"That's why I call you a freak. The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox has lived for over three thousand years, and her cultivation has only just reached a level comparable to your Qingyun's Taiqing realm.
"Do you think that old man can succeed?"
At the Beast God's question, Xuantian was uncertain too. "I don't know. That old fellow treasures his life. Perhaps he has something up his sleeve.
"Besides, the mysteries of those two caves lie not in cultivation, but in the mind.
"Only two people in the entire Qingyun Sect have made it through so far. My daughter passed both the Dream God Cave and the Vast Righteous Cave, and that boy Zhang Xiaofan entered the Dream God Cave and emerged unharmed.
"Cultivation means fighting Heaven for your life, but you still have to understand yourself and gauge your limits. Otherwise, you're simply courting death.
"Old Zhou should be able to make it through. As you are now, you could break through by force. After reuniting with Xiao Huan and drawing closer to fulfillment, you have a chance of passing.
"Before you reunited with Xiao Huan, though, you had no chance."
They talked as they waited quietly. A day later, Zhou Yixian emerged with a weathered face. At the sight of them, he nearly wept.
"What the hell did you do, boy? I felt as though I'd been trapped in some wretched place for a hundred years!
"Have you reached that realm you call Union with the Dao?"
Zhou Yixian looked astonished and envious. Ever since hearing that conjecture, he had studied and explored it extensively, but gained nothing.
Everyone present listened closely to Zhou Yixian's words.
"Yes. At the Taiqing realm, you refine the immortal spiritual radiance of your Primordial Spirit and comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. Once