Sky Phoenix Oasis, atop Sky Shadow Peak.
The apricot tree was once again covered in spirit blossoms. Carried by the breeze, apricot flowers fluttered into the air like butterflies before drifting back down.
One petal fell into a teacup.
The woman beside it immediately moved to replace the cup.
But the cultivator holding it shook his head.
"Perhaps this is apricot blossom tea Fourth Grandfather offered for my Nascent Soul Ceremony." The figure was naturally Ye Jingcheng, who had returned from Yan Country in the Eastern Region.
After Crimson Blood True Monarch retreated, he had remained at Lingyun Peak for another five years. Only when the Nascent Soul Ceremony was about to begin did he withdraw from the Eastern Region. Upon returning and finding Ye Haicheng, Ye Xuefan, and the others absent from the Council Hall, he returned to his own courtyard.
Of course, he had gained no small harvest over those five years. Of the inherited secret techniques obtained from Ye God Valley, he had now mastered the three most important ones.
For example, the Thousand Moon Soul Needle, which attacked a cultivator's divine soul—he could now condense three needles in one breath.
His divine sense was now comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. In other words, if a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator lacked a magic treasure capable of defending against divine-sense attacks, they might well be grievously injured by his Thousand Moon Soul Needle.
Moreover, his Thousand Moon Soul Needles could be stored within his mind, functioning as disposable soul needles. With such pre-stored needles, even when facing an enemy whose divine sense far surpassed his own, he would not need to fear backlash.
After all, the divine sense condensed beforehand was equivalent to being formed from soul fragments that had already been