“Senior Moonchaser, should we put the snow mountain back into the sword?” Lu Yang asked gingerly.

He needed the Moonchaser True Person’s help to store the snow mountain in the Qingfeng Sword’s small world. A massive snow mountain hovering above Kaihuang City was certainly spectacular, but also rather frightening.

“Is it over?” the Moonchaser True Person asked flatly, though she was somewhat reluctant. After all, it was rare that she could go out.

Lu Yang saw through her concern and quickly turned to her. “If we store the snow mountain in my Qingfeng Sword, all of my surroundings can be considered its territory. You just need to stay close, Senior Moonchaser.”

“That works too.” The Moonchaser True Person pretended to begrudgingly accept Lu Yang’s proposal.

“Th-this is already resolved?” Throughout the battle, Tang Chuanwu had barely dared to breathe, plagued with anxiety.

We’re talking about a peerless Transcendent Tribulation powerhouse here, yet he was subdued so easily?

“It’s resolved.” Lu Yang stretched lazily. So many unexpected incidents occurred during the Buddha Bathing Festival, but in any case, everything is finally settled.

“Benefactors, it has been tough on you.” Master Duanchen hurried out to greet them.

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord, the Moonchaser True Person, and Dai Bufan—every single one of them was a puissant personage. Even Xitian Temple would have to receive them with the highest formalities.

“Master Duanchen, forgive us for turning the Buddha Bathing Festival into such a mess,” Lu Yang apologized. After all these battles, they wouldn’t be able to continue with the festival.

“No matter, no matter. As long as everyone is safe.”

Although this year’s Buddha Bathing Festival had been forced to halt prematurely, Master Duanchen could already imagine the battle at Kaihuang City turning into a popular story. With two half-immortals capturing the Heartless Creed’s vice creed leader alive, and with Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou’s involvement, this will surely become a beloved tale.

And Kaihuang City is the setting in this story. There’s no leaving it out. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

With this, we don’t have to worry about Kaihuang City’s fame or the lack of visitors to Kaihuang Temple.

The impact of this year’s Buddha Bathing Festival was ten times greater than Master Duanchen had originally anticipated.

“Master Duanchen, we’ll be taking our leave then.” Lu Yang cupped his hands in farewell.

“Chuanwu, would you be willing to return to the Dao-Seeking Sect with us?” Lu Yang asked. Since he learned of Tang Chuanwu’s time-reversal ability, he could not, in good conscience, leave him in Kaihuang City.

If another immortal found him, it would be disastrous.

“Can I bring my little sister and Que’er?” Tang Chuanwu asked anxiously. Those were the two people he cared about most; he had gone through countless loops for their sake.

“Yes.” Lu Yang understood his worries.

Tang Chuanwu breathed a sigh of relief. Since gaining the ability to reverse time, this was the first time things had gone so smoothly.

Thank goodness I met Master Lu.

Meng Jingzhou was surprised. He secretly transmitted an auditory message to Lu Yang. “Old Lu, what’s the deal with this kid? Why are we bringing him to our sect?”

“It involves an immortal’s Dao Fruit.”

Meng Jingzhou grew even more bewildered. “How did you get tangled up with immortals again?”

“Shoo, shoo, shoo. You make it sound like I asked for it.”

“Founding Ancestor, Senior, what about the two of you?”

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord raised a hand. “Wait a moment.”

Then he activated his Space Incipient Dao Fruit. The two Heartless Creed elders screamed as they fell out of a spatial black hole and were similarly imprisoned in spatial cages.

When these two elders saw that their vice creed leader was defeated, they fled in a panic, unaware that the Vast Sea Daoist Lord had already marked them. Escape was simply impossible.

The Vast Sea Daoist Lord flicked his finger, sending the three spatial cages into the Qingfeng Sword’s small world. “You all can go back first. I have some business in the East Sea.”

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou looked at the Vast Sea Daoist Lord with strange expressions. Founding Ancestor, is your trip to the East Sea for legitimate business?

