They traveled through the Second-Layer World, passed through the Underworld, and used teleportation arrays.
After a full year, Wang Quan had no idea how much distance he had crossed before finally reaching the last stop before entering the Far Western Land.
This stop was another teleportation array.
Only this teleportation array was somewhat larger:
An enormous city, spanning a full ten thousand li, hung quietly in the air.
Within the enormous city, spirit monsters abounded and people came and went. It was bustling indeed.
When Wang Quan and his latest traveling companion reached the gathering point indicated by their identity tokens, they discovered several hundred cultivators there.
Among these cultivators were Su Mali, Niu Dali, Fierce Tiger Daoist, and others. He even spotted Ma Qingqiu.
Although he did not know the others, he instantly understood that they were all companions his traveling partners had journeyed with along other routes.
Naturally, everyone exchanged pleasantries upon meeting.
When Ma Qingqiu saw Wang Quan, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"How did you reach Foundation Establishment so quickly?"
"I thought you would need a few more years before reaching Foundation Establishment!"
Wang Quan was equally surprised. "I thought you reached Foundation Establishment ages ago. Why did you put it off until now?"
Ma Qingqiu sighed. "After we parted back then, I gathered Foundation Establishment spirit light, baleful energy, and other resources and returned. Then I heard that after reaching Foundation Establishment, I would be sent to the Far Western Land as cannon fodder, so I put it off for a few years!"
"It was only later, after I completed my second-rank Dao Seal, that I went ahead with Foundation Establishment."
"After Foundation Establishment, they told me to come to the Far Western Land. Then I dragged it out for another two