Hum!
At the Secret Realm Entrance of the Nine Luminaries Immortal Transformation Pool, a beam of teleportation light descended from the sky.
The golden pillar of light broke through the void. Li Qingyuan's figure slowly emerged within it, his blue robes fluttering as he landed on the jade ground outside the Secret Realm.
After twenty thousand years of secluded cultivation, his bearing had become entirely different.
His True Immortal Peak Stage cultivation was wholly contained, the reserves of his Jianmu Divine Tree Dao Foundation were unfathomable, and the golden light of his Six-Turn Peak Stage Profound Technique lay hidden within his flesh, revealing neither mountain nor water.
Yet the presence faintly emanating from him was like an abyssal sea, inspiring awe and dread.
"Brother Qingyuan."
Jade Face called gently, her smile blooming like a flower.
She stood outside the Secret Realm Entrance, seemingly having waited there for a long time.
Her flowing white hair lifted gently in the breeze, a pair of furry fox ears quivered slightly, and nine snow-white fox tails swayed softly behind her. Her Half-Step Heavenly Immortal presence had grown ever more harmonious and stable.
Clearly, she had not slacked off during these twenty thousand years either, continually refining the Ancient Ancestor's inheritance and Golden Immortal origin.
"It seems you've gained a great deal, Brother Qingyuan."
Jade Face marveled, "Only twenty thousand years have passed, yet even I can no longer see through your strength."
Li Qingyuan smiled. "I must thank you, Younger Sister Jade Face, the three seniors, and the Fox Clan's sacred cultivation ground, the Nine Luminaries Immortal Transformation Pool."
"Just twenty thousand years surpassed hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation for me, and saved countless resources besides."
Indeed, starting from the Late-Stage True Immortal level with twenty-four immortal apertures, he had advanced