Within the Clear Origin Sect, Pu Lu emerged from seclusion, somewhat regretful. The Void-Entrancement Realm was exceedingly difficult to attain. He had hoped to gain something from this retreat, yet in the end, he still failed.
He felt that he was only a little short of that threshold, but that tiny gap was one he simply could not cross.
Nine years had now passed, and the secret realm would open in a few months. He could no longer afford to keep grinding away at it.
What comforted him, however, was that the instant he emerged, he sensed an incomparably familiar, solid aura settling upon a mountain peak within the sect. Clearly, Feng Cheng, the junior brother in whom he had always placed great hopes, had become a Profound Venerable.
He summoned a disciple and gave some instructions. Before long, a streak of escaping light flew over and landed before the hall. A young cultivator with an honest, simple-looking face entered and respectfully bowed. "Greetings, Senior Brother Sect Master."
Pu Lu nodded and said with satisfaction, "Junior Brother Feng, your achievement came at just the right time."
This junior brother had attained the Dao through the Profound Method. He was also the first Profound Venerable among the profound cultivators of this world. This pleased Pu Lu even more than attaining it himself would have.
His teacher had once told him that profound cultivation was a Dao lineage unique to Celestial Xia. So long as one profound cultivator ascended to a higher realm, more and more would follow after them. And the greater the number of profound cultivators, the more flourishing the Profound Method would become.
Feng Cheng was not good with words. "This junior merely cultivated step by step. It was all thanks to Teacher's transmission of the law and Senior