The news of Elder Liu's passing was like a small pebble tossed into a tranquil lake, raising only a faint ripple throughout the Heavenly Star Sacred Sect before everything fell silent again.
The Divine Tomb lineage had always been cold and dilapidated. This Heavenly God Peak elder, whose lifespan was nearly exhausted, ultimately failed to stir much of a commotion within the sect.
Now, as the final inheritor of the Divine Tomb lineage, Bai Ye naturally took over the responsibility of guarding the Stele Forest, becoming the sole bearer of this lineage's legacy.
For the next two hundred years, Bai Ye continued to keep a low profile. Every day, aside from patrolling the Stele Forest, he shut himself away in his little courtyard to "cultivate."
One day.
Bai Ye decided the time was ripe. He thus drew upon a portion of the Divine Power within his body, creating an apparition of breaking through the Heavenly God Realm.
Pale golden Divine Rule power spilled from his body and shrouded the courtyard, drawing a small amount of the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth into a gathering. The scale was not large—just enough to be noticed, but not enough to be too earth-shattering.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother Bai, on breaking through to the Heavenly God Realm!"
Before long, a steward who happened to be nearby hurried over. His face wore a formulaic smile, though a trace of surprise was difficult to conceal in his eyes.
Bai Ye had entered the sect only a little over three hundred years ago, yet he had already broken through from Fourth Layer True God to First Layer Heavenly God. Though this speed was not considered top-tier, it still far surpassed that of ordinary Inner Disciples.
Even more unexpectedly, three days later, an edict came from the sect.