The Savage Outer Sea, Gathering Grotto Immortal Continent.
This continent was vast, with countless cultivators and lineages standing like a forest, yet only two could truly be called Purple Mansion Dao Lineages: the New Jade Gate and Upright Flourishing Abbey.
Both upheld fairly upright traditions and welcomed many paths, which was why Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment lineages were as numerous as hairs on an ox across the continent.
By the continent's shore, a green peak stood alone, with a Daoist abbey faintly visible at its summit.
Upright Flourishing Abbey.
A cave abode within the abbey suddenly opened, brilliant light pouring forth. A young man stepped out in an emerald Robe of Law, his features noble and refined, his bearing scholarly. Pale jade Yi Wood light wreathed him; his cultivation had already reached the Purple Mansion late stage.
"[Blossoms Bow with Fruit] is complete."
This was none other than True Person Vast Conduct, Si Wenchuan!
He had cultivated all four of his Divine Abilities according to his own path's inheritance: [Withering Affliction], [Vigilance in Solitude], [Begin the Tilling], and [Blossoms Bow with Fruit]. If he continued cultivating normally, only [Nurturing Vastness] remained before he reached completion.
"Splendor, blossoms, and flowers all arise from Lesser Yang-"
Ancient Yi Wood had not been as gloomy in nature as it was now, and had also been connected to Lesser Yang. Modern Yi Wood was closer to Greater Yin and Lesser Yin.
Si Wenchuan gently raised his hand, and a scripture fell into his palm. It was the [Great Theft Mystic Secrets Scripture]!
To reverse everything at the final moment, turning good into evil, he would need an ancient Lesser Yin Spirit Treasure, [Autumn Origin of Rongping]. It was not easy to obtain.
After asking around, he had discovered that the New Jade Gate