Strength and Political Maneuvering

Chenping Continent, Western Regions, Yun Ci Dynasty.

He Qingling hurried toward the outskirts of Yun Jing. It had to be said that the mood of He Chenjie's daughter, the current Sect Master of Xuansheng Sect, was terrible at that moment.

In truth, many Immortal Cultivators in this world were far more simple-minded than one might imagine.

Especially those prodigies born into major sects, who never had to worry about cultivation resources.

They never had to think about anything. Wherever they went, people fawned over them.

The only thing they needed to do was cultivate.

He Qingling was just like that.

Born into a top cultivation sect like Xuansheng Sect, she was also deeply loved by her grandmaster, the Divine Ability Realm powerhouse Liu Puzhong.

It could be said that since the day she was born, the greatest hardship she had ever suffered was taking that pill worth more than two thousand Superior Spirit Stones.

Compared with these favored prodigies, whose cultivation paths had been smooth sailing from the moment they set foot on the Path of Immortality,

Immortal Cultivators from Cultivation Families, Rogue Cultivators who had withdrawn to the mountains, and disciples of smaller sects with scarce cultivation resources were often far more resilient than the geniuses of first-rate and top cultivation sects.

They also tended to have much more life experience.

But not every cultivation genius from a great sect was simple-minded.

A nearby example was Qin Qingyu of Xingtian Gate.

Since the Immortal Path had been severed, she was the only genius in the world hailed as having "Ascended Immortal Potential." Qin Qingyu's name was no longer mentioned alongside those of her peers in this generation.

People were more inclined to compare her to Zhou Jinyun, that peerless genius from Mirage Palace eight thousand years ago, who had