Below Qingyun Mountain, moonlight spilled like water across the world, gently illuminating Shi Yongheng's slender figure.
After three years of traveling, Shi Yongheng had finally stepped fully into the Taiqing Void Insight realm.
"Martial Uncle!"
On Tongtian Peak, Shi Yongheng, dusty from the road and dressed in gray, crossed Rainbow Bridge.
Sensing his aura, Daoxuan emerged from Yuqing Hall and called out.
"Sect Leader Nephew! Congratulations. Your cultivation has become ever more profound and unfathomable."
"You flatter me, Martial Uncle. I cannot compare to you. Though I do not know your exact cultivation, your appearance remains unchanged. You must have attained a level approaching Creation!"
Shi Yongheng smiled. "What attainment approaching Creation? I have merely drawn closer to heaven, earth, and nature."
Before long, Cang Xuan and Mu Yina arrived. After testing them, he found that Cang Xuan was still at the eighth level of Yuqing, while Mu Yina had entered the third level of Yuqing.
Though she belonged to the same generation as Shui Yue, Shui Yue had personally watched over her as she stepped onto the path of cultivation and had long regarded her as her own disciple.
Shi Yongheng did not mind. Whether they were disciples of Xiaozhu Peak or Tongtian Peak, they were all disciples of Qingyun.
Time was like flowing water, gentle and traceless. By the time one noticed it, everything had already changed.
The older generation stepped down one after another, passing the positions of peak leader to their disciples. Not long after retiring, they too passed away in meditation.
Zheng Tong, Shui Yue, Tongxuan, Zeng Tianxia, and others departed from the world one after another.
At the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, Cang Xuan, Xiao Yicai, Qi Hao, and Mu Yina claimed the top four places respectively.
Not long after the tournament, Cang