After that night, the relationship between Shen Mo and Chen Mengze seemed to have undergone a tremendous change, yet it also seemed as though nothing had changed at all!
The next day, Chen Mengze entrusted all affairs of Azure Cloud Peak to the deputy peak master and the peak elders. She herself entered the Mysterious Ice Cave Abode to begin secluded cultivation, attempting to advance to the late Origin Core stage, perhaps even reaching the Origin Core pinnacle in one breath.
Many years ago, she had found her own "Dao" and had always remained steadfast, following that path onward.
At present, her Dao heart, aptitude, cultivation technique, spiritual treasures, fortuitous opportunities, and everything else were all in place. Shen Mo believed she could travel very, very far upon the immortal path, and would at least not stop at the Origin Core or Divine Bridge Realm!
For some time afterward, Shen Mo convened a high-level meeting in Longevity Hall that lasted several days. To prepare for the possibility that Venerable All Saints might return alive to the Corpse Tuo Mountain Range, he laid down the broad strategies and plans for the Scarlet Flame Sect, while the various higher-ups discussed and supplemented the more specific matters.
Once he had dealt with sect affairs, he returned to the Cloud-Viewing Mansion residence in the Spirit Void Domain.
Afterward, old acquaintances from within the sect came to visit Shen Mo at Cloud-Viewing Mansion in a personal capacity—elders of the older generation such as Yuan Jing and Jin Chinian, and younger members such as Cao Ren and Lu Ming—as long as they remained within the grotto-heaven and had not gone out to train or entered seclusion to break through a realm.
Besides cultivators from the former River-Facing Sect, there were also people he had met in