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Purgatory Sect.

Five years later, Gu Jinlai, along with his disciples and a thousand demon guards, returned to the Purgatory Sect.

On the way, the group received a warm welcome from the Purgatory Sect. Sect Master Lu Dengxian accompanied them all the way, constantly trying to win over Gu Jinlai with his emotions.

However, since they did not inherit the original body's memories, they have not felt much about it, both in Gu Jinlai.

However, Gu Xiangyang and Su Nanxing, who were walking behind him, had rather strange expressions.

Especially Gu Xiangyang.

When he was born, the Gu Clan was already a top Lineage in Red Wind City.

Because he had been pampered since childhood and had a solid foundation, he began to Body Tempering at the age of twelve.

Strengthen the skin, loosen the muscles, and forge the bones.

With the help of conditioning medicines, bone-strengthening herbs, and his extraordinary willpower, he completed this stage of cultivation in just three years, stretching 485 major tendons and strengthening 206 bones, thus entering the realm of Organ Refining.

Then, through external physical training and internal energy cultivation, the five internal organs are refined, and the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, stomach, gallbladder, triple burner, bladder, large intestine, and small intestine are strengthened step by step. Finally, Blood Changing is achieved, and a strong physique is forged from the inside out.

I remember that he officially Blood Changing when he was eighteen years old. At that time, he was known as one of the top ten young masters in Red Wind City, standing out from hundreds of thousands of his peers.

It was precisely because of his outstanding performance that he was recommended to cultivate under the tutelage of the venerable Gu Jinlai, who had just achieved the Spirit Refining and been promoted to elder.

He did not disappoint his ancestor; he completed the Blood Changing at the age of twenty-two, and his physique became extremely strong.

At the age of twenty-three, with the help of his ancestor, he ignited his Qi and Blood, refined his essence into qi, and entered the realm of Qi Refining.

Over the next four years, he first mastered the twelve regular meridians, circulating the Lesser Celestial Circuit, then the eight extraordinary meridians, circulating the Greater Celestial Circuit, until his True Qi became strong and condensed into a qi shield, thus entering the realm of Gang Qi.

The patriarch was only twenty-eight years old when he left the Purgatory Sect.

At the moment...

At the age of thirty-three, he had already cultivated his divine will and become True Person of Spirit Refining.

This level is exactly the same as the level of the ancestor when he first entered the Purgatory Sect.

No.

He should be stronger than the ancestor.

Back then, the ancestor's divine sense could only reach a distance of a few miles, but now...

His divine sense could almost reach ten miles away.

Shili is an important benchmark.

This means that the cultivation of divine thought has entered the next stage of condensation, compression, and purification.

If you can still maintain a detection range of ten miles after completing the steps of condensation, compression, and purification, you can try to transform your divine sense into form and condense your Yin Spirit.

Gu Xiangyang sighed with emotion.

They had already entered the banquet hall.

The welcoming banquet was held on the top floor of a thirteen-story attic.

After exchanging pleasantries with the elders he had to respectfully look up to just a few years ago, he went to the balcony, where he could clearly see most of the Purgatory Sect.

Seeing that there was space next to him, the five young people couldn't help but gather around.

"Senior Brother Gu, do you still remember me? I'm Xiao Zhao."

"Haha, Senior Brother Gu, it's been a long time. I knew that with your talent, you would surely soar to great heights."

"It's incredible that Senior Brother Gu has already broken through to the Spirit Refining Realm. I wonder if I could have the honor of inviting Senior Brother to teach my junior sister?"

Of the five people, two are men and three are women.

The two men thought back to how good their relationship with Gu Xiangyang had been.

The three women, each with their own unique charm, were clearly dressed up meticulously, radiant and dazzling, each vying for attention.

Gu Xiangyang glanced at them and recognized two of them.

One of them was Wang Yuzhao, a senior disciple among the True Disciple. When he first entered the Purgatory Sect, he received a lot of help from her.

The other one is True Disciple sister who was promoted in the same year as him. She is pretty and charming, and now she seems to have matured a lot.

The last one was someone he only vaguely recognized.

But after a moment, he remembered. "Senior Sister Qin Xia?"

"Senior Brother Gu, you have already become True Person of Spirit Refining. Logically speaking, you should be able to serve as an elder in the Elder Council. The title of Senior Sister is far too unworthy of you."

Qin Xia wore an elegant smile, but the next second she winked playfully. "But I don't mind if Senior Brother Gu is willing to continue calling me that."

Gu Xiangyang smiled and remained modest, "I haven't taken up a post yet. Strictly speaking, I'm still a disciple of the Purgatory Sect. Therefore, it's more appropriate for us to address each other as fellow disciples."

As he spoke, he felt a pang of emotion.

He knew a little about this Senior Sister Qin Xia back then; she was a socialite in their palace and had a great reputation.

Her kinship with the Vice Sect Master Qin Li further highlighted her noble status.

At that time, a senior brother in the same college as him was extremely infatuated with her. Whenever he had any good Cultivation Resources, he would think of her first. He would also share any insights or understandings he had about cultivation with her immediately.

But the result was...

It seems she didn't even get a smile from him.

That senior brother, due to consistently finishing last in last year's competition for True Disciple, has been reassigned to a steward position and no longer enjoys the various privileges of True Disciple.

In contrast, Qin Xia remains as radiant as ever.

At this moment, she was all smiles and laughter in front of him, and all of this...

