"Ephemeral Old Man?"
The moment Nie Yun heard that name, his mind exploded.
At his level of cultivation, very few things could make him lose composure, yet these three words carried precisely that kind of impact.
That name meant far too much to him!
Ephemeral Old Man was the greatest benefactor of both his Past Life and this one.
The Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art and the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique had both been left behind by him. Without those two cultivation arts, even with the Nameless Art, it would have been utterly impossible for Nie Yun to reach his current level!
Back then, Ephemeral Old Man had left a message saying that when Nie Yun cultivated both arts to the ninth level, they might meet. He had originally thought it was a joke, but it had actually been true!
No wonder he had always felt these two cultivation arts were unfathomably profound. Even for an Immortal Lord, they would not hold one back in the slightest. So they had been created by this outstanding Immortal Lord, the seventh-ranked Heavenly Secret Master!
"The Nine Revolutions Nirvana Art and the Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique... I was the one who left them behind. Now it seems you truly did not disappoint me. You reached the Spirit Realm so quickly and possess such strength! As expected of the First Talent Awakener—truly extraordinary!"
Ephemeral Old Man stroked his beard, amusement in his eyes.
"First Talent Awakener?"
Nie Yun was completely baffled.
This was too strange. Setting aside the meaning of Ephemeral Old Man's words, had he foreseen long ago that Nie Yun would learn those two cultivation arts? And had he also sent his granddaughter Tantai Lingyue to the Mortal Realm to undergo a tribulation of love, knowing in advance that she would