I Am the Phoenix Ancestor You Speak Of

"I do have a bit of a problem with my cultivation. I've been stuck at one realm for quite a while and haven't been able to break through."

The Seventh Elder nodded. "So you've hit a bottleneck. That's common enough. I have pills that can help you break through."

"It's not a bottleneck. Someone is ahead of me, so I can't break through."

The Seventh Elder understood. It seemed this newcomer was cultivating a special technique.

Such special techniques had been common in the Great Gan and Great Yu eras. The main feature was that cultivators further along in the technique would absorb those who came after them. The winner took all. By the Great Xia era, these techniques had become too cruel, and since cultivators already had other methods to practice, they stopped cultivating them.

"How about changing sects and starting over?"

"That probably won't work. If I start over, I can't guarantee I'll reach my current realm."

"I see. If all else fails, tell me who's ahead of you, and I'll make him start over!"

Jiang Lianyi looked worried. "But that person is very strong."

"Are they at the Tribulation Transcendence stage?"

"Not quite."

Hearing that it wasn't someone at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, the Seventh Elder relaxed. He thumped his chest and promised, "As long as they're not at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, I can beat them with one hand tied behind my back."

Which of Ask Dao Sect's Nine Sons wasn't renowned for their fighting prowess?

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's go into the city first," the First Elder said. It wasn't suitable to discuss this sort of thing at the city gate. Even if they used a spell to muffle their voices, it wasn't foolproof. What if someone at the Tribulation Transcendence stage