Xiaozhu Peak boasted breathtaking scenery, and Looking-Moon Terrace was one of Qingyun's six scenic wonders.
Legend had it that on every full-moon night, moonlight spilled over Looking-Moon Terrace amid the shifting shadows of bamboo, and the bright moon seemed close enough to touch!
Xiaozhu Peak was a place steeped in poetry and beauty!
After Li Wan'er broke through the first level, Shui Yue taught her the cultivation methods for all three initial levels.
Whenever she could, Li Wan'er went to Looking-Moon Terrace to meditate and cultivate.
Not long after joining Xiaozhu Peak, she learned that the Righteous-Demonic War had only recently ended, and that the previous sect leader, Tian Chengzi, had died not long ago.
The current heads of Qingyun's Seven Peaks had all assumed their positions in a time of crisis.
Three years later, Shui Yue brought back another disciple named Wen Min, who became her second disciple on Xiaozhu Peak.
By then, Li Wan'er had already reached the fourth level of the Yuqing Realm, the Object Manipulation Realm.
The Taiji Xuanqing Dao originated in Daoist thought and comprised three realms: Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing. They were named after Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun of Daoist mythology, commonly known as the Three Pure Ones.
Daoist cultivation emphasized sharing a single breath with heaven and earth and becoming one with nature, using one's body to command nature's creative forces and turn them into tremendous power.
Its practice involved comprehending the Dao of heaven and earth, opening every pore and the body's seven apertures, and drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the body to circulate through the meridians. This tempered and stabilized the body's spiritual energy and internal meridians, strengthening the body and extending one's lifespan.
At higher realms, cultivators could even command