After the celebration, Water-Fire Dao Lord, Eight Dao Lords, Azure Firmament Immortal, and the others discussed the mysteries of the Dao with Shi Xuan for several days before taking the cultivators of their respective sects and bidding farewell one after another. Only Mo Jingqiu lingered a while longer, as she was preparing to venture out for further tempering. Not only did Yuyu Heaven have guidance from a Dao Lord like Shi Xuan, she could also exchange insights with Three Tribulation Heavenly Sovereigns such as Meng Nishang and Cold Mirror Heavenly Sovereign. It truly was an ideal place for travel and cultivation.
But no feast under heaven lasted forever. One day, half a month later, Mo Jingqiu arrived early at Shi Xuan's cave abode to bid him farewell.
Shi Xuan said with a smile, "Jingqiu, your Dao heart is steadfast. Even the greatest temptation cannot sway you. I believe this journey will bring you gains and carry you one step further toward sensing the passage of time within your own Grotto-Heaven."
As a Half-step Golden Immortal, although Shi Xuan's "Innate Eight Trigrams" was still a ninth-tier Immortal Technique, when paired with the Taiji Diagram, its powers of deduction and divination were no weaker than those of an ordinary Dao Lord or the Future Buddha Ancestor. Thus, in quiet contemplation, he saw through the heavenly secrets and calculated that Mo Jingqiu's journey would be perilous but not dangerous, with considerable gains. She would take a solid step toward Lifespan Decay.
Yet Shi Xuan secretly thought, *Simply by resisting the temptation of an Innate Dao Embryo, treating it as nothing at all, and insisting on attaining the Dao through herself, Jingqiu may well have hope of becoming a Half-step Golden Immortal. Heh, she truly is Sanxiao Palace's most outstanding disciple in nearly a