Half a month later, at night, Jie Tian Peak in the Heavenly River Law Realm.
The peak was like a spear thrust into the earth, straight, steep, and soaring into the clouds. Standing at its summit, one felt as though they could reach up and touch the stars.
At this moment, the rocky summit of Jie Tian Peak had been completely leveled, smooth as a mirror. A massive Square Sacrificial Platform stood at its center, where Qiu Jinwu sat cross-legged in purple robes.
A dim yellow lantern floated beside him, its faint glow falling over his face, which resembled shattered porcelain. The light flickered uncertainly.
Qiu Jinwu looked down at the gaunt Black-Robed Elder lying before him, his face full of emotion. "Huang Jiu, Elder Huang. The last time we met was fifteen years ago."
"Back then, I personally assigned the best Yun Chong Lower Courtyard of Goose Sheep Dao to your Huang Family. Yet you failed to live up to expectations. More than ten years have passed, and you still haven't completed the cleansing of your Divine Aperture." Qiu Jinwu shook his head in disappointment.
"In the end, you still need my help."
"What? You're unconvinced?"
"Then tell me—where do you think Lian Xi got her Two Forms Genesis Magic Restriction?" He curled his lips and stared at Huang Jiu with a smile that was not quite a smile.
Huang Jiu's eyes instantly widened.
He had never imagined that Lian Xi was actually Qiu Jinwu's person.
He had been raised like a pig, fattened up only to be slaughtered!
Huang Jiu's heart turned ice-cold.
"Fifteen years ago, you had only formed your Divine Aperture a few years earlier. By then, I had already reached Dao Foundation perfection for more than a decade," Qiu Jinwu murmured.
"Fifteen years later, you've