From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 528 Crossing the River by Feeling the Cold
Outside the Heavenly Palace of Ascension, the sea of ​​clouds churns, and the clear cries of cranes echo.

After emerging from the Heavenly Palace of Ascension, Li Chengqian's status had changed.

Despite having tens of thousands of disciples, the true core of the Feathered Ascension Sect consists of only a little over one hundred genuine disciples.

These hundred-odd people are called disciples, but in fact they are the core of the entire Feathered Ascension Sect. Each of them holds the power of life and death over ordinary disciples, and neither outer nor inner disciples dare to offend them.

Zhao Wuji was also unlucky. He had just achieved supernatural powers and hadn't even gone through the formalities at the Feathered Heaven Palace before he and Li Chengqian went to the Heavenly Execution Platform.

If he had gone through the proper procedures and become a true disciple, there would have been no need to go to the Heavenly Execution Platform. He could have been directly suppressed by the sect rules. Even if he ultimately died at Li Chengqian's hands, Li Chengqian would still have been considered to have violated the sect rules.

This is why Elder Tianxing is at Zhenchuan Palace today.

He did this to clarify the situation, to reassure Li Chengqian, and to relieve him of any worries about killing Zhao Wuji.

A disciple of a supernatural realm is precious, but a dead supernatural realm disciple is worthless.

As soon as they came out of the Feathered Heaven Palace, they ran into Xu Wenyuan, Yuan Zhi, and Su Muyu. They had obviously also received the news and had been waiting outside the Feathered Heaven Palace for a long time.

Upon seeing Li Chengqian enter, the three of them greeted him with joy.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Li, on your advancement to True Disciple! Your path to immortality has taken another step forward!"

Xu Wenyuan stepped forward first, followed by Yuanzhi and Su Muyu, who bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Li!"

"No need for formalities!" Li Chengqian looked at the three men, who were respectful yet filled with awe, hesitation, and trepidation, and knew their feelings at that moment.

True disciples and ordinary disciples, those at the Divine Power Realm and those at the Physical Body Realm...

The relationships between these individuals have become so fraught that no one can ignore them.

So he didn't stand on ceremony and said, "Brother Wenyuan, you've come at the right time. I was just about to ask you for help."

Xu Wenyuan's face immediately lit up with joy, and he adopted a very respectful attitude, "Please give your instructions, Senior Brother."

It's good if there's demand; the real problem is if there's no demand at all!
"My current disciples will soon have an independent mountain built for me by the Heavenly Crafts Academy. However, I need to go into seclusion to consolidate my current realm, and I have no one else by my side. So I would like to ask you to help me look after it. After the True Inheritance Peak is completed, you can also come to the peak to cultivate. The True Inheritance Peak is located deep within the Immortal Sect, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth far surpasses that of the Inner Immortal Academy and the Outer Immortal Academy. I think it will be helpful to your cultivation!"

When Xu Wenyuan and the other two heard that Li Chengqian had entrusted them with the supervision of the initial construction of Zhenchuan Peak, they were first taken aback, and then their faces were filled with uncontrollable excitement and honor.

Leaving aside the spiritual energy and future resources of True Inheritance Peak, the mere act of overseeing and supervising it involves guiding spiritual veins, arranging formations, planning and constructing palaces and pavilions, and even the future development of medicinal fields, alchemy rooms, and weapon-refining workshops—all of which are of paramount importance. Being able to participate not only signifies immense trust in one's abilities but also means gaining early familiarity with the core layout of True Inheritance Peak. It's practically binding one to Li Chengqian, a promising true disciple, and the benefits are self-evident.

This is simply an opportunity that fell from the sky!
"Don't worry, Senior Brother!" Xu Wenyuan was the first to react, his chest puffed out, his voice slightly hoarse with excitement, "Wenyuan will do his utmost, together with Yuanzhi and Muyu, to accomplish the task of True Inheritance Peak, and will certainly not disappoint Senior Brother!"

"In that case, I'll trouble the three of you." Li Chengqian nodded, then handed the True Inheritance Token he had just received to Xu Wenyuan, giving him some instructions. Without lingering, Li Chengqian nodded slightly to the three of them, and his figure transformed into a pale silver streak of light, instantly disappearing into the distance, flying straight towards his courtyard in the Inner Immortal Academy. He now needed a short period of seclusion to make the most thorough preparations for his next attempt to break through to the True Qi Realm.

