Over fifty years had passed. Lin Xiao, who had once been merely a mortal, had now reached the late stage of the Golden Core.

However, his cultivation realm seemed somewhat unstable, as if he had only recently broken through.

Chu Feng could tell at a glance that Lin Xiao must have had many remarkable encounters in the intervening years. Otherwise, how could his breakthrough speed surpass even that of a disciple from a Sacred Land?

This further confirmed his belief that the person before him was the Son of Providence of this world, the protagonist of legend.

In the fifty-fourth year, Chu Feng and Lin Xiao joined forces to exact vengeance for past grievances. Together, they stormed the Spirit Refining Sect, throwing the Demonic Sect, which masqueraded as a righteous one, into turmoil.

Ultimately, they were forced to retreat only when the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Spirit Refining Sect intervened.

However, by leveraging their own fortuitous encounters and the resources of their Sacred Land, they managed to injure this Nascent Soul Ancestor.

After escaping their pursuers, the two decided to go their separate ways to gain more experience. They promised to reunite at the Spirit Refining Sect in fifty years, regardless of whether they had broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

In the fifty-fifth year, Chu Feng discovered an Exotic Treasure beneath a cliff and successfully broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core.

In the sixty-fifth year, after traveling for fifteen years, Chu Feng finally decided to return to the Qingxuan Sacred Land with the spoils of his journey.

In the seventieth year, his master, Chu Qing, gave him a long, red-and-blue-hued saber.

This saber was forged from the heavenly materials and earthly treasures Chu Feng had acquired during his travels.

Given the rarity of the materials, Chu Feng naturally lacked the ability to refine them into an artifact himself, so he entrusted the task to his master, Chu Qing, a master of Artifact Refining.

In the ninetieth year, Chu Feng finally reached Golden Core Completion. Taking the Infant Breakthrough Elixirs provided by his Sect, he entered the Closed-door Cultivation site for Golden Core Monks, officially beginning his attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

In the ninety-third year, after three years of accumulation, a crisp cracking sound finally emanated from Chu Feng's dantian.

CRACK! Following the faint sound, a clear fissure instantaneously appeared on the previously flawless Golden Core.

The process of "Shattering the Core to Form the Nascent Soul" officially began!

In the hundredth year, after a total of seven years, the Golden Core in Chu Feng's dantian, already riddled with cracks, suddenly emitted a resplendent radiance.

Accompanied by a loud CRACK, the Golden Core finally reached its limit and shattered explosively.

The Golden Core shattered, and the Nascent Soul emerged!

After a Nascent Soul, bearing a ninety percent resemblance to Chu Feng, appeared in his dantian, the sky above the Closed-door Cultivation site suddenly grew dark with dense clouds. Countless golden lightning bolts filled the entire expanse.

The Nascent Soul Tribulation—the first heavenly tribulation for Cultivators in this world.

In the one hundred and third year, Chu Feng successfully overcame the Nascent Soul Tribulation with the aid of various treasures. After consolidating his Cultivation, he immediately exited his Closed-door Cultivation.

He had a fifty-year-old promise to keep.

「In the one hundred and fourth year, outside the Spirit Refining Sect.」

It was another night with a full moon hanging high, its bright moonlight blanketing the earth.

The once robust Ironwood Vine was now nothing but shattered remnants scattered at the base of the cliff.

Chu Feng, who had been meditating cross-legged on a massive stone for several days, seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.

A glint of golden light flashed in his pupils, momentarily illuminating the dim base of the cliff.

"You're late!" Chu Feng said.

"COUGH, COUGH." The figure shrouded in a black robe coughed a few times and slowly lowered their hood. "No! The timing is just right."

Glancing at the bright moon above, Lin Xiao's somewhat pale lips curved into a faint smile, as if recalling past memories.

Noticing Lin Xiao's pale face and somewhat erratic breathing, Chu Feng remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"Do you need help?"

