Time slipped by.
In the blink of an eye, five hundred years had passed.
The Ning Lineage.
Ning Qingfeng emerged from a century of seclusion to attend the Female Cultivators Alliance's coronation ceremony, replacing Hua Xiangrong as its leader.
Thanks to the inheritances Li Yang had seized from other Dao lineages in the Great World of Ten Thousand Immortals, the Ning Lineage had amassed unimaginable wealth.
Most of these inheritances had been sold to the Longevity Merchant Association, while the relevant Dao lineages had paid enormous prices for certain important inheritances.
In just five hundred years, the Ning Lineage's influence in Kun Province had surpassed that of the former Supreme Truth Jade Radiance Palace.
This also made her a strong contender to become the next leader of the Dao Alliance.
But that was all.
Competition for leadership of the Dao Alliance was far too fierce. With the former Nine Provinces now expanded into the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and Demon Savage Province joining their ranks, there were too many factors to consider.
Ning Qingfeng had kept herself busy throughout this period, leaving herself little time to dwell on those she had lost.
Her cultivation had returned to the perfected Mahayana stage.
With the origin blood essence of fire-type demon beasts Li Yang had obtained in the Great World of Ten Thousand Immortals, her Phoenix True Fire had transformed. The day she became a Human Immortal Supreme was not far off.
"...I love you-I truly wish I could hold you in my arms again!"
As head of the Ning Lineage, Ning Qingfeng finished handling its affairs before returning to her cultivation quarters.
She sat opposite the place where Li Yang had once sat, listening to the jade slip he had left her. The longing in her beautiful eyes deepened.
"You