Shi Xuan returned safe and sound, his cultivation greatly advanced, bringing back the Karma-Erasing Flower, nine nether black shoots, Death Qi Soulstones, and other treasures. Naturally, all the True Persons of the Penglai Sect were delighted. They chatted further, sharing amusing stories from their travels, before finally dispersing in good spirits.
Jiang True Person entered seclusion to settle his state of mind and prepare for his third heavenly tribulation. Xie Fangwei and the others continued cultivating their immortal arts and consolidating their realms, while Shi Xuan exchanged the method for refining the Yin Virtue Figure, most of his Nine Nether Qi, and other things for sect resources. He had retained plenty for himself anyway, enough to exchange for profoundly mysterious substances such as Black-Yellow Merit Qi, with ample to spare.
"Wan'er, come with me to the Moon-Cold Sect shortly to pay our respects to Senior Meng. First, I must thank her for helping contact me and search for my whereabouts over the years. Second, I would like to ask another favor: have her inform True Lord Xu, your grandmaster, and Lin Luo True Person that I have returned to the sect, so they don't fall into danger on my account during this time." After learning of everything the sect had done for him over the years, Shi Xuan was deeply moved. As for Meng Nishang's help, he certainly had to visit her personally to express his gratitude...
As his primordial awareness casually swept over the sect, Shi Xuan suddenly noticed that Ming Qingyue was there, still at the Yin Spirit stage. With a thought, he carefully performed a divination for her, then invited her to his cave abode for a chat later.
Dressed entirely in white, Chu Wan'er resembled a lotus rising from the water. With her charming appearance of