Ninth-Layer Peak! Climbing Blade Peak Again!

After leaving Great Flame, Li Bufan headed back toward the sect. After several transfers, he finally reached the borders of Cangwu State.

Two days later, Li Bufan finally arrived at Cangwu City.

Cangwu City was as prosperous as ever, its streets packed with carriages and pedestrians. The Songhe Gate market was still bustling, with disciples from every peak coming and going, buying and selling, sparring and chatting.

He recalled it all—the Seven Emotions Secret Realm of Red Sleeve Fragrance, the palace of the Great Yan Dynasty, the Zhao Family's Ten Thousand Spirits District, and the young woman who had come to him that night.

He shook his head, drove those stray thoughts away, and strode toward Songhe Gate's Teleportation Formation.

He stepped onto the Teleportation Formation. Its light flashed, and Li Bufan vanished from Cangwu City. A moment later, he stood before Songhe Gate's mountain gate.

The gate was as imposing as ever. Distant peaks appeared and disappeared amid the clouds and mist, wreathed in an otherworldly aura. Standing before it and looking at everything familiar, he felt a surge of warmth.

He stepped down from the teleportation platform and went straight back to Blade Peak without stopping anywhere else.

Blade Peak was as sharp and imposing as ever. The saber marks along both sides of the mountain path were as deep as before, and saber intent still permeated every corner.

But at his current cultivation level, that saber intent felt like a light breeze against his face. It could no longer affect him at all.

He followed the mountain path upward and returned to his small courtyard.

The spirit spring still burbled, and the bamboo grove still rustled. Everything was just as it had been when he left.

Once inside, he began cultivating. Li Bufan had already reached the