"Haha! I haven't fallen so low as to need rescuing yet." Lin Xiao chuckled, shaking his head and declining Chu Feng's kind offer.

His enemy hailed from another Immortal Sacred Land; there was no need to involve his friend...

"Alright then! Take this. Don't let that old mutt Huang get the better of you later." Saying this, Chu Feng handed over a vial of Healing Pills.

"Thanks, I was just running low on these..."

Lin Xiao accepted the Jade Vial and, without a glance, popped the Elixir Pill into his mouth. He then sat down cross-legged to tend to his internal injuries.

As dawn approached and the first rays of morning sunlight bathed the land, Lin Xiao's complexion had visibly improved. He finally opened his eyes.

"That should do it. It's time to send those on the mountain to their final destination!"

The next moment, two streaks of light soared into the sky, their formidable might descending upon the Spirit Refining Sect.

...

In the one hundred and fifth year, Chu Feng returned to the Qingxuan Sacred Land.

Having reached the Nascent Soul Stage, he finally qualified to access the core of the Qingxuan Sacred Land's Artifact Refining lineage: the "Casting Spirit Scripture".

In the one hundred and fiftieth year, after more than forty years of study and guidance from his master, Elder Chu Qing, Chu Feng finally achieved initial mastery of the "Casting Spirit Scripture".

At the same time, he realized his previous assumptions about this Cultivation Technique were wildly inaccurate.

Although the "Casting Spirit Scripture" could hardly compare to the Qingxuan Sacred Land's Main Cultivation Technique, the "Qingxuan Record," in terms of cultivation progression, and despite most of its content pertaining to Artifact Refining, in truth, for some minor sects, even the cultivation methods recorded within the "Casting Spirit Scripture" were hundreds of times more profound than their most treasured techniques.

In the three hundredth year, Chu Feng successfully broke through to the mid-Nascent Soul Stage. However, as his Cultivation advanced, the insights from his cultivation experiences in previous worlds became increasingly less effective, gradually ceasing to offer him much assistance.

That same year, the Taiyi Sacred Land, another of the continent's sacred lands, issued the Taiyi Golden Command. They offered resources sufficient for one person to advance to the Divinity Transformation Stage as a bounty for the Human Monk, Lin Xiao.

Instantly, itinerant cultivators and minor sects from across the continent joined the pursuit, and the previously tranquil Cultivation World gradually descended into chaos.

In the five hundredth year, with his Cultivation progressing slowly, Chu Feng finally abandoned Closed-door Cultivation. He chose to leave the mountain and venture out, seeking opportunities for a breakthrough.

In the eight hundred and thirteenth year, Chu Feng encountered a pair of strikingly familiar eyes in the Great Wilderness, but the face was not Lin Xiao's.

That same year, within ruins deep in the Great Wilderness, he had a fortuitous encounter, finally allowing him to perceive the barrier to the late Nascent Soul Stage.

In the eight hundred and fifty-sixth year, Chu Feng emerged from Closed-door Cultivation, having successfully broken through to the late Nascent Soul Stage.

After exiting his retreat, he happened to hear that the Taiyi Sacred Land had once again increased the bounty on Lin Xiao.

The reward was now sufficient to provide an ordinary Monk with all the resources needed to break through to the Body Integration Realm.

Instantly, even some ordinary Sects could no longer restrain themselves and joined the hunt for Lin Xiao in earnest.

Unfortunately, it was as if Lin Xiao had vanished completely; there had been no news of him in the Cultivation World for several hundred years.

However, the Taiyi Sacred Land had not rescinded the bounty, which was proof enough that the young man was still alive.

In the one thousand two hundredth year, pursuing a faint, preternatural insight, Chu Feng once again left the Qingxuan Sacred Land.

He had a premonition that by the time he returned from this journey, he would likely have broken through to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

Therefore, to face the Deification Tribulation, he had made thorough preparations before leaving the mountain this time.

Combined with the trump card his master, Chu Qing, had left him, he was almost assured of success.

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