The Void Ancient Path is one of the most mystical treasures within the Holy Realm.

It is said that this place is half-connected to the Holy Realm and half to the void, linking it to all the myriad worlds.

People have found the remains of gods within, supreme precious arts, and the highest of inheritances.

The entire cultivation world flocks to this place.

Many of the One Hundred and Eight Immortal Sects that hold sway over the Immortal Path in Nanzhou, ancient and great sects in their own right, trace their origins to this place.

The Void Ancient Path opens every eight hundred years, almost coinciding with the opening of the Holy Realm.

It is a treasure land that all the geniuses who come for trials must visit.

No one wants to miss out on such a place; it could forge a giant of the Immortal Path, whose name would be left in the annals of immortal history.

「...」

DANG!

The bell sounded again and again.

Thirty-six times in succession.

At the ends of the earth, a vague and hazy mist began to rise. Auspicious colors steamed forth amid a myriad of rosy clouds, dazzling and brilliant, as if a new world was being born in the bright sun.

"Brother Wang Xiu, hurry up!" Guan Shanyue stood outside the courtyard, rapping on the door urgently, his face flushed with anticipation.

"Coming!"

Wang Xiu put away his puppet, pushed the door open, and followed Guan Shanyue to meet the crowd.

On the way, Guan Shanyue looked at Wang Xiu, sensing the aura emanating from him, and exclaimed with surprise, "Brother Wang Xiu, have you broken through again?"

Wang Xiu smiled and nodded. "My progress is slow. You're too kind, Senior Brother."

Guan Shanyue rolled his eyes.

When Wang Xiu first entered the Holy Realm, his cultivation level was only at the Golden Core Fourth Heaven. Later, he ventured into the Ancient Forest alone. After a little stroll, he returned at the peak of the Golden Core Sixth Heaven, advancing at a blistering pace.

Now, two months had passed. He had been in closed-door cultivation within this courtyard without taking a single step outside.

He had actually managed to break through again. By the looks of it... he was at least around the Golden Core Eighth Heaven!

Even for geniuses like them who grew up in the Holy Realm, such an astonishing speed of progress was enviable.

And he still thinks it's slow?

Who is he trying to mock?

This youth was usually gentle and refined, making others feel as pleasant as a spring breeze. He was incredibly kind and approachable, yet he always managed to hurt people's feelings without even realizing it.

He's so infuriating!

Little did he know, for Wang Xiu, taking two months to break through from the peak of the Golden Core Sixth Heaven to the Golden Core Eighth Heaven was indeed not fast. This was especially true in a treasure land so rich in resources and dense with spiritual energy, where geniuses gathered like clouds.

If he had more chances to go out and listen to the other geniuses brag, perhaps his cultivation level would have advanced even faster.

But it couldn't be helped.

He needed time to digest his recent gains and convert the good things he had acquired into true combat strength.

In these two months, he had crafted thirty-six puppets. When he was thirsty, he ate Spirit Fruits and elixirs, and he continuously studied the Fire of Candleholder runes recorded on the dragon scales. It was only natural for his cultivation level to rise with the tide.

Therefore, it was nothing to be surprised about.

After all, both the Puppetry Art recorded in the Grand Cycle Divine Controlling Classic and the ancient runes on the dragon scales were greatly beneficial to his cultivation progress.

Ancient legends even told of great Artificers who gained enlightenment overnight, creating earth-shatteringly powerful puppets and ascending on the spot!

「...」

Returning to the members of the Sanqing Immortal Sect, Wang Xiu was immediately surrounded.

"Senior Brother, you're finally out of seclusion!" Jiang Ling'er rushed up and clung to one of Wang Xiu's arms, pouting as she shook it.

"Did you miss me?"

"I did, hehe!" Jiang Ling'er blushed slightly and nodded vigorously.

Wang Xiu smiled and was about to instinctively ruffle the girl's hair.

Then his other arm was also hugged.

"Senior Brother, you don't know! A while ago, we were targeted. People from many Immortal Sects ganged up on us! So shameless!" Ji Zidian pouted, complaining to Wang Xiu.

Wang Xiu was momentarily taken aback, then chuckled. "There are people that shameless?"

Ji Zidian nodded. "Totally! It would have been great if you were there, Senior Brother. You could have led us to crush them!"

Wang Xiu's lips twitched slightly. "Zidian, you're a girl. Don't be so crude."

Ji Zidian's lovely face flushed, and she just mumbled, "Oh."

Xiang Tiange and Li Zuoyue also gathered around, sighing. "Thinking back, it was really dangerous. They caught us by surprise, attacking with premeditation against the unsuspecting and using their numbers to bully us. We almost fell into their trap several times... However, someone secretly helped us with a puppet, so nothing terrible happened!"

Wang Xiu's expression didn't change as he smiled. "A puppet?"

"Right, right! A golden puppet, ridiculously strong! It took on a whole group of them by itself! They say the puppet belongs to Xuanji's Saint Heir, Bei Tangfeng!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiu's expression became a bit odd. "Bei Tangfeng? Why do you say that?"

Xiang Tiange explained, "Bei Tangfeng ranks seventh on the Golden Core Ranking. His Puppetry Art dominates Nanzhou, surpassing many Grandmaster Artificers of the older generation. He's truly exceptional! Among the younger generation of the Immortal Alliance, there's likely no one else with such mastery of puppetry."

Wang Xiu's lips twitched slightly. "But I heard that Bei Tangfeng doesn't have a good impression of our Sanqing. Apparently, it's because of the quotas?"

Li Zuoyue said, "Brother Wang Xiu, you might not know this, but that man is incredibly proud and domineering at his core. He believes that if anyone is going to make a move on Sanqing, it has to be him. He won't allow anyone else to do it! Furthermore, he despises people who use their numbers to bully the few, which is why he intervened multiple times."

Wang Xiu's face took on a strange expression. "In that case, it seems this Bei Tangfeng is a respectable person after all."

The group nodded.

In the crowd, the other geniuses also remarked on this. Although they were on opposing sides, they had to admit it was hard to dislike a Chosen One like Bei Tangfeng, who was so fiercely proud, principled, and exceptionally talented.

With Wang Xiu's appearance, all the geniuses of the Sanqing Immortal Sect gathered around him as if they had found their pillar of support.

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