9 years later.
Eternal Peak.
Tian Yongheng stabilized his cultivation as he stared at the floating screen in front of him.
[Name: Tian Yongheng]
[Race: Mortal]
[Lifespan: 251/8,348]
[Cultivation: Seventh Stage of Golden Core Realm.]
[Constitution: Five-Elemental Divine Spiritual Physique.]
[Bloodline: Jade Pure Bloodline (Descendant of the Celestial Venerable of Primordial Beginning).
[Innate Talent(s): Sword Heart, Primordial Meridians and Primordial Bones.]
With this cultivation speed, reaching the peak of the Golden Core Realm in around 20 years won’t be an issue!
He thought excitedly.
At this moment, another system notification popped up in front of him.
[Congratulations to the host for breaking through to the Seventh Stage of Golden Core Realm.]
[Obtained a Dharma Fusion Stone.]
Not too bad, I guess.
With that, he continued to stabilize his cultivation.
...
Meanwhile, at the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Mo Yuxin walked back and forth in the Sect Master’s Palace, a hint of worry flashing through her beautiful eyes.
After such a long time of searching, the Qingyun Sword Sect finally found some traces of Cao Ran and the people who were with him at the time.
However, all they found were just some bones rotting away near a wasteland which once used to be a mortal settlement.
With this, one could guess that this was the work of demonic cultivators, and not just any demonic cultivators, but those who were capable of overwhelming a force of early stages of Void Refinement Realm and even someone of the mid stages.
Liu Yufang was still nowhere to be found.
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It was speculated that he was most likely dead, there was no reward for the demonic cultivators to keep him alive, and they could snatch out his Heavenly Spiritual Root then kill them.
And since they were demonic cultivators, there was a high chance they might even devour his flesh and blood after killing him to try and get a bit of his Providence.
Even the righteous path sometimes resorted to this, not to mention the demonic path.
Right now, nearly a hundred Sword Guardians had been dispatched out of the Qingyun Sword Sect to search for the demonic cultivators after finding out that Cao Ran and multiple people of their sect were killed by them.
This was a serious matter which involved the safety of the entire Qingyun Region, as demonic cultivators of the Void Refinement Realm or even higher were possibly involved in this.
It must be given precise attention.
At this point, the gates of the Sect Master’s Palace flung open as a figure walked in.
Mo Yuxin wasn’t startled by it, as she had already sensed who it was.
It was the Sect Master, Mo Qingxuan, and her father.
Mo Qingxuan looked over at her and nodded slightly before saying, "It was just as expected. The demonic cultivators are spread throughout the entire Qingyun Region, as for where they are coming from, it is currently unknown. Your siblings have also returned to the sect." His voice was calm, and expression composed.
Hearing his words, Mo Yuxin’s worry further increased.
She hastily asked, "What about Liu Yufang of the Thousand Petals Hall? He is a Heavenly Spiritual Root who had been kidnapped by those demonic cultivators."
"Heavenly Spiritual Root of the Thousand Petals Hall? If I remember correctly, the remains of a possible Heavenly Spiritual Root were found a while ago, and one of the Sword Guardians under the 7th Peak Master said he’ll send it to the Thousand Petals Hall since it was most likely their Heavenly Spiritual Root."
As these words fell, the entire Sect Master’s Palace turned quiet.
"Oh, is that so.." Mo Yuxin replied in a voice barely audible.
She felt heavy in the heart.
The Heavenly Spiritual Root, considered as one of the greatest talents placed just below all Constitutions and Bloodlines, was dead just like that.
Just as how there were many benefits of having great talent, there were many such cases like this too.
As someone who also possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root and was praised as a genius, she knew about this.
A Heavenly Spiritual Root, in the right environment, had good chances to ascend to immortality.
A possible Immortal God of the future perished just like that.
She couldn’t help but sigh heavily.
