After sending the Supreme Families away, Lu Ren had no desire to sit idle.
With the Nethernight Imperial Daughter helping him manage the Commander's Manor and Immortal-Smiting Iron setting up formations around it, the manor began running smoothly.
The Nethernight Imperial Daughter also announced that the Commander's Manor was recruiting maids. Proud daughters of the great families nearby flocked over when they heard the news and took part in the selection.
After several rounds of screening, the Nethernight Imperial Daughter chose a dozen or so of them to serve as maids in the Commander's Manor.
Of course, those proud daughters had entered the manor with one goal: to get close to Lu Ren and, one day, win his favor.
Yet since entering the Commander's Manor, not one of them had caught so much as a glimpse of him.
Lu Ren had already gone into seclusion.
The Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda!
"My cultivation has completely stabilized, and the pills to ward off calamity and protect my soul are ready. All that's left is to wait for the Calamity Star to descend!"
Lu Ren spoke calmly.
"Once I enter Nine Calamities Transcendence, I can make a push for the Supreme Realm!"
At the thought, heat blazed in Lu Ren's eyes.
The Supreme Realm meant there was no higher realm, nothing beyond the Immortal Dao itself. Upon breaking through, one could condense a Dao Seed representing the Immortal Dao.
The Supreme Realm was also divided into nine minor stages, from One-Step Supreme and Two-Step Supreme all the way to Ninth-Step Supreme. Each step brought one closer to the Immortal Path Origin.
But every step within the Supreme Realm was extraordinarily difficult. Resources alone could no longer bring about a breakthrough; it required one's own understanding of the Immortal Dao.
"Little Broken Tower, could you