Azure Crossing without Azure Crossing

Li Haowen left Steward Zhang's room, descended the steps, and headed back toward the teahouse's main hall.

Even Yulai Tower's intelligence network could obtain only a rough outline of the affairs involving Fengjian Valley and Du Cang Mountain, with little further useful information.

Still, the attack on Bai Jinye had surprised Li Haowen somewhat.

Among Du Cang Mountain's "Three Heroes of Tongshen Realm," Liang Qianbo was slightly inferior to Li Haowen in both cultivation and talent.

As for Chu Xiyao, her cultivation foundation ran deeper than Li Haowen's. After all, his cultivation had suffered considerable delays since Wei Mian's death. But when it came to talent for immortal cultivation, Li Haowen was not necessarily her inferior.

Bai Jinye, however, stood at the head of Du Cang Mountain's "Three Heroes of Tongshen Realm." Whether in cultivation realm or talent, he was someone Li Haowen willingly acknowledged as his superior.

In fact, thirty years ago, although Bai Jinye had already made quite a name for himself, he had still ranked half a step below Chu Xiyao, Li Haowen, and even Liang Qianbo.

After reaching the Qi Sea Realm, Bai Jinye had seemed to experience a sudden awakening. His cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and his reputation and strength soon surpassed those of Chu Xiyao, Liang Qianbo, and the others.

This was nothing surprising. The history of Chenping Continent's cultivation world held many examples of accumulated potential bursting forth or sudden awakenings, and Bai Jinye's cultivation speed was not excessively extraordinary.

Quite the opposite: after entering the Qi Sea Realm, Chu Xiyao and Liang Qianbo had progressed more slowly than they had while still cultivating in the Lower Three Realms.

Yet they remained among the finest geniuses in the world.

On the long Path of Immortality, some surged ahead early, while others