All of this is due to the changes he experienced when he broke through from the Gang Condensing to the Spirit Refining.

So...

Men, when you are weak, why waste so much energy on women, which only affects your cultivation progress?

As long as you are strong, you don't need to pursue or flatter the goddess who is usually high and mighty; she will find ways to throw herself into your arms.

As for worrying about missing out?

This is not a problem at all.

As long as he continues to climb to a high enough level, the women surrounding him will only become more and more outstanding.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiangyang felt that the banquet in front of him had become somewhat boring. He wished he could go back to seclusion and cultivate diligently as soon as possible, so as to become a Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator and even True Lord.

During the banquet, Gu Xiangyang, Su Nanxing, and others were surrounded by many disciples, just as Gu Jinlai.

In fact, he was the absolute protagonist of the show.

Apart from Lu Zhanxian, the three Supreme Elders of the Purgatory Sect, Zhang Liefeng and Liu Jingtao, accompanied him.

Other ordinary elders, like Lu Dengxian, were seated below him, only able to interject a word or two from time to time.

As for the remaining sect leaders such as Vice Sect Master Qin Li, Dongfang Xue, Yuan Xizhi, and Huo Changqing, they didn't even have the right to speak.

The only True Person Spirit Refining who could occasionally exchange a few words with him was Zhao Qian.

The stark difference in status and treatment left these temple lords feeling quite disheartened.

Three or four years Gu Jinlai, when the matter of Elder Yang Kan was first discussed and debated by them, these temple masters could easily decide his life or death.

But now...

In less than four years, he has grown to a level that they all have to look up to.

No!

It wasn't four years ago. More than two years ago, when Gu Jinlai thwarted the assassination attempt by Longque Manor and killed the two Grand Elders, Ye Wuxia and Wang Yinfeng, he had already transcended the level of ordinary Spirit Refining Elders and officially entered the ranks of the top forces.

To this day, in the entire southern region, there is no one with a higher status or position than him.

Even Lu Zhanxian, who is known as one of the top ten masters of the demonic path, seems to be slightly inferior to him, the lord of Lingxiao City who occupies three states.

After all, the ultimate killing moves Gu Jinlai have been so powerful that they could even annihilate Demonic Beasts king.

After a considerable amount of pointless small talk and compliments, Zhang Liefeng finally served the main course.

"The Earth Immortal Palace attaches such importance to the Divine Sword Tournament that it's even become... blatant. This time, the Celestial Immortal True Explanation will definitely take some action. I just don't know to what extent they will go. Has the Ancient Supreme received the invitation? I wonder what his opinion is on this matter?"

"A hundred years ago, the reason why the Heavenly Emperor took action against the Great Qian royal family was because the behavior of the Demonic Spirit transforming into Demonic Beasts made him realize that this enemy had become a new threat. Therefore, he wanted to stop the rule of the Great Qian royal family and have him, the new number one in the world, lead all the people of the Qian world to fight against the Demonic Beasts. As it turns out, his premonition was not wrong. In the past hundred years, although the Demonic Beasts has been silent, if you observe carefully, you can find that the Heavenly Master Lineage has been wiped out without a sound."

Gu Jinlai: "However, Celestial Masters have always been at odds with Demonic Beasts, and they belong to a different system from cultivators. In addition, the methods of Demonic Beasts are extremely sophisticated. Every time they kill a wave of Celestial Masters, they seem to suffer heavy losses, or even be completely wiped out. As a result, they have not attracted much attention from us for hundreds of years..."

At this point, he paused slightly. "It's not that we don't take it seriously at all, but at least in our minds, although the Demonic Beasts are a major threat, they haven't yet become a force to be reckoned with. There's still time. What we all think about is ending the civil war before the Demonic Beasts become completely powerful, and gathering the power of the heavens to fight the Demonic Beasts to the death, isn't that right?"

Zhang Liefeng and Liu Jingtao exchanged a glance and nodded.

Although the Demonic Beasts have already devoured Muzhou, eroded Rizhou, and isolated the Milky Way, the Purgatory Sect and the Yellow Springs Sect do not border the Demonic Beasts forces. They know that the Demonic Beasts are a major threat, but in the face of certain important matters, they also feel that it is not a big deal to deal with the Demonic Beasts crisis on a delayed basis.

"The Earth Immortal Palace probably has a similar idea now."

Gu Jinlai said, "For them, integrating the power of Qian Tian as quickly as possible is more important than dealing with Demonic Beasts. They might even raise the banner of Demonic Beasts, believing that not uniting under the rule of the Earth Immortal Palace means they are unwilling to fight against Demonic Beasts. Therefore, I conclude that it will be easy for us to go to this Divine Sword Tournament, but how to get back... is a big problem."

"But that's a celestial explanation."

Liu Jingtao sighed, "If we don't try to understand it, and other forces do, we will inevitably fall behind. Then..."

"Therefore, we'd better unite in advance."

It Gu Jinlai.

He glanced at Liu Jingtao and Zhang Liefeng: "The two elders probably don't know yet, but not long ago, Sect Master Fang of the Cold Moon Sect came to me, hoping to merge the Cold Moon Sect into the Lingxiao City system, so as to further improve the relationship between Lanzhou and Star Province."

"The Cold Moon Sect has merged into Lingxiao City?"

Upon hearing this, both elders' expressions changed simultaneously.

"Yes, I have already agreed to the Cold Moon Sect's request."

Gu Jinlai smiled and asked, "What do you two think?"