A Powerful Return!

Of the two Heaven-Connecting Qiankun Pills, Zhou Yang had seized one with True Person Kumoku deliberately going easy on him, while Xin Changming had taken the other.

As a renowned Nascent Soul Ninth Layer cultivator at the "Half-step True Immortal" realm in the Cultivation World of the Tiannan Continent, Xin Changming possessed formidable cultivation and strength. It was hardly surprising that he had surpassed the others in the struggle for the pill.

With the outcome of the contest for the Heaven-Connecting Qiankun Pills decided, True Person Kumoku's twelve-thousandth birthday celebration was, in effect, over.

After all, this so-called birthday celebration had originally only been an excuse to invite other seventh-tier beings to gather. Now that the gathering was over, it was naturally time for everyone to part ways.

"Du still has matters requiring him to remain in the Cultivation World of the Tiannan Continent for some time, so I will not accompany Fellow Daoist Zhou back. Given Fellow Daoist Zhou's own strength, and with Fellow Daoist Lei Yu traveling alongside you, I trust there will be no danger."

As the gathering drew to an end, Du Chongyang first spoke with Zhou Yang, indicating that he would no longer travel with him.

Hearing this, Zhou Yang hurriedly bowed and said, "I would not dare trouble Senior Du further. This junior can return on his own. For Senior's repeated guidance and assistance, this junior is endlessly grateful and will remember it deeply in his heart."

Zhou Yang truly was deeply grateful toward Du Chongyang, this True Immortal of the human race.

Leaving aside the treasures Du Chongyang had gifted him in the Cultivation World of the Northern Court Continent, which had helped save his life from Yu Long Xingyu's assassination attempt.

This time alone, had Du Chongyang not brought him to Withered