The immense harvest of resources stirred even Zhang Qingyuan's usually steadfast heart.
This was hardly surprising.
After all, it was the accumulated foundation of an ancient sect that had endured for thousands, even tens of thousands, of years.
These reserves had once been used to sustain the operation of an entire sect.
But once they became Zhang Qingyuan's spoils of war, every last bit belonged to him alone!
With these vast resources, together with the spoils he had obtained earlier, reaching the peak of the Law Domain Realm would pose no problem at all!
Time slowly passed.
After destroying Qianyun Mountain, Zhang Qingyuan remained within Qianyun Mountain's Sect Gate, never leaving. He took stock of his various gains and entered a state of secluded cultivation.
Whether it was the storms raging through the outside world or the dark currents surging beneath its surface,
none of it had much to do with him. He devoted himself wholly to the Cave Heaven Secret Realm of Qianyun Mountain, digesting the gains from one adventure after another.
However,
although Zhang Qingyuan did not openly appear, his legend continued to circulate throughout the Cultivation World.
In particular, after saving the Yue Family, Zhang Qingyuan attached certain methods to the members of the Yue Family, then had them take over all of Qianyun Mountain's most important resource outputs and turn them into his own assets.
This was tantamount to inheriting most of Qianyun Mountain's assets into his own hands.
Though Zhang Qingyuan's face rarely appeared again in the time that followed, every cultivator living within the North Mountain Domain knew
that the young man stationed at Qianyun Mountain's Sect Gate,
quietly engaged in secluded cultivation,
was the sole person capable of deciding the future course of the North Mountain Domain's Cultivation World!
Of course, Zhang Qingyuan,