In the end, Julu and Mo Qiong returned, made the necessary arrangements, and chose to travel with the other immortals in search of the so-called Mercury.
Thus, all twelve True Immortals set off on a distant journey, unlikely to return ever again. The Qi Refiners were dumbfounded.
"You have been unable to become immortals for several thousand years. I once thought this was simply the will of Heaven's Dao, but thinking it over carefully now, perhaps this greenhouse created by the Seal the Heavens was what harmed you. The universe is vast and magnificent, and the stars are too numerous to count. You should go out and take a look." Julu stood beside Mo Qiong and spoke after explaining the agreement with the Blue White Society.
"Teacher!" Qingyang and the other Qi Refiners gazed up at the starry sky, lost and helpless.
They were the students of the twelve True Immortals, so they called them teachers instead of Immortal Masters. Although every one of them had reached the Taiji Realm, they had never explored the starry sky. To them, the stars were still too dangerous. They had all planned to wait until they became immortals before venturing out, so they would not burden the other True Immortals.
Thus, it had always been the True Immortals who traveled to nearby Venus to search for and extract Tai Su Qi before bringing it back, while the Qi Refiners simply waited at home.
Perhaps that was precisely why these Qi Refiners had never managed to take the final step and become immortals. Thinking back carefully, the twelve True Immortals had not had teachers to guide them back then. Even while they were still in the Taiji Realm, they had explored beyond the heavens bit by bit.
Perhaps the secret of Qi Refiners transforming