"There had been quite a few trivial matters."
Qing Ji spoke, then smiled. "Three hundred years ago, Xian Ye ascended. Five hundred years ago, Chen Zuxuan also became an immortal."
"Did Xian Ye cultivate three Dao Fruits?"
Chen Nianzhi's eyes brightened slightly as he could not help asking.
When Chen Nianzhi had descended to the lower realm, he had left Chen Xianye with a precious opportunity to attain the Dao.
Chen Xianye had lived up to expectations. In barely a thousand years, he had comprehended the Laws of Life and Death and forged the Life-Death Immortal Body.
Nearly ten thousand years then passed, yet Chen Xianye had never ascended, all so that he could condense a supreme Dao Fruit.
Now that Chen Xianye had ascended, Chen Nianzhi could not help but think further.
Yet, to his surprise, Qing Ji shook her head with a bitter smile. "Xian Ye's ascension came after his forced attempt to condense a Dao Fruit failed. He could no longer suppress the foundation he had accumulated and was compelled to ascend."
"Alas..."
Chen Nianzhi sighed softly. "Xian Ye cultivated for thirty thousand years, yet in the end, he was still one crucial step short. It will likely be harder than scaling the heavens for him to make up for it in the future."
Having said this, Chen Nianzhi added, "That child Zuxuan managed to break through and ascend to immortality. That is also a great joy for the clan."
"Let him choose an immortal treasure from the clan treasury. Consider it the clan's reward for him."
Qing Ji nodded and said with a smile, "That is the usual practice. I understand."
Over these eight thousand years, Chen Nianzhi had slowly passed the time in secluded cultivation, but the Guixu Alliance and the clan had also undergone