Breaking Through the Dao Sea, Restarting the Dao Stele

"The Thousand Mechanisms Dojo is now gripped by panic."

"Ever since Zuo Qianxing died by your hand, the Thousand Mechanisms Dojo has gone into complete lockdown. All its core disciples have tucked their heads into their shells and stopped coming out."

During the celebratory banquet, Elder Changming briefed Lu Chong on the Thousand Mechanisms Dojo's current situation.

In contrast, thanks to Lu Chong's string of victories, the Azure Edge Dojo's influence throughout the surrounding region had grown by the day, as though it had been brought back to life.

Besides the Thousand Mechanisms Dojo, nearby forces like the Heavenly Net Dojo and Flowing Cloud Dojo were all racking their brains to befriend the Azure Edge Dojo, even willing to make major concessions to do so.

"The wheel of fortune really does turn. Our Azure Edge Dojo was suppressed for so long, and now we've finally turned the tables."

And all of this was because of Lu Chong.

Elder Changming was now incomparably glad that he had recognized a pearl beneath the dust and taken Lu Chong in as a nominal disciple, sparing no effort to support him.

Otherwise, the Azure Edge Dojo would likely have already been carved up clean by the neighboring dojos.

The celebratory banquet lasted three days and three nights before the still-exhilarated Dojo Master, Supreme Elder, and elders finally let Lu Chong go. He headed alone for the inner sect's place of enlightenment.

However, the Hanging Mountain where he had once sought enlightenment was clearly no longer suitable for him.

A force originating from the Dao Stele itself drew him ever upward. He passed directly beyond the Supreme Elder's Hanging Mountain and arrived at the enlightenment mountain in the deepest reaches.

This Hanging Mountain stood even higher than Dojo Master Yue Shan's place of enlightenment,