“What... What is that, brother?” asked the disciple of the Chaos Sect to Mo Tianyun, shocked by the scene before his eyes.
“I don't know... Someone was clearly about to undergo the tribulation of the Turbulence Realm, but the tribulation just vanished, as if nothing had happened. This has never happened before,” replied Mo Tianyun, panic evident in his expression. After all, in this world, the heavens are the Law, and nothing can change them. No one can dissipate a tribulation, no matter what realm or treasure they possess. This is simply unreal to them as they watch...
“Ah, good thing it’s over, it was probably just a passing storm cloud,” commented Zhen, with a nonchalant expression, observing everyone in shock over the incident.
“M-Master, what was that?” whispered Mei, not understanding the situation.
“A simple command, and the heavens obey... Is that... really possible?” murmured Xueyu, equally confused. Everything seems surreal. Trembling, she thought, I have to act naturally. The master wants to live the life of a mortal. I can’t lose my composure.
“What’s wrong with you all?” asked Zhen, not understanding the panic in the eyes of his guests and disciple.
“N-n-nothing, nothing happened,” they responded in unison.
“Master, thank you for everything, but we need to leave,” said Xueyu, hurriedly, needing to stabilize her cultivation, which had suddenly advanced.
“Oh, alright then, let’s escort you to the exit.”
“Brother, look, they’re leaving,” said the disciple of the Chaos Sect, still shocked, to his brother.
“What? Yue Ling? No... wait...” Mo Tianyun was stunned.
“Did she regress in cultivation? Did the master harm her? No, but...” he was very confused.
“Why does her aura seem stronger than ours, even though she returned to the Refinement Realm?” he wondered, unable to understand.
“We need to return and report this to the master as quickly as possible.”
“Brother, why don’t we attack her now and recover the medallion? She could escape while we contact the master,” retorted the disciple.
“No... All of this is very strange, and she seems to have some connection with the Pavilion of the Sea’s Master. We can’t be careless.”
And so, the two disciples of the Chaos Sect returned to their sect to report their findings to the master.
Meanwhile, Xueyu returned to the Blue Sky Sect to report about the expert and her advancement, as someone in the Turbulence Realm is not common in this region. They are considered extremely powerful beings. In the Blue Sky Sect, even as one of the largest in the region among the five pavilions, only two were in that realm before Xueyu’s breakthrough.
“Sect Master, Elder Ling Xueyu requests your attention and says it is urgent,” announced one of the Sect Master's direct disciples.
“Very well, I’m available. Tell her to come in,” replied Lan Qingyun.
Lan Qingyun, Sect Master of the Blue Sky Sect, is a woman whose name matches her blue hair and eyes that seem to have the depth of an ocean. With a slender body and an aura that exudes power, she had already reached the Upper Realm, with a very refined cultivation.
“Elder Ling Xueyu pays her respects to the Sect Master,” she greeted her master.
“You broke through to the Turbulence Realm? I see you’ve been working hard,” she praised with a satisfied look.
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“I appreciate the praise, master, but... I only managed to break through with the help of an expert we encountered in the city.”
“An expert? Someone from this city we don’t know?”
“Yes, master. It may seem hard to believe, but during my tribulation, a simple command from this expert made the tribulation dissipate.”
“What? Made a tribulation dissipate?” asked the Sect Master, raising her voice, incredulous at this statement.
“Yes, master. This expert lives the life of a mortal, probably to train his mind, and doesn’t like to talk about cultivation.”
Could she have been deceived? Xueyu wouldn’t lie to me... But an expert of this level, that even we, who rule this region, don’t know about? thought Lan Qingyun, still skeptical.
“Master, I think it would be wise to maintain a friendship with this expert; it could be of great help to our sect.”
“The Dragon Fight is approaching. We must focus on nurturing our disciples, and then we can think about it,” the Sect Master was already starting to feel uneasy, thinking that Xueyu might have been deceived.
