Tianyuan City.
Star Plucker stood clad in a starry Daoist robe beside Venerable Yanri of the Pure Yang Demon Refining Sect, gazing at the sky in the distance.
"Another heavenly tribulation..."
Venerable Yanri swept his gaze over a patch of thunderclouds and smiled. "It seems someone is undergoing the Major Heavenly Tribulation of Void Returning... Your subordinates are truly full of talent, Fellow Daoist. Just a few days ago, one person advanced to Void Returning, and now you've gained another..."
"Haha, they merely relied on the protection of the immortal array during the great battle and earned a little extra battle merit..."
Star Plucker answered modestly.
With the protection of Qing Hezi, the many cultivators of the Star Domain had basically stayed within the city.
Later, when the Demon Race army entered the city, the cultivators were forced to kill their enemies. As luck would have it, the Nine Nether Underworld River Profound Sand Immortal Array displayed its might at that very moment, slaughtering quite a few high-level demons.
Quite a few Spirit Transmutation Cultivators had even accumulated enough battle merit in one go to exchange for precious pills such as the Two Forms Void Breaking Pill!
Afterward, the Five Sons held a joint discussion. Five Elements Son had originally wanted to reduce the merits tenfold or raise the exchange prices several times over, but Qing Hezi forcefully overruled everyone's objections. The merits were still distributed according to the original arrangement, earning him considerable gratitude.
After enduring bloody battles and lacking nothing in resources, it was only natural for these cultivators to advance one after another.
Even Star Plucker had exchanged for a bottle of pills that greatly aided Integrated Body Cultivation and was planning to break through to the Integrated Body Middle Stage.
"Indeed. I've heard that Lord Qing