Having completed the Xuan Yang Treasure Codex, his eldest son Zhou Guangcheng would no longer be barred from the Tribulation Crossing Stage in his future cultivation because of flaws in his technique.
But Zhou Yang had no certainty whether Zhou Guangcheng could truly cross tribulation and become immortal in the future, nor could he offer him any further help in this regard.
In any case, he had already passed the Three Treasures Ruyi Art on to Zhou Guangcheng. Once Zhou Guangcheng's cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Ninth Layer, he would be able to practice this secret art.
This was also the only help he, as a father, could provide in the matter of his son crossing tribulation and becoming immortal.
Having completed the great task of restoring the cultivation technique, Zhou Yang's plans to retire to Donglai Immortal Island for secluded cultivation had to be put on the agenda.
He first returned to the Zhou family, leaving behind a Secret Treasure he had personally refined for Zhou Xiaofeng, the Zhou family's Nascent Soul Stage cultivator. He then witnessed his grandson Zhou Tonghui, who had returned from his travels, succeed to the position of Zhou family head. After that, he prepared to leave the Cultivation World of the Boundless Sea of Sand with Daoist Lan.
But just then, Zhou Yang suddenly received a message from the Lei Yu True Spirit. The Heaven-Connecting Demon King, who had remained in seclusion for several centuries, had successfully emerged and triggered the True Spirit Heavenly Tribulation.
Upon hearing this news, he immediately brought Daoist Lan to the Cloud Severing Mountain Range to observe the event.
The place where the Heaven-Connecting Demon King would cross tribulation was an uninhabited mountain less than ten thousand li from Heaven-Connecting Peak.
By the time Zhou Yang arrived, the nearby