Seven years gone by, the Yin Demonic Corpse [Monthly votes requested]

News spread that White Bone Old Devil, the rogue Nascent Soul cultivator from three hundred years ago, had joined Ice God Palace and officially become Cold Wind City's Nascent Soul guest elder.

The news left countless lower-ranking factions buzzing with shock. Some higher-ranking factions had already seen it coming and were not particularly surprised. Then Lin Chang'an publicly announced that he accepted commissions for both fourth-rank alchemy and corpse puppet refinement, provided the client supplied the special materials.

This frantic accumulation of resources, which practically threatened to interfere with his cultivation, made many factions all the more certain of one thing.

The old devil's injuries from three hundred years ago really were severe. Otherwise, he would not have joined Ice God Palace one moment and begun frantically amassing resources the next. He clearly intended to gather the resources needed to restore his cultivation. After all, three hundred years ago, he had already been a cultivator at the nascent soul late stage peak.

Naturally, Ice God Palace knew about his activities and found nothing surprising in them.

Meanwhile, Lin Chang'an received visits from quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators. Some major factions even arrived with spirit grass, while others brought special corpses to be refined into corpse puppets.

Of course, the fees Lin Chang'an charged were far from cheap.

"Master, a major faction really is better! The spiritual energy in this cave abode far surpasses our old one."

Between moving into a new cave abode and joining Ice God Palace, one of the northern Three Great Factions, Lin Chang'an naturally received another round of congratulatory gifts.

Inside the cave abode, Jin Feng wore a comfortable, blissful smile as it basked in the rich spiritual energy.

It had never enjoyed spiritual energy like this in the Lower Realm.

Not only Jin Feng—even