The hazy spiritual glow gradually thinned, and in the distant sky, a stretch of deep blue emerged.
The mountain ridges had grown much gentler, and a small river flowed out from among the mountains, winding and twisting. The murmuring current struck the stones, sending out lively water sounds.
A figure arrived travel-worn and dusty, finally landing beneath a small hill. As he looked at the deep-blue sky in the distance, he let out a long breath of relief.
This figure was none other than Ye Jingcheng. Two more days had now passed since the day he had run into Ghost Mystery True Lord.
At this moment, he had finally reached the edge of the Upper Immortal Realm.
Fortunately, over these two days, he had not encountered any other Nascent Soul cultivators, though he had run into a few Golden Cores.
When those Golden Cores saw that Ye Jingcheng's cultivation was at the late Golden Core stage, they all withdrew and avoided him, making no other moves.
Ye Jingcheng naturally looked down on these Golden Cores with disdain. Instead of risking themselves in the Upper Immortal Realm, they lingered around its outskirts, waiting for Golden Core cultivators to come out so they could seek out soft persimmons to pinch and pick up ready-made treasures.
If not for the treasures Ye Jingcheng himself carried, which meant he could not be too conspicuous, he truly would not have minded pretending to be an early Golden Core for once and properly teaching these cultivators a lesson.
Of course, during this time, Ye Jingcheng also saw quite a few cultivators from the Eastern Region.
The only pity was that Ye Jingcheng did not run into any cultivators from the Green River Sect.
Though Golden Cores did not have much impact on the Green River Sect,