Tianbao Peak

Cultivation was like rowing against the current: if you did not advance, you fell back.

Though it was a reunion after a long separation, Chen Lin did not linger over their intimacy. He stopped after a brief taste.

In the days that followed, he reinforced the mountain peak with formations and transplanted unique flowers and rare plants. The whole peak came alive, brimming with spiritual qi.

He named it Tianbao Peak, for a place rich in nature's treasures and blessed with outstanding people.

Once everything was settled, they each returned to cultivation.

Time raced by like a white colt flashing past a crack in the wall. Thirty years slipped away.

Nothing momentous happened during that time, and Chen Lin enjoyed a rare stretch of peace.

Qin Lingyu and the others grew fond of the place too.

The Tiancang Realm had beautiful scenery, a pleasant climate, a harmonious Cultivation World, and plentiful resources. If cultivation there had not been capped at Void Refinement, it would have been more suitable than the Tianxuan Realm.

Even so, it was more than enough.

The Void Refinement Realm had early, middle, and late stages, as well as nine layers of Dao Rhyme. Even someone of extraordinary talent would need a thousand years to complete the realm.

Void Refinement cultivators also had long lifespans. If they could withstand the Great Tribulation that came once every thousand years, they could keep living. Most failed to cross the five-thousand-year threshold, but Void Refinement experts who had lived ten thousand years did exist.

In his Cultivation Chamber, Chen Lin opened his eyes.

Divine light flashed through them.

After so many years of steady refinement, his cultivation had grown ever more harmonious. He was not far from the point where he could advance to Void Refinement.

But he still could