The Grand Gathering Concludes

The purple-robed Great Elder, whose status was beyond measure, remained utterly unaffected by the outside world. Smiling warmly, he said, "Certainly. When the time comes, this old man will welcome you with his shoes on backward."

The foremost figure of the current generation in the Eastern Wasteland had every right to receive such eager support from him.

If an ordinary great sect or ancient school obtained such a peerless genius, its prosperity and splendor could continue for at least several thousand more years.

Several Supreme Elders of Jade Lake rose to see the various guests off.

Before leaving, the Divine Silkworm Princess took hold of Ye Fan and reminded him not to forget their agreement.

Several members of the ancient imperial clans would remain at Jade Lake for the time being, nourishing the Jade Lake Sacred Spirit with their ancient imperial blood. In ten days, they would personally visit Merak to request a fruit of the Nine-Wonder Immortality Medicine.

The younger brother of the Divine Silkworm Emperor, who was undergoing nirvana, urgently needed an immortality medicine to reconstruct his origin.

The once-every-five-hundred-years Flat Peach Grand Assembly came to a perfect close, and a million cultivators departed Jade Lake.

Whether it was the appearance of the two great ancient imperial clans, the Flat Peach divine fruits offered as prizes for martial contests, or the Merak Holy Son, champion of this gathering, all became subjects of prolonged discussion.

Only after more than half a year did the fervor gradually die down.

Ye Fan returned to Merak Holy Land and handed the Feather Transformation Azure Gold—supreme immortal material extracted from a Heaven-ranked Stone King collected by the fifth-generation patriarch—to Elder Wei Yi.

The Mad Elder was still in secluded cultivation, while Grandmother Yao was versed only in alchemy. Thus, the task of