In the days that followed, the entire Five Aggregates Sect flourished with vibrant prosperity, though the air of a nouveau riche grew ever stronger.
Chen Xun took Black Bull roaming all over the mountains and fields, yet the cultivation he displayed remained only at the Qi Refining Realm, as though nothing had happened.
In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.
The Heaven-Binding Earth-Locking Formation in the Jade Bamboo Mountains was finally completed after an immense stockpile of immortal cultivation resources had been poured into it.
The entire mountain range seemed to vanish from the Azure Firmament Forest Sea out of thin air, leaving behind only an ancient boulder and a few wisps of desolate breeze.
Yet cultivators outside all knew that a peerless immortal formation lay here. Just like those ancient Longevity Clans, those without fate could not behold it. No one knew where the Five Aggregates Sect had gone, and no one dared investigate.
When the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace, far beyond the Azure Firmament Forest Sea, received the news—
The azure jade teacup in Ke Ding's hand slowly fell to the floor. He was dumbfounded... No, wait, Five-Elements Dao Ancestor, you ran away?!
You really weren't going to open your mountain and accept disciples?!
Or were you planning to play the Longevity Clan game, producing and selling everything yourselves?! You're a sect, not a clan!
"Five-Elements Dao Ancestor has wronged me!!!"
A miserable howl shot into the heavens from within the Dao Palace. Ke Ding looked as though both his parents had died, and he even felt like dropping dead on the spot before they had fled too far away...
After a long while, he let out a deep sigh.
Though the Five-Elements Dao Ancestor's way of doing things was rather unreliable, he should have