In the original novel, Fang Han progressed from the Mana Realm to the True Qi Realm very quickly, in just one month. Although he benefited from the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle and the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Qi, he was still quite capable.

Watching Li Chengqian's figure disappear into the horizon, Xu Wenyuan and the other two were still filled with excitement. As the strategist of the four-person group, Yuanzhi took a deep breath and said, "Let's go. We'll take our senior brother's True Inheritance Token and report to the Heavenly Craft Academy first. Brother Wenyuan, you're in charge of communicating with the master craftsmen of the Heavenly Craft Academy to select a site for Senior Brother Chengqian's True Inheritance Peak. Muyu, you're meticulous, so you're in charge of coordinating relationships with all parties, especially looking at which outer and inner disciples are worth recruiting. Give them hints and try to win them over. True Inheritance Disciples are not like ordinary disciples; each one is a big figure in the Immortal Sect and needs to build their own power."

Xu Wenyuan nodded, agreeing with this viewpoint. This was not only helping Li Chengqian, but also paving a shortcut for himself to a higher level.

Inner Immortal Courtyard, Quiet Room.

Li Chengqian sat cross-legged, his magical power surging like the tide, yet it was firmly bound within his body, constantly being tempered and purified.

At this moment, above his head floated a ball of azure mirror light, its surface emitting a faint silver glow that drew in the starlight from the sky.

The Azure Illuminating Mirror is a Dao artifact, far superior in quality to the Sun, Moon, and Five Stars Bracelets. Combined with the Taiyin Refining Form Technique, which incorporates the Great Qi of the Stars, its efficiency in drawing starlight is astonishing. The Inner Immortal Academy has already formed a spectacular sight: the starlight in the sky condenses into a pillar of light, falling directly into Li Chengqian's courtyard, attracting all the inner disciples to come out of the courtyard and look at the strange phenomenon in the sky with curiosity.

"This...this seems to be Li Chengqian's courtyard!"

"Li Chengqian, is that the same Li Chengqian who used his physical body to defy supernatural powers and kill Zhao Wuji on the Heavenly Execution Platform?!"

"it's him……"

"Wow, that's amazing! Judging from this, Senior Brother Li must possess a Starlight Treasure to create such a phenomenon," a disciple said with a greedy look on his face.

"Of course there is, otherwise how could Senior Brother Li have progressed so quickly?" An inner disciple said, looking at the greedy man. "But I heard that Senior Brother Li has already entered the Divine Power Realm, passed the True Inheritance Palace's assessment, and become a True Inheritance Disciple. Now the Heavenly Craft Academy is searching for a treasure land to build a True Inheritance Peak for him!"

"Really?! How come I didn't know that?"

"Nonsense, Senior Brother Li just became a true disciple today. You've been in the Inner Immortal Academy all day, how would you know?"

"How did you know that?!"

"Senior Brother Li entrusted Xu Wenyuan and the others to help find a location to build the peak. Su Muyu and Yuanzhi issued the relevant task in the main hall before, and this matter has already spread throughout the inner sect!"

"A realm of supernatural powers!!"

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Regardless of their intentions or the unusual phenomena at the Inner Immortal Academy, once they heard that Li Chengqian had advanced to the Divine Power Realm and become a true disciple, all their ulterior motives vanished. A true disciple, especially one who could defy divine powers even in the Physical Body Realm and had now advanced to the Divine Power Realm, was no longer someone they could easily exploit. They were no longer from the same world.

Inside the quiet room, the void trembled slightly. Strands of pure, cold, vast, and ancient star power, as if drawn by an invisible force, crossed endless space and quietly seeped in, slowly merging into Li Chengqian's body. It wasn't until dawn that Li Chengqian opened his eyes.

"Ten days, about ten days, and I should be able to break through to the True Qi Realm." Calculating his cultivation progress, Li Chengqian wasn't too disappointed. "After advancing to the True Qi Realm, I'll leave the Feathered Ascension Sect under the pretext of returning home to visit relatives and guide my clansmen. Once I leave, many things will be much easier to handle. First, I'll go find the Lord of Death Island and steal his Five Prisons King Cauldron. Such a notorious thief is wicked and commits all sorts of evil; he can't be allowed to live a moment longer!"

Yes, that's his plan: to proceed cautiously, taking a step back and explore!

(End of this chapter)