Inside the Five Elements Sect's hall, Elder Yao held the warm jade bottle containing the Saint Soul Marrow. Even with his centuries of cultivation in his state of mind, his fingertips trembled slightly with excitement.
Within the jade bottle, the Glazed-colored Marrow Substance flowed slowly as if possessing life, radiating pure Energy Fluctuations that made one's soul tremble.
This was the key to increasing his strength, and the supreme key to stepping into that transcendent, saintly realm—the Half-Saint Realm!
Time was pressing. Only half a month remained before the Space Trading Fair, which would gather countless rare treasures from across the continent. He had to achieve a breakthrough before then to possess sufficient confidence to compete for those opportunities.
"Lin Ming, I'll remember this favor!" Elder Yao took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions as he looked at Lin Ming with blazing eyes. Everything went without saying.
He then wasted no time. After handing the sect's affairs over to Xiao Yi Xian, his body flickered, as though he had transformed into a dancing flame. As the space around him distorted slightly, he vanished from where he stood, leaving behind only a faint trail of fire that pointed directly toward the Five Elements Sect's Back Mountain, where the Forbidden Area for secluded cultivation, protected by countless formations and richest in energy, was located.
He had to race against time and charge toward the Half-Saint Realm, the realm that countless Peak Dou Venerate experts had dreamed of!
With Elder Yao entering seclusion and Xiao Yi Xian formally taking over, the vast machine that was the Five Elements Sect began operating efficiently and smoothly once more.
The elders and deacons of every hall performed their respective duties. The disciples cultivated if they were cultivating, carried out missions if they were carrying out