Qingyun Sect.
Little Bamboo Peak, rear mountain.
More than a dozen women sat together, gazing toward the same direction.
Because the person they loved most was cultivating in seclusion in that direction.
"It's been more than a year. Has our husband still not broken through?"
"Yeah. Could something have gone wrong?"
"You're worrying too much. This isn't an ordinary breakthrough for our husband. He's ascending to the Immortal Realm. How could it be that simple?"
"Exactly. Back then, when my master, Ice Soul Fairy, broke through to the Loose Immortal stage, it took her a full thirty years."
"Wouldn't that be too long? Does that mean we won't be able to see our husband for decades?"
"Sigh. After our husband ascends to the Immortal Realm, it may take us even longer to see him. If we don't break through, we might not even know whether we'll ever get the chance to see him again."
Just then, a sudden change occurred.
A violent tremor came from the rear mountain valley.
The spiritual energy throughout the Qingyun Sect's mountain range frenziedly surged toward the rear mountain at that moment.
The sky, which had been clear only moments ago, was instantly shrouded in dark clouds. Countless bolts of lightning gathered and darted through the clouds like chaotic serpents.
It wasn't just the Qingyun Sect. Soon, the entire Five Provinces was affected by this strange phenomenon.
The heavens and earth changed color, and all things fell into darkness. A scene resembling the apocalypse suddenly appeared, horrifying everyone.
Countless cultivators trembled in fear, while experts from the various sects flew out one after another to investigate the cause of the phenomenon.
They found nothing. All they knew was that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to have gone mad as it surged toward