This was a gorge between two mountains. By the time those core disciples arrived, quite a few cultivators had already gathered there, all of them elites from Peerless Valley—disciples as well as elders in the Integration Stage. Most sat upright and cross-legged on a patch of grass. On a white jade altar some distance away, a handsome middle-aged cultivator sat with his eyes closed. Powerful pressure radiated from his body, but it was extremely unstable, surging and ebbing by turns. At the same time, the Great Dao of heaven and earth that it stirred began to fluctuate.
This man was Liu Xuan, a cultivator about to break through to the Mahayana Stage. In order to let this breakthrough offer the sect's disciples some insight, he had not chosen to enter seclusion. Instead, he had gathered the sect's elite disciples to witness his breakthrough. A breakthrough from the Integration Stage to the Mahayana Stage would trigger fluctuations in the heavenly dao, making it the best time for enlightenment. He was doing this to help these disciples better advance their own cultivation, which could also be considered a contribution to the sect.
An elder at the late Integration Stage stood guard at each side of the white jade altar. They had gone to great lengths and made ample preparations for this breakthrough. If not for the matter of the realm passageway, Mahayana Stage cultivators would certainly have been guarding this place.
However, their guard duty was little more than a formality. No cultivator from Peerless Valley believed that an enemy would come knocking at such a time. After all, their sect-protecting grand formation could rival those of first-rate cultivation forces. Even if four or five Mahayana Stage cultivators came, they could not break it in a short time. Besides, if anything happened