“The snow mountain is in your sword. I’ll follow you.” The Moonchaser True Person was all but stating outright that she wanted to stay outside a little longer.

“Can’t we ask the Founding Ancestor to teleport us back?” Meng Jingzhou asked quietly. That would be so convenient.

Lu Yang rolled his eyes at Meng Jingzhou. “Are you trying to make us have only departure records and no return records?”

Lu Yang’s group found Tang Qiaoqiao and Cui Que’er. With Tang Qiaoqiao, it was simple. The siblings relied on each other; wherever Tang Chuanwu went, she would follow.

As for Samaritan Cui, when he heard that his daughter would be going to Great Xia, he was deeply reluctant to part with her. But he knew this was her fortuitous opportunity and that he couldn’t stand in her way. In the end, he bade her goodbye tearfully.

“Miss Que’er possesses the Mystic Yin Physique. Our sect has little research in this area; keeping her at the Dao-Seeking Sect would hinder her.”

Lu Yang turned to the Moonchaser True Person beside him. “Senior Moonchaser, could Miss Que’er be sent to the immortal palace?”

“Yes, but she must pass the immortal palace’s entrance trials.”

“That’s a given.” Lu Yang trusted Cui Que’er’s character.

The group crossed the desert and safely returned to Great Xia, arriving at the Dao-Seeking Sect.

The road from Kaihuang City to the Dao-Seeking Sect was already long to begin with, and with three mortals in tow, the return trip took even longer.

During the journey, Bai Ye emerged for several nights. Upon learning that she could follow Lu Yang out into the world by placing the snow mountain in the Qingfeng Sword, she couldn’t stop grinning.

Lu Yang arranged for Cui Que’er to be sent to the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace, along with a token of the Moonchaser True Person.

Dai Bufan returned to the Great Mission Hall, quite satisfied with his trip to Kaihuang City.

“Junior Brother Lu, you contacted me in such a panic; I thought something major had happened. It turned out to be a mere Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator... Wait, since when did I start looking down on Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivators?”

After helping the Tang siblings to settle down and returning the Great Snow Mountain to its position behind Heaven’s Gate Peak, Lu Yang returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak and drew the Qingfeng Sword.

The sword glinted coldly, and Yun Zhi stepped out from its small world.

Lu Yang had been worried about unexpected incidents occurring in Kaihuang City. For instance, an immortal could have sealed the city, making it impossible to summon Yun Zhi, so he decided he might as well invite her into the Qingfeng Sword.

Unfortunately, no unexpected incident occurred along the way.

“You brought Tang Chuanwu back just like that?” Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow.

She couldn’t fathom what the user of the Epoch Dao Fruit was thinking. Why bestow such an ability on Tang Chuanwu? She had assumed he was connected to the user and that they would encounter obstacles during their return journey.

On the way back, Lu Yang had asked Tang Chuanwu where his time-reversal ability came from. The latter had shaken his head, expressing that even he did not know its origin.

After all, this was an ability whose trigger condition was death. Perhaps Tang Chuanwu had possessed it from birth and only discovered it half a year ago when he happened to die.

“By the way, Little Junior Brother, do you want the formula for the Emotion-Forgetting Pill?” Yun Zhi pulled out three spatial cages from the Qingfeng Sword’s small world. Inside were the vice creed leader and the two elders.

“I interrogated them on the way. The proportions of the raw materials are not a problem. The only issue is that someone must swallow the raw materials and use their body as a pill furnace for refinement. Once their blood flows out and congeals, it becomes the Emotion-Forgetting Pill.”

“Just as I thought.” Lu Yang had more or less guessed it from the conversation between the two elders.

This makes it somewhat tricky. Our Dao-Seeking Sect is a righteous sect. We can’t use mortals to refine pills.

Just then, Lu Yang caught sight of the three Heartless Creed members out of the corner of his eye.

“Hey, why don’t we just feed the raw materials to these three and then draw their blood? This is Fusion and Transcendent Tribulation blood! The Emotion-Forgetting Pills refined from it would be potent enough even for Fusion cultivators!”