Time quietly passed.
Inside the cave abode, two figures in white sat facing each other, their auras slowly yet steadily rising.
And so, several years went by.
On this day, Zhang Shuai slowly opened his eyes. Divine light gleamed within them, and his aura had completely recovered to its peak state before the split.
However, when his gaze shifted to the avatar opposite him, who was still cultivating with his eyes closed, he could not help but frown. The avatar's aura was still slowly growing, but it would clearly take quite some time before it fully recovered and reached a stable state comparable to the main body. By Zhang Shuai's estimate, it would require at least several more years of painstaking cultivation.
It seemed that even its recovery speed for true essence and soul power was somewhat inferior to that of the main body.
In that case, no matter how miraculous the Nine-Turn Spirit-Splitting Avatar Scripture was, the avatar it refined was still inferior to the main body.
Thus, Zhang Shuai left the avatar in the cave abode to continue cultivating, while his main body departed from the secluded cultivation chamber and arrived at the Dragon Soaring Sect's main hall. He then summoned everyone in the Dragon Soaring Sect to a meeting.
Before long, Chonghua, Xuan Yu, Lin Xiuwen, Zhang Yufeng, Cangming, Pang Qingfeng, and the other twenty-one people entered the hall one after another. Upon seeing Zhang Shuai seated upon the throne at the center of the hall, all twenty-one of them shuddered. Their eyes blazed with fervent reverence and excitement as they bowed in unison. "Welcome the Sect Master out of seclusion!"
Zhang Shuai calmly swept his gaze across the people below and gave a slight nod.
With Zhang Shuai sparing no expense in supplying them with resources,