[Four years had passed since they parted.]
[Taihua Sect had drifted away from Yu Province in the Central Lands, and the journey was long. Word of the battle in the Southern Border had spread through the Outer Dao sects, and every disciple shared in the glory.]
[You had slain the Dragon Prince, killed the Flood Dragon King, destroyed a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect with a single slash, and shaken the Three Daos.]
[Some enthusiasts had already proclaimed their sect master the greatest cultivator beneath the Supreme Grandmasters.]
[Today, Qing Lao led the entire sect to line both sides of the mountain gate and welcome you home.]
[The island masters of all thirty lineages across the four islands had gathered.]
[At their head stood Qing Lao, Miao Gu, and the woman in white as pure as snow: the Moon Venerable.]
[You stepped through the air from the treasure ship, your robes fluttering.]
[Before the mountain gate, tens of thousands of disciples shouted as one, their voices shaking the clouds:]
["Welcome home, Sect Master!"]
[After four years, you had finally returned. The Taihua Sect disciples were excited and deeply moved.]
[Half an hour later.]
[Taihua Sect, Zhenhai Island.]
[Inside the Patriarchs' Hall.]
[Those gathered here were the core figures who held Taihua Sect's authority: Qing Lao, Miao Gu, the Moon Venerable, Ying Yuan, Hong Tianyan, Hua Yuchan, and others.]
[Your gaze fell on Zi Chan.]
[The Moon Venerable's identity was secret. No one but you knew it, and she used only the alias "Zi Chan" in public.]
[With Taihua Sect's resources and the foundation of her former cultivation, she had returned to the Second Nine Heavenly Tribulation realm in just four years.]
[At this rate, she would recover her former cultivation within another four or five years.]
[It seemed that being remade