Zhang Ji Yuan froze for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed: "Good, good, good, congratulations!"

Chu Zhiyuan cupped his fists: "Please forgive the laughter, is there a ceremony for joining the Sect?"

"It’s not so cumbersome," Zhang Ji Yuan took out a pitch-black token from his arms and handed it to Chu Zhiyuan: "With this, you are now a disciple of the Heaven-Reaching Sect."

Chu Zhiyuan accepted the token.

It’s half the size of a palm, perfectly round like a full moon, at first glance pitch black, nothing there.

Yet it was etched with patterns.

The patterns on both sides were different, one complex, one simple.

Through these patterns, Chu Zhiyuan vaguely saw two characters: "Heaven-Reaching."

"This is the identity card of disciples from our Heaven-Reaching Sect, it is a treasure."

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Zhang Ji Yuan showed a proud expression: "With it, we can return to the Sect."

Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Directly return to the Sect?"

"Where our Sect is located, no outsiders have ever set foot, why?" Zhang Ji Yuan laughed.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Not in Biyuan Heaven, right?"

"Neither in Biyuan Heaven, nor in Outer Heaven, nor in Little Heaven Beyond," Zhang Ji Yuan said: "It is in a separate First Layer Heaven."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

He had already guessed this.

Why always keep it mysterious, no one can know the details, likely there is a unique Grotto Heaven.

Now looking, it is indeed so.

"Outsiders can’t reach, only Heaven-Reaching Sect disciples, relying on the Heaven-Reaching Order and the Sect’s unique mental method, can enter where Heaven-Reaching Sect is located."

"Can I enter?"

"You can’t now, you need to master two more techniques first. With Junior Brother Chu’s talent, you’ll soon master them, won’t you?"

"How long will it take?"

"Within a year."

"A year..." Chu Zhiyuan mused.

"It took me three years back then," Zhang Ji Yuan said: "You have better talent than me, a glance is sufficient!"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "I can only enter Heaven-Reaching Sect after a year?"

"A year is too long?" Zhang Ji Yuan asked.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "I thought I could enter Heaven-Reaching Sect immediately."

"Haha..." Zhang Ji Yuan laughed: "Without mastering the three techniques, there’s no way to enter, no need to rush, master the three techniques first."

"Senior Brother, you’re not in a hurry?"

"Hehe... There’s no need to rush this matter, we’ve waited tens of thousands of years, a year or two won’t make a difference."

"Aren’t you in a hurry, Senior Brother?" Chu Zhiyuan said: "The sooner we get the complete mental method, the better, right?"

"Even this remnant scroll hasn’t been fully practiced." Zhang Ji Yuan said: "First practice the remnant scroll well, then practice the rest, there’s no need to rush... Besides, even if people gather, it may not be truly accomplished."

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Zhang Ji Yuan said: "Expectations being high leads to greater disappointment, people have gathered before but never succeeded."

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly understood, smiled and said: "Looks like Senior Brother doesn’t hold hope with me either, just doing one’s best and leaving the rest to fate."

"Hehe..." Zhang Ji Yuan said: "At least it’s an extra hope, what if."

Chu Zhiyuan solemnly said: "Alright, I will quickly master the other two techniques, soon go to Heaven-Reaching Sect, see if I can unlock the complete inheritance."

"The other two secret techniques are of similar difficulty to the Ascension Technique, having mastered the Ascension Technique will make them a lot easier, just let them naturally come together."

"Yes."

Zhang Ji Yuan took out two thin books from his sleeve and handed them to Chu Zhiyuan: "Here, take them, guard them well and don’t pass them on, the Ascension Technique is known everywhere, it doesn’t matter if others master it, but these two are different."

"Yes."

"I shall leave now, I have matters to attend to," Zhang Ji Yuan tucked the Ink Jade Box into his sleeve: "I’ll come to see you again after some time."

"Take care on your way, Senior Brother." Chu Zhiyuan cupped his fists.

Zhang Ji Yuan waved his hand and disappeared.

Chu Zhiyuan’s smile slowly faded as he opened the two thin books and carefully paged through them.

