Returning to the Nine Provinces Domain, Reuniting with Miao Le!

After returning to his cave abode, Li Qingyuan summoned his two disciples, Kong Huan and Yun Ji.

"Your master will be leaving for some time." Li Qingyuan waved his sleeve, and two figures flew out.

Li Yan, the red dragon, was a Transformed Great Demon at the Early Void Refining Stage. He had a burly frame, his entire body radiating scorching heat. His long tongue flicked like a serpent's, while crimson fire-dragon scales encased him like armor.

Er Yuan's incarnation was an Early Void Refining Stage cultivator—an External Incarnation that granted him an extra life, and also the incarnation that followed Yun Yan the Elixir Master in studying alchemy.

Li Qingyuan said, "After I leave, all matters concerning this cave abode will be entrusted to your Uncle-Master Er Yuan and Uncle-Master Li Yan."

"Furthermore, if you encounter any difficulties or confusion in cultivation, you may ask your Uncle-Master Er Yuan. Whatever your master knows and understands, your Uncle-Master Er Yuan knows as well."

Er Yuan said, "Kong Huan, from now on, your uncle-master will guide your cultivation and expound the Dao to you for a time."

"Furthermore, in accordance with your Ancestor Master's decree, I shall impart a supreme secret art to you martial sisters."

Kong Huan said delightedly, "Ancestor Master knows of us, recognizes us, and has agreed for Master to teach us a supreme secret art?"

Li Qingyuan nodded.

"Wonderful." Kong Huan was overjoyed. Her Ancestor Master was the lofty Supreme Elder, the second-strongest beneath an Immortal Venerable—a legendary Mahayana Dao Venerable.

Yun Ji was equally delighted. Through her conversations with Kong Huan, she had learned of Li Qingyuan's glorious deeds in the Hundred Regions War and his monstrous battle strength at the Void Refinement Stage.

When she learned that her master, Li Qingyuan, had become the disciple