Something Was Wrong

Immortal cultivators of this era had their own methods of Dao Integration.

The most typical method was "perfection"—cultivating one's own technique to its limit, using oneself as the source to merge with heaven and earth, and achieving the Dao Integration Realm. Five Elements Ancestor had previously wanted to perfect his Five Elements technique, which was why he had risked infiltrating the Great Tomb controlled by the Ancient Sword Sect, leading to everything that followed.

Looking back now, Five Elements Ancestor's cultivation progress might have been under the Ancient Sword Sect's control from the very beginning.

He had encountered no trouble while cultivating the first four attributes and easily made up for their deficiencies. Only the final spiritual material, Fire Patterned Mysterious Crystal, had been restricted, forcing him to infiltrate a Spirit Vein controlled by the Ancient Sword Sect to complete it.

No matter how one looked at it, this resembled a conspiracy.

Chen Luo did not care about the conspiracy behind it. He cared about what he wanted.

Yellow Leaf Valley was a fine place, peaceful and quiet.

The spiritual energy in this region had been drained completely when he broke through earlier. The remaining thin spiritual energy was nowhere near enough for ordinary Qi Cultivators to cultivate. For this reason, Chen Luo had specifically set up a Spirit Gathering Formation outside Yellow Leaf Valley and buried some Spirit Stones underground nearby, barely restoring some of its former vigor.

Those Qi Refining Realm disciples affected by this could sense spiritual energy again. Even the dried-up Spirit Spring in the backyard had regained a few traces of water.

Half a month passed like this.

Mu Jian Yu, whose Soul Transformation Realm cultivation had recovered, sat in the backyard with Chen Luo, discussing revenge.

Suddenly, spiritual light flashed in the courtyard.

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