"Your grandfather will soon be leaving seclusion for the upcoming Qingyun Dao Conference. Before exactly a hundred years are left for it, send an invitation to the Eternal Peak since you already know Tian Yongheng." Mo Qingxuan suddenly said before going to the high platform and sitting cross-legged on it.
Mo Yuxin nodded her head multiple times, her mood instantly brightened up before she headed outside.
...
Back at the Eternal Peak.
A few weeks had passed since then, and Tian Yongheng completely stabilized his cultivation base during this period of time.
The Eternal Peak had undergone quite a few changes in the meantime.
The Spirit Qi and Providence was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Realm faction!
Which meant that the cultivation speed of the people within would be extremely fast, and even someone who only possessed the Five-Elemental Spiritual Roots and nothing else would be able to breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Not to mention that their Providence will also be enhanced, meaning less problems in cultivation and more insights!
Not to mention they would also have fortuitous encounters more often.
The cultivation levels of all the disciples had improved overall, with nearly 500 disciples being in the Acquired Realm, and almost all of the rest in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Tian Yongheng speculated that in the next hundred years, even without the help of any of the leading figures of Eternal Peak like himself, it could still be an extremely powerful force.
And in the next 300 or so years, there might be thousands of Innate Realm cultivators within.
That was also only if the Spirit Qi and Providence of the Eternal Peak didn’t increase further on, which was practically impossible till Tian Yongheng and the others were here.
Even the Bodhi Wisdom Tree generated a great deal of Spirit Qi. It would be possible for the Spirit Qi of this place to evolve into that of a Tribulation Transcendence Realm faction’s in the next 500 years with the Bodhi Wisdom Tree alone.
Speaking of it, it was already more than 300 feet in height and 30 feet in width.
Putting that aside, the revenue generated each year by the Eternal Peak had already surpassed 10 High-Grade Spirit Stones or 10,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
And a few thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones out of this were the profit easily.
It was mainly because of the appearance of so many Foundation Establishment Realm and even Acquirer Realm cultivators in the Eternal Peak.
If all members within were to cultivate upto the Acquired Realm, then the revenue would probably reach around 50 High-Grade Spirit Stones.
Yang Wei had also reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Realm, about to enter the Acquired Realm.
He had a great reputation among the disciples for being a genius, and was still praised as being second only to Lu Qingfeng.
But many disciples still did not accept it and only saw him as someone who was only somewhat talented, but not one of the top geniuses of the Eternal Peak because they had never seen the cultivation potential of the higher ranking figures like Yan Jingfei or any of the other Supremes.
Tian Yongheng was also thinking of reopening the doors of Eternal Peak to the outside world and recruit more disciples, till the number reached a hundred thousand.
A Innate Realm faction usually had around ten thousand disciples, while the number of disciples in a Golden Core Realm faction was normally around a hundred thousand.
But most of them, around 50% of the majority, were only In-name Disciples, while out of the remaining 50%, 25% would be Outer Disciples, 20% Inner Disciples, and 5% Core Disciples.
Personal Disciples and Great Elders were not included.
While in the Eternal Peak, there was no such ranking for the disciples. They could live here freely, get the protection of the Eternal Peak, and work to get their own resources.
Not to mention the abundant Spirit Qi and Providence that was avaliable to every disciple.
It could nurture a huge force of powerful cultivators, and there would be low chances of betrayal too. Even if someone did betray them, the strength of all leading figures was far stronger than that of the disciples.
They could easily suppress them.
Thinking of all this, Tian Yongheng felt quite at ease.
Tian Yunchen had already reached the Fourth Stage of Golden Core Realm in the past few decades, maintaining a great reputation among the entire area, while Yan Jingfei was also close to reaching the Seventh Stage of Innate Realm.
If nothing unexpected happened, then Yan Jingfei could attain the Golden Core Realm and Tian Yunchen reach the peak of Golden Core Realm before the Qingyun Dao Conference.
As for himself, he was confident in achieving at least the Void Refinement Realm.