There were still nearly two hundred years until the Immortal Ancient Relic opened.
Yet beginning several hundred, even a thousand years ago, those with intentions had already been secretly building momentum, exhausting family or sect resources to nurture Peak Void Refining Stage cultivators with all their strength.
The struggle for the Immortal Ancient Relic drew the close attention of Body Integration Spirit Lords and even Mahayana Dao Venerables. It was a grand feast shared by all in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great World.
For Void Refining cultivators had once discovered supreme treasures and handed them over to their sects. With such treasures, the sect's Body Integration Ancestors had surpassed the Integrated Body Peak Stage, passed the Five Elements Great Heavenly Tribulation, and thereby entered Mahayana.
Such occurrences had happened more than once.
It appeared to be a contest between Void Refining cultivators, but in truth, it was a contest of foundations between the major Heavenly Domains and major sects of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great World.
The number and combat strength of Void Refining cultivators were among the most direct displays of such foundations.
Li Qingyuan consumed all of the First Revolution Golden Cores, refining more than a hundred of them. There were also Sixth Tier Low Grade Huiyuan Pills, Sixth Tier Middle Grade Heavenly Origin Void Pills, and all manner of medicinal resources worth several million top-grade spirit plants.
Anything produced by Yun Yan the Elixir Master was naturally of the finest quality.
Given the same quantity of resources, Li Qingyuan, Miao Le, Er Yuan, and Little Flame all enjoyed equal shares as they threw themselves into advancing their realms.
After a hundred years in seclusion, Li Qingyuan and Miao Le's strength had risen considerably. With all those resources layered together, plus the Seventh-Tier Spirit