That night, the wind and snow never ceased. Yet in a small courtyard within Saint Demon City, a master and servant spoke softly, revisiting the world that had once existed in their hearts.
Li Yan told Qianji about the origins of the year-end festival. Though it was merely a Mortal Realm legend, Qianji listened with great interest. Only then did he learn that there was a kind of Demon Beast known as the Nian Beast.
He also learned what keeping vigil through the year meant. So he drank and chatted with Li Yan as they awaited midnight, keeping watch over the old year and welcoming the new one...
In March, warm spring brought the earth back to life. After opening the shop, Qianji began bustling about for another new day. So long as business was not too busy, Li Yan rarely appeared in the front.
Qianji was delighted to handle everything himself. He found endless enjoyment in it. To live another life, and moreover to come to the Immortal Spirit Realm, a place he had never even dreamed of reaching, made this kind of cultivation feel immensely fulfilling.
In such a state of mind, although he had not spent long periods in secluded cultivation, his cultivation had continued to advance by leaps and bounds in just a few short years. He was already nearing the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
After Qianji's current body broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm and had only just stabilized its cultivation, Li Yan sealed it. Li Yan could not allow the body's original owner to possess too profound a cultivation; breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm was sufficient.
This both matched Qianji's original major realm and made it less likely for something to go wrong during possession. Although, after Qianji