Time Power

Zhang Yang went to Artifact Refinement Peak, found Huolingzi and Qingxu, took out the Immortal-Refining Cauldron, and said to them, "You two have worked hard refining Ghost Tokens during this time.

"Effort will eventually be rewarded. Your compensation is here."

He took out two portions of Merit, each amounting to one-tenth of the total, and gave one to Huolingzi and the other to Qingxu.

"This is Merit. You may use it to comprehend the Dao, make breakthroughs, refine artifacts, or gain insight into cultivation techniques." Zhang Yang handed over the Merit. "It's yours now. How you handle it is up to you."

Huolingzi and Qingxu accepted the Merit in delight. They had not expected refining Ghost Tokens to bring such an enormous reward.

Afterward, the two of them each began using their Merit.

Zhang Yang, meanwhile, returned to Azure Cloud Peak.

"Master, take half of this Merit!" Zhang Yang said to his master with a smile. "As for the other half, I have an important use for it."

Azure Cloud Master shook his head. "No need to give it to me. I have some myself, actually!"

He had conferred the title of City God, which counted as contributing to the mending of the cycle of reincarnation.

Since he had rendered such great merit to heaven and earth, he naturally received a reward.

Zhang Yang still insisted, "Master, it's enough for me to keep half. It will be good for all of us if you can open up the God Realm sooner. Our Azure Cloud Sect has gained far too many benefits; we need you to hold the fort. With your current abilities, dealing with a few True Immortals is naturally no problem, but if there are too many, it will be extremely difficult even for you. So, Master, the higher