The Fish-Dragon Hundred Transformations Spirit-Seed Method, the Bone-Chilling Means of Higher Cultivators

The Demonic Path Lineage truly had a strict hierarchy, ingrained deep in people's hearts.

Jiang Yi recalled what Grandpa often said: cultivation had always had only three realms-ants, fellow Daoists, and seniors.

Now it seemed that between the Outer Sect and the Inner Peaks, too, there were only two distinctions of status: "junior brother" and "senior brother."

As thoughts flashed through his mind, he cast a cold glance at the Qigong Court Daoist, who was bowing with clasped hands and apologizing incessantly, and said gravely, "Senior Brother Xiao is a close and trusted friend of mine. If you ever dare make things difficult for him again, you'll have your share of suffering!"

The Qigong Court Daoist hastily nodded and bowed. "Understood! Understood! I'll be sure to keep that firmly in mind!"

Jiang Yi ordered the Qigong Court Daoist away, then turned to Xiao Tongquan, his tone softening. "I've invited Junior Sister Li to Heshui Cave today. Would you care to join us, Senior Brother Xiao?"

Having just learned from Xu Yan that Jiang Yi had already broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining and secured a supplementary place in the Inner Peaks, Xiao Tongquan felt all five flavors mingling in his heart, a hundred feelings beyond words.

He had injured his Brain Spirit while opening his Origin Gate, an injury that would not heal for three to five years. His cultivation would remain stalled for a long time, and he might never again have any hope of ascending to the Inner Peaks.

Jiang Yi, by contrast, had surged ahead with triumphant strides, advancing with fearless vigor.

Recalling the difference in their status when they first met, he could only marvel at the fickleness of human affairs, at how times and circumstances changed.

"I won't intrude, Senior Brother Jiang,