The Sect Master's Mission

Chen Yan served as Empty Mountain Sect's Dao Gate Walker longer than he had expected.

He held the position for a full twelve years before finally stepping down, succeeded by a junior from Empty Mountain Sect.

Over those twelve years, Chen Yan visited a total of 172 cultivation sects across Chenping Continent.

Most of them were cultivation sects in the continent's northwest.

Among them were top sects of the northwest, such as Panlong Sect.

Of course, he still spent most of his time among the continent's other Four Great Sects.

Of those four, Chen Yan liked staying at Fengjian Valley the most.

Fengjian Valley had the warmest relationship with Empty Mountain Sect, and its peaceful surroundings were the most relaxing.

His least favorite was Xingtian Gate.

The reason was simple: Xingtian Gate had Qin Qingyu.

No one would openly slight Chen Yan, the Dao Gate Walker of Empty Mountain Sect. But at Xingtian Gate, nearly every cultivator who saw him would immediately think of the scene from the Heavenly Peak Dao Seeking all those years ago.

When Chen Yan returned to Empty Mountain Sect, he was thirty-four years old and at the peak of the Qi Sea Realm.

Qin Qingyu, meanwhile, had already reached the peak of the Spirit Communication Realm. Condensing Destiny True Qi and breaking through to the Wanhua Realm were practically within her grasp.

It was clear that Qin Qingyu was no longer being compared with cultivators of her own generation.

Instead, she was being measured against the peak elders and Attendant Elders of the Five Great Sects.

It was only a temporary setback.

That was how Chen Yan comforted himself after losing to Qin Qingyu at the Heavenly Peak Dao Seeking.

He became more reserved and accepted the fact that Qin Qingyu's cultivation talent far surpassed