Ji An now has a clearer understanding of the pivotal points for breaking through to the Chao Origin Stage. As long as his cultivation reaches the perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and with the aid of the Nourishing Yuan Pill, given his comprehension of the cultivation technique, igniting the Primordial Life Fire using the Sun Bing Fire as a catalyst should be a natural course of action.

Junior Martial Uncle Jia Yu once disclosed this information, so he is confident that he can break through to the Chao Origin Stage.

His voice wasn’t loud, yet it sounded like thunder to Liu Yu and Ge Luoying.

Liu Yu couldn’t help but recall the scene when the two first met, under the changing cosmic light; the cultivator who had just successfully opened his meridians now had the confidence to break through to the Chao Origin Stage.

Ge Luoying’s gaze was solemn. The tone of this junior brother just now was very similar to the calm speech once made by Junior Brother Li Haoran, ’Let me have a hearty battle with Master after I break through to the Chao Origin Stage!’

Li Haoran slightly raised his sword-like eyebrows, showing a look of interest:

"I have noted what you said, Junior Brother."

During the past competition between the Three Sects, he was the first in the late-stage Foundation Establishment group, winning all twenty matches.

In the Western Continent, no cultivator at the same realm could compete with him.

The day the sect refines the Nourishing Yuan Pill will be the day he breaks through to the Chao Origin Stage.

At that time, as a ’newcomer’ in the Chao Origin Stage, he will have more motivation to challenge himself.

Li Haoran sighed silently in his heart, ’It seems I’ll be disappointed.’

He believed that the other party’s words just now were an excuse to avoid a confrontation; if they were to fight now, he might gain some experience.

If they fight again in the future, it would probably be a dull crushing battle, as finding a cultivator with a comprehensive mastery of magic techniques in the Chao Origin Stage is not difficult.

On the path of cultivation, falling behind one step means falling behind at every step; the gap between him and the other party can only widen.

’Perhaps only by going to more prosperous cultivation regions can I climb the heights faster.’

Li Haoran slightly raised his head, the stars spread like a sea in the sky.

’The day I have no peer in the Chao Origin Stage will be the day I head for the Central Continent!’

...

Wei Songnian awoke from the teleportation array and, following the guidance, walked out of the main hall, tears streaming down his face.

He hastily lowered his head, facing the wall and turning his back to everyone, quickly wiping the tears of surviving the calamity.

Of the over sixty clan members of the Wei Clan in the Immortal City, only five remain.

He, one clan uncle too old to fight, a Qi Refining Fourth Level nephew who was too weak and only responsible for transporting the wounded.

And two Qi Refining late-stage disciples with top-grade talent, who were declared as core disciples by the family at the outbreak of war.

The sect promised to do its best to protect their safety, so these two were not summoned to fight.

Other families faced similar situations.

"Songnian, is this the mountain gate of the Golden Spirit Sect?

The spiritual energy here is so rich, it’s unknown how many times stronger it is than Little Bamboo Mountain!"

Tears glimmered in Wei Qingbai’s cloudy eyes, his tone carrying an indistinct meaning.

The vitality of Little Bamboo Mountain was heavily damaged and it’s unknown how many years it will take to recover.

The powerful sect retained more elite disciples and will be more prosperous and flourishing in the future.

He felt indignant!

After this battle, the family forces in the Western Continent suffered a significant blow.

"Indeed," Wei Songnian quickly glanced around, the scenery here was unfamiliar to him.

"Does your grotto mansion have such rich spiritual energy?"

Wei Songnian grinned bitterly, saying:

"Sixth Uncle, you’re joking. Inside the mountain gate, there are Tier Three spirit vein nodes, and Tier Two spirit vein nodes are everywhere, so the richness of spiritual energy speaks for itself.

My grotto mansion only has a Tier One Top Grade node, how can it compare to this!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"A Tier One Top Grade node is not bad, equivalent to the cultivation grounds of the clan leader and elders back in Little Bamboo Mountain."

Wei Qingbai sighed inwardly, the sect possessing high-grade spirit veins is something the family cannot compare to.

He paused, lowered his voice and asked:

"What kind of arrangements will the Golden Spirit Sect make for us?"

Previously, entering the sect’s jurisdiction required reporting and was strictly time-limited.

Wei Songnian shook his head slightly:

"I don’t know either, listening to the words of the junior martial uncle guarding the magic array, the ancestor will be the last to teleport back, so we must wait patiently.

The few of you, don’t wander around."

The spiritual energy here is extremely rich, even stronger than Red Flame Peak, it must be a core area of the sect.

The three Qi Refining disciples all nodded, "Fourteenth Uncle, we remember."

...

A flash of white light appeared on the teleportation array, and Daoist Master Zhengyang, Master Yuxiao, and several loose cultivators emerged.

Daoist Master Zhengyang opened his eyes and said:

"Huaige, dismantle the magic array immediately."

The teleportation array between Yingri Peak and Mingfeng Mountain is bidirectional; now that all the living cultivators have been teleported back, this array can no longer be retained.

"Yes," Chao Origin Stage Array Master Chu Huai’ge responded, immediately starting to dismantle the magic array.

The two Daoist Masters stepped out of the main hall, and the discussions in the square quickly ceased.

"Greetings, Ancestor."

"Greetings, Daoist Master."

The people in the square were clearly divided into three sections, with the sect cultivators being the most numerous, followed by the family cultivators, and a group of loose cultivators.

These loose cultivators persisted until the last moment and were thus brought back by the sect.

Daoist Master Zhengyang was lifted into the air by a fire cloud under his feet.

"The battle of Mingfeng Mountain was hard; we made our utmost effort to defend Mingfeng Mountain, significantly depleting the forces of the Demon Beast Race and achieved unprecedented results.

However, the Demon Calamity has not ended, and battles await us.

Tomorrow, we will send spirit ships to return you either to your families or back to Cyan Cloud Immortal City.

If there are cultivators willing to join the sect, we also welcome it.

But tonight, those who are not of this sect must endure here."

The recruitment targets were primarily the loose cultivators, who survived the brutal battles, thanks to both their strength and luck.