As Lu Qing cultivated within the River of Time, he grew ever more accustomed to it.
The steps beneath his feet had changed as well. No longer did he merely stand upon his own Dao Seal; slowly, the next Dao Seal unfolded below him like a level stairway, paving itself onward.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
Over at the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, the situation was somewhat unusual once more. Quite a few things had happened over the past year.
The names of the Profound Heaven's ten great true inheritors were now to be chosen anew.
This decision had gradually spread from the upper ranks down among the disciples in recent days.
Compared with the distant Eight Wastelands, the true inheritor seats within the Dao Sect drew far more attention.
After all, who would not want to forge ties with a true inheritor disciple? Yet the cultivation caves and treasured lands where true inheritors resided simply never saw ordinary disciples.
Still, those famous heavenly geniuses were well known even among the ordinary disciples below.
Lu Qing's name also surfaced once or twice.
But compared to those long-established genius disciples of the Void Realm, Lu Qing had only just entered the Void Realm in many people's eyes. Whether he could contend with those veteran disciples of deep foundations and secure a true inheritor seat remained open to question.
Every nominated true inheritor disciple had connections and backing behind them.
At the very least, those who had reached the Void Realm rarely suffered the fate of a pearl buried in dust within the Dao Sect. More or less, they all had their own masters.
Now that true inheritor seats had opened up, the struggle among Void Realm cultivators had kicked off in grand fashion.
Dongzhen Realm cultivators,