Stepping Stones

Chu Xuan spent a thousand years finishing the first page.

Then, he made a small adjustment to the direction of his cultivation.

Although he was not reading all the time, it took him a thousand years to finish a page. This showed just how profound the book was.

Chu Xuan added another floor to the Xuan Gate Scripture Pavilion. He copied the page he had finished reading into a golden page and placed it on the highest floor.

Another thousand years later, Chu Xuan finished reading the second page.

However, he did not make a copy of it.

A single page would be enough for now.

Within the Xuan Gate sect, there was no one who was close to the Heavenly realm. This single page and floor was just something that would motivate them to strive and improve.

On a certain day, Chunlan and Lie Tian returned.

The situation in the Heavenly Sun World was getting more and more intense. Even if they were not affected by the mysterious force, it was easy for them to be caught within it.

After all, even if they were not under control, others were.

Yi Lingling and Xue Ping were about to reach the Transcendent Dao realm.

In the current Heavenly Sun World, they were also top experts.

Qi Le and Chu Yu’s cultivation was also progressing smoothly.

They no longer needed guardians, as no one dared to break the rules and attack the disciples of the Xuan Gate sect, not even the Dao Supreme realm experts.

They were extremely wary of the Xuan Gate sect.

Furthermore, Yi Lingling and Xue Ping were also law enforcers.

Chunlan and Lie Tian had returned to cultivate in seclusion.

Even if they were Dao Supreme realm experts, they were still too weak.

Only those at the Dao Supreme Ruler realm had a chance of withstanding the coming storm.

In the past, Lie Tian did not even have much hope of reaching the Dao Supreme realm, let alone the Dao Supreme Ruler realm.

Chun LAN was the heir to Cloud Mountain Palace and had inherited the legacy of a Dao Supreme realm expert. She had extraordinary talent and had the chance to reach the Dao Supreme realm. However, the Dao Supreme Ruler realm had still been beyond her grasp.

Now, the two of them were filled with fighting spirit. The Dao Supreme Ruler realm was no longer out of reach.

Even though it was still a stretch, they had the tools and methods to reach this realm.

The Xuan Gate Scripture Pavilion had the secret manuals for the Dao Supreme Ruler realm.

“I thought that Qi Le was already an unrivaled genius. I didn’t expect another genius on par with him to appear.”

Lie Tian sighed.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the situation in the Heavenly Sun World was too complicated.

An old man like him should not get too involved in it, or he would drown. Until he had sufficient strength, it was best for him to stay in the valley.

Chu Xuan was not surprised.

Qi Le’s appearance had dominated the limelight. The person behind the scenes would naturally push out a genius of the same level to even things out.

Now that the chaos and the Heavenly Sun World had begun to merge, people born in the place where the two converged would have completed Yin and Yang.

Those few geniuses were born there.

Although they had both completed their Yin and Yang, they were far inferior to Qi Le. After all, Qi Le had perfect Yin and Yang.

The key was the mass of Yin and Yang energy in his divine soul.

All of the top geniuses today had inheritances behind them.

Naturally, they were extraordinary.

“Sect Master, it seems like the Xuan Gate sect is no longer at the top of the food chain,” Lie Tian said worriedly.

The first generation of geniuses were Yi Lingling and Xue Ping. They were the best, far ahead of the other geniuses. There were a few that rose to their level at first, but were soon left behind.

Qi Le and Chu Yu were the most outstanding among the second generation of geniuses. However, among the younger generation of geniuses, there were no disciples of the Xuan Gate sect.

Once time dragged on, the younger generation might catch up to the disciples of the Xuan Gate sect.

After all, when one cultivated to a certain level, they would stagnate and be unable to break through. When that happened, they would be surpassed by those who came later.

Many geniuses of the new generation had been using the experts of the older generation as stepping stones.

The cycle of history was often like this.

Among the experts that Yi Lingling had defeated, many of them were once geniuses, but in the end, they all became her stepping stones.

Would Yi Lingling face the same problem one day?

No one could guarantee that they would not become a stepping stone for the new generation of geniuses.

Chu Xuan chuckled.

“Talent isn’t the only thing. Not all of the disciples of the Xuan Gate sect are invincible.”

He was very open-minded.

How many disciples were there in the Xuan Gate sect?

How was it possible that every one of them was the strongest and there were no powerful enemies that could defeat them?

He only needed to ensure that the Xuan Gate sect itself was the strongest, which meant that he himself had to be the strongest.

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