerged for the moment, exchanges between the two families had clearly become far more frequent than before.

Deep underground in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range, within the depths of a spirit-vein cavern, tufts of Spirit Clouds drifted about as fine rain fell in a hazy mist.

At the center of the cavern lay a Jade Pool of roughly ten mu, its waters like Jade Nectar and radiating resplendent light. They were, astonishingly,