You Broke Through?

Gray overcast clouds blotted out the firmament. An oval "sun" hung in the sky, purplish-brown light spreading from it.

All the mountains and rivers below were covered in purple.

The trees swayed, fallen leaves soundless.

Insects crawled through the soil without a sound. Wherever the purple light shone, all sound seemed to have been wiped away, turning the world into a silent painting.

The Qionghua Sect's mountain gate lay directly beneath the purple light.

This Dao Sect, which had once dominated the Southwestern Region, now seemed like a different place. The spiritual energy surrounding the sect had been completely cleared away, and even its disciples had been confined to the mountain, forbidden from leaving.

Silent Valley experts in white robes stood everywhere around the sect. There were not many of them, but every one was powerful.

Beneath the purple sun, a daoist with disheveled hair sat cross-legged.

His eyes were shut. Strands of substantial spiritual energy, visible to the naked eye, were drawn out from the earth vein and absorbed into his body.

He then transformed it into spiritual fire and struck it onto the spirit sword before him.

The spiritual energy he absorbed was the accumulation within Qionghua Sect's earth vein. It had originally been meant to nourish the entire sect, but now the daoist had intercepted all of it and turned it into fuel for refining artifacts.

Whoosh.

The overcast clouds churned, and a strong wind suddenly rose below.

The seated daoist's robes billowed, his hair lifting with the wind. The completely imprisoned spiritual energy showed a little fluctuation.

The daoist opened his eyes and frowned.

"Master."

A figure swiftly appeared at the daoist's side and respectfully bowed to him. Figures also appeared in several other directions in succession.

There were five of them in total. Including the