After his physical body broke through to the third level of the Zenith Heaven body, Chen Nianzhi began gradually consolidating his cultivation.
Several million years later, when Chen Nianzhi emerged from seclusion, he found that the Third Calamity was already drawing near.
By then, Chen Nianzhi's lifespan had surpassed two hundred million years. Taking advantage of the calamity's extension of lifespan, he summoned everyone in the clan to the Guixu Immortal Domain and held a family banquet.
This family banquet was rather casual. Chen Nianzhi had invited only his Dao companions and clansmen.
After the banquet ended, Chen Nianzhi gathered everyone in the main hall and said, "The calamity is approaching again. You should begin preparing for it."
Qing Ji, who had already taken human form, spoke directly. "This time, I will enter the calamity myself. There should not be any great danger."
Everyone nodded at those words. Though they did not know what opportunity Qing Ji had obtained, they understood that her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, and she was now almost no weaker than Jiang Linglong had been in the past.
With Qing Ji leading them, this calamity should not pose much danger.
Thinking this, Ya Ya and Yan Zi Ji said directly, "The two of us will enter the calamity together. If we can take that step, we will directly break through into the Zenith Heaven realm."
Chen Nianzhi nodded, then looked toward Chen Qiyuan, Chen Nianchuan, and Chen Xianye.
Within the clan, aside from Qing Ji and the other two, these three had the greatest hope of attaining the Zenith Heaven realm during this calamity.
As for Ye Qingfeng, Lu Wenyuan, Yuan Sheng, and the others, although they too possessed the potential of Daluo Golden Immortals, they spent most of their time consolidating their