Ancestral Master Hall.
Xuan Qing felt consciousness returning to the world, and that whiff of presence was drawing closer to himself.
He suddenly became uneasy and began tidying the disheveled leaves and branches on his body, then stood respectfully in place, with a voice slightly choked with emotion:
"Disciple Xuan Qing greets the Sect Master."
Shen Yi descended slowly and looked at Senior Xuan Qing’s demeanor, momentarily taken aback.
Isn’t this an overreaction? After all, he’s someone who could maintain his composure in front of so many senior powerhouses. Just because I made a breakthrough in the Union Dao, he’s brought to tears?
Shen Yi shook his head, suddenly recalling something that could make Senior Xuan Qing lose his composure—probably due to the matter of transcending the Five Calamities.
This affair might well become a lifelong knot in his heart.
Let it be, I will wait until I find a way to compensate for his Dao Palace before discussing the specifics of the Suffering Calamity.
Should Xuan Qing learn that he was only one push of a door away from the perfection of the Five Calamities, he’d probably either bash his head to death at the foot of the Ancestral Master’s statue, or immediately turn into the second Yue Tianji.
This is just deliberately disgusting.
With this thought, Shen Yi gently patted Xuan Qing’s shoulder and comforted him, "Now is not the right time, we’ll talk later."
Xuan Qing stared blankly at the hand on his shoulder, then turned his gaze back to Shen Yi, standing still as if struck by lightning, expressionless with no extra movements.
Not the right time, what’s not the right time.
Probably not the right time to reveal his identity, not suitable to disclose his plans to them.
So, what were those plans?
Surely it’s not about... taking care of an unsuccessful disciple all the way, even if this disciple had enraged an Immortal and committed grievous errors, this master would still return to vent the disciple’s grievances.
"The disciple, the disciple understands."
Xuan Qing suddenly became fidgety, wanting to wipe his face, but halfway through extending his hand he immediately put it back down, his words also growing more disorganized: "Xuan Qing won’t ask, Xuan Qing knows nothing, hasn’t seen anything."
He just couldn’t understand, with the fusion of warrior and land, body and heavens, soul and Dao, his master was once among the cultivators of Heaven Realm, and just a step away from Dao Realm.
But even if his master had reclaimed his cultivation, and even completely taken that step, how could he have possibly offended an Immortal, let alone the purple-bearded White Dragon who had ascended to heaven?
And compared to seeking revenge or venting anger, he’d rather be a Dao servant, quietly attending to the master’s side.
Seeing Xuan Qing’s strange reaction, Shen Yi raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.
What is this behavior? It’s as if I am about to silence someone.
Shen Yi was well aware of what could be shown to others, such as the Union Dao, which could not be hidden in any case. But matters like using the Town Stone to transcend tribulation needed to be concealed, and that’s why he went to the Law Storage Pavilion to open up the Fifth City.
"Enough, I must go out again and might not return for some time. Inform the other Sect Masters for me—the Old Dragon has surfaced."
Indeed, Shen Yi didn’t have time to stay long because Ke Shisan had already found the two Great Demons from Western Hong. And because he was glanced at by the rhinoceros, resulting in serious injuries, he had to handle it himself.
Of course, he had to remind the Alliance Sect before leaving.
Even though he didn’t have much understanding of Hongze.
Anyone smart enough would know who truly owns the deep palace of Southern Hong. Moreover, it seems the other party is also taking on part of the duty of guarding Southern Hong with that rhinoceros Magic Treasure.
After truly making a breakthrough in the Union Dao, Shen Yi was finally able to see the gap between himself and the older generation of Hongze’s cultivators of the Demon Race.
The Four Calamities are equivalent to Perfection Earth Realm. Having completed the last Suffering Calamity, in terms of cultivation, he’s considered to be above all other Earth Realm cultivators. Thinking about how Hongze does not have another Five Calamities cultivator, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him the foremost under Heaven Realm.
But the drawback lies in the insufficient heritage of Nanyang Treasure Land, which might be a bit inferior to other treasure lands, and Shen Yi’s current methods were somewhat lacking.
At the level of Union Dao, the only cultivation techniques he could use were the Shen Yue Art and the precious level Shen Yue Technique.
While his methods were too limited and the grade was not overwhelming enough to suppress others, what was commendable was the perfection of his techniques’ realms.
He was certainly more than capable of handling ordinary Earth Realm cultivators.
But don’t forget, the Southern Dragon Palace had taken on the Seven Sons at their peak, and although tragically, they didn’t perish.
According to the records in the Treasure Bead, Sect Master Qin was a Great Cultivator at the Perfection Heaven Realm, and having survived under his watch until now, how weak could the South Dragon King be?
Besides, ten thousand years had passed; it’s possible that the other party had made progress.
Shen Yi’s previous rash move had startled the Old Dragon, and he was somewhat worried it might cause trouble.
After all, he was not yet in a position to overcome the South Dragon King, let alone breaking through to the Heaven Realm.
The most crucial part of merging with heaven is to develop one’s own "rules" within the treasure land.
Of course, this can also be called Divine Skills.
This isn’t something that can be learned through cultivation techniques but is related to the Daoist Technique comprehended in the Return to Void Realm. To transform Daoist Technique into Divine Skills, one needs exceptional talent coupled with supreme willpower to immerse and comprehend.
Shen Yi had not comprehended any Daoist Technique; even the Immeasurable Dao Imperial Palace’s technique he practiced was an incomplete version, which he forcibly altered into a barely functional form with the Town Stone.
As for the few "Daoist Techniques" derived from the Town Stone, they were rarely used after exposure to the Spiritual Physique Technique.