Once he finished reading them, he took out the Heaven-Reaching Order again, slowly exploring it.

This Heaven-Reaching Order is related to the content of the two thin books, without this Heaven-Reaching Order, the content of the two thin books cannot be cultivated, otherwise it would lead to madness.

The Heaven-Reaching Sect’s demands on disciples are too harsh, talent, comprehension, and luck, none can be lacking.

The first layer is to be able to see the content above, even Lu Xiaolu with strong talent cannot see it, let alone all the heroes under heaven.

The second layer can see the content, but without luck, cannot see the correct content, leading to madness.

...

Fairy Peak is more than a hundred miles from the Imperial City, surrounded by ridges of mountains.

Zhu Lingyun stood with hands behind on a treetop, swaying with the treetop’s movement.

Surrounding him were lush bamboo forests, like rippling green waves.

He glanced at the Evil Demons within the woods.

The disciples of the Qianye Sect, plus four disciples from the Evil Sect, gathered at this Fairy Peak.

It seemed like there was someone behind every tree, too many evil demons had come.

The sound of fluttering garments arose, Su Qi descended beside him.

The treetop didn’t even sway, as if a feather landed on it.

Zhu Lingyun turned to look at him: "Brother Su, have you gathered the people?"

Su Qi frowned, looking displeased.

"Not gathered?" Zhu Lingyun said.

"Humph!" Su Qi let out a cold laugh.

At this moment, two figures broke through the sky and landed lightly beside them.

They were the other two Undying Evil Venerables.

They cupped their fists when they saw Su Qi’s displeased face and shook their heads.

Zhu Lingyun said: "Why aren’t they coming?"

"They feel we won’t succeed." The round-faced middle-aged man shook his head: "Said we’re wasting effort."

The gaunt middle-aged man said coldly: "Chu Zhiyuan has already startled them into submission, terrified them."

Zhu Lingyun said: "But Chu Zhiyuan hasn’t demonstrated a mass slaughter technique, right?"

The gaunt middle-aged man said: "The Heavenly Sword Sect along with the other Three Sects acted, exterminating many of the Evil Sect, leaving them fearful and disturbed."

Su Qi said coldly: "What’s this got to do with Chu Zhiyuan?"

"They’re worried that killing Chu Zhiyuan will invite joint retaliation from Four Sects." The round-faced middle-aged man said.

Su Qi hissed: "They’re so afraid of the Four Sects?"

The round-faced middle-aged man nodded: "According to them, the Four Sects are more formidable than before, best not to provoke."

"Heh, cowards scared witless!" Su Qi coldly laughed continuously, shaking his head.

Zhu Lingyun said: "So we can’t gather enough people?"

"We’ll just have to make do, the number we have is the number we’ve got." Su Qi snorted.

Zhu Lingyun shook his head: "Brother Su, we don’t have enough people to kill Chu Zhiyuan, this is our only chance, next time will be difficult."

Su Qi frowned and said: "Do we have to gather ten thousand people to act?"

Zhu Lingyun said slowly: "Chu Zhiyuan’s Qinggong is top-notch, if we can’t kill him in one strike, we won’t get another chance, he’ll escape without a trace."

"With ten thousand experts..." Su Qi said: "Will the array have no errors? It’s truly a one-time chance."

Zhu Lingyun smiled arrogantly: "If enough people come, roughly divided, they can form an array, powerful enough to kill Chu Zhiyuan with one strike!"

"Good, then find ways to gather more people!" Su Qi gritted his teeth: "I’ll have Qianye Sect send more to recruit."

Zhu Lingyun said: "Do it quickly, gathering so many people will inevitably draw the Evil Extermination Department’s attention, alerting Chu Zhiyuan, which means all prior efforts wasted!"

"Quickly, quickly." Su Qi floated away.

Zhu Lingyun glanced at the various hidden figures of evil heroes within the woods, suppressing the restlessness.

Without sufficient numbers, the sacrificial array’s power will be inadequate, unable to help ascend to higher levels.

If one could enter the Spirit Realm before cultivating the Heaven-Reaching Sect’s Martial Arts, only then would it be perfect.

Then the landscape seen will be different, and there will be more freedom in action.