I probably owe this to Master's reflected glory. Not just anyone could attend such an exalted gathering.
Beside her, Jiang Yang was equally shaken. He had never even witnessed a breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, yet now he had the chance to attend an occasion like this.
"Heaven and earth overturned, fire on the verge of perishing... so this was what those three Transformations in the heavens in a single day foretold..."
Chu Qingjian had been perfectly content traveling through the Wu Kingdom. These celestial phenomena had been a major reason for her return to the Sect.
Disorder in the heavens surely heralded upheaval, but she had never imagined it would involve something as momentous as a breakthrough to the Golden Core.
It seems Master's earlier warning wasn't without reason. An abrupt Transformation like this could never escape his notice.
Recalling her master's instructions, she felt her doubts gradually fade.
As she pondered this, Chu Qingjian could not help asking:
"May I ask, Master, which Dao Lineage does this senior, [Zhu Lin], belong to? Why have I never heard of this Great True Person before?"
She had spent quite some time traveling through the Wu Kingdom, and her standing as a member of the Celestial River Tradition had allowed her to visit many renowned sects and immortal mountains.
Purple Mansion True Persons had far from short lifespans. Anyone who became a Great True Person was an outstanding figure of their generation, their illustrious reputation celebrated by cultivators beneath them.
Indeed, any sect with the means would keep portraits for its disciples to recognize, lest some blind fool offend such an immortal personage and throw away their life for nothing.
Yet she had never encountered even the slightest news of this True Person Zhu Lin.
"It is perfectly natural that you