Spirit Transformation Makes Its Move and Secures Ascension

Ringed by icebound mountains, Cold Wind City stood astride the range. A barrier sealed it off, keeping the Immortal City springlike year-round, as though it belonged to another world.

On ordinary days, the Market roared with activity. Shops crowded both sides of the streets: the Spirit Material Pavilion, Pill Chamber, Magic Tool Shop, and Monster Hide and Meat Shop stood shoulder to shoulder.

Cultivators skimmed low over the lanes, their feathered mounts shedding flecks of spiritual light. Carts and carriages were mostly drawn by exotic beasts, whose hooves rang crisp against the blue-jade streets.

Today, though, the city had been transformed. Damaged storefronts and cracked paving stones were repaired in the blink of an eye. Fine spirit jade adorned every eave, filling the streets with spiritual energy.

The once-chaotic roadside stalls stood in neat rows. Vendors had dug deep into their reserves, displaying rare spirit jade treasured for years, ancient damaged talismans, and monster Inner Cores.

Every prized item normally kept under lock and key had come out. Each merchant showed what they had.

Meanwhile, word that a Spirit Transformation Cultivator would visit Cold Wind Immortal City today sent countless cultivators racing back from afar.

"White Bone Superior has advanced to Spirit Transformation. What wonderful news!"

"Isn't it? This old man is nearly two hundred. To see a newly risen Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch before I close my eyes—I can die without regrets."

An elderly Foundation Establishment Cultivator in a tavern had tears of excitement in his eyes.

He was not the one who had reached Spirit Transformation, but it was still cause for joy.

"Heavenly Lord White Bone came from the very bottom, a pure Rogue Cultivator like us. No lineage or Sect stood behind him. He made it this far on his own."

"You see Heavenly Lord White