After Shanggong Changge ascended to the Immortal Spirit Realm, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation. Yet only a few hundred years later, Dao Yu, whom he had not seen for a long time, unexpectedly appeared outside his cave abode one day.
Shanggong Changge was immensely surprised. It was not that he was surprised Dao Yu had come looking for him again after ascending.
Rather, with Dao Yu's aptitude far surpassing his own, there had been a considerable chance that Dao Yu could successfully reach Spirit Transformation in the lower realm. Why had Dao Yu ascended to the Immortal Spirit Realm so early?
Moreover, judging from Shanggong Changge's perception, Dao Yu should only have entered the Nascent Soul Late Stage not long ago. Later, Dao Yu did not hide it from him and explained why he had ascended early, leaving Shanggong Changge with nothing but secret envy.
In the years that followed, the two had some dealings with each other. Dao Yu also entered the explosive growth period following his ascension, his cultivation constantly rising, while Shanggong Changge's cultivation gradually entered a calm phase, steadily tempering itself in the Void Refinement Realm.
Not long ago, Dao Yu suddenly came to Shanggong Changge and said that he had obtained a fragment in a marketplace. At first, he believed it to be a fragment of an ancient cultivator's magic treasure, so he bought it, intending to study it and see whether he could gain any insights.
After returning and repeatedly testing it, he discovered that it was not an offensive or defensive magic treasure at all, but a special kind of "jade slip" that required particular means to open.
Dao Yu tried countless methods and, by sheer coincidence, managed to open it. From within, he obtained a piece of information pointing to a