Passage (Part 1)

Even without an order from the Sunshine Sacred Sovereign, Ning Ye intended to remain in seclusion and continue cultivating.

He had never forgotten that Purple Zenith and Seven Nights, those two great powers, were still waiting for him.

After taking down the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, Ning Ye had also acquired sufficient resources, leaving him with even fewer worries and allowing him to seize every moment for cultivation.

Not only him—Dead Tusk, Chi Wanning, and the others each entered the Jade Pivot Hall, determined to cultivate diligently.

Everyone knew what their next target was, so naturally none of them dared be careless.

If a Nirvana Realm cultivator killing a Human Emperor Realm cultivator could still be achieved by a few geniuses across the Xingluo Thousand Realms, then a Human Emperor Realm cultivator killing a saint was truly unprecedented.

Such a grand objective naturally required preparations far beyond the ordinary.

From that day onward, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance entered an unprecedented period of keeping a low profile.

The leaders all went into cultivation, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance stopped stirring up trouble. It no longer suppressed rising talents in any way, and as a result, the lands under its rule came to resemble an age of great peace and prosperity.

Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, another two hundred years had gone by.

By then, Ning Ye had long reached the peak of the Nirvana Realm. Advancing to the Human Emperor Realm would take no more than an instant.

Yet he did not dare do so for the time being.

His progress had simply been too fast; it would surely draw attention.

Ning Ye had always kept the pace of his cultivation within the bounds expected of a peerless genius—secrets and talent, yes, but never