“Master, please reconsider your decision. At least go meet the expert,” insisted Xueyu, with an anxious expression, thinking, The Master must form an alliance with that veteran. He could be a pillar for the sect.
“Aaahhh, alright, alright, I will at least consider it, since Elder Xueyu is asking. In the coming days, we will visit this so-called expert,” responded Lan Qingyun, still hesitant to believe Xueyu's words.
Meanwhile, in the Chaos Sect, the two disciples were reporting their findings to the master.
“WHAT? DISSIPATED A TRIBULATION??” Hei Tian was already furious that his disciples hadn’t recovered the Chaos Medallion yet.
“M-Master, everything was strange there. Besides the tribulation dissipating, we also saw Yue Ling there, talking to someone who seemed like a mortal, and the Pavilion of the Sea’s Master, who had just broken through to the Turbulence Realm, but...”
“IF SHE WAS THERE, WHY DIDN’T YOU GET THE MEDALLION??”
“Master, as I said, the Pavilion of the Sea’s Master was there, and Yue Ling seemed to have regressed in her cultivation. But it’s strange... The energy I felt from her was stronger than ours, even though we’re in the fifth level of the Golden Core.”
“What? She regressed, but her energy increased? How does that make sense??” Hei Tian was very confused by all the information his disciples had given him and thought, Could she have found some fortuitous encounter? Or some celestial treasure that helped her cultivation? But is that possible? Regressing her realm but increasing her energy... He was full of questions but had no answers.
“Master... what exactly is the Chaos Medallion? Shouldn't we be focusing on our cultivation for the upcoming Dragon Fight?” asked Mo Tianyun, with a worried expression.
“Of course, you wouldn’t know about the medallion, after all, even among the elders of the sect, it’s a secret. I don’t even know how that brat discovered it,” said Hei Tian, explaining to his disciple.
“The Chaos Medallion is an item from the UPPER WORLD that fell into the mortal world a few hundred years ago. Fortunately, our sect acquired it, but even we have little information about it. The only thing we know is that it helps in overcoming tribulations of higher realms. I intend to use it to break through to the Upper Realm,” Hei Tian explained to the disciple about the medallion’s importance. What they didn’t know was that... that medallion held many other secrets...
In the mortal world, once a person reaches the Immortal Realm, they can ascend by reaching the ninth level of the Immortal Realm, thereby opening the doors to the Immortal World. As long as they can endure the pain of crossing between worlds, they will become an immortal and transcend. The true name of the Chaos Medallion is the Crossing Pendant, a divine object originally created by a god from the Divine World, which ended up falling into the mortal world. Besides greatly assisting in cultivation, it breaks the chains that bind one to the mortal world, allowing one to cross into the Immortal World without any cost, simply passing through. After all, the pendant itself is something superior to the Immortal World itself, but no one in the mortal world knows this yet.
Hei Tian then ordered that, in the coming days, ten Golden Core disciples prepare to go to Zhen’s residence to recover the medallion. Meanwhile, at Zhen’s house...
[DING DING]
[NEW MISSION DETECTED, HOST]
“Oh, a new mission? I thought it would take longer,” said Zhen, excited by the good news.
[MISSION: BECOME AN ELDER OF THE BLUE SKY SECT
REWARD: SYSTEM PHASE 2 - SPIRITUAL BASE FOR THE HOST]
“Wait... spiritual base? I’ll be able to cultivate? Yesss!” Zhen celebrated, jumping for joy as he lifted his disciple to celebrate.
“No, but wait... BECOME AN ELDER??” he exclaimed aloud, shocked by the mission.
“Ohhh system, you know I can’t cultivate yet, right?”
[I KNOW PERFECTLY, HOST]
“Then tell me, HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO BECOME AN ELDER OF A GREAT SECT AS A MORTAL??” Zhen was already furious with the system, thinking, Ahhh, this system seems like it doesn’t want to let me cultivate at all...
[HOST, IF YOU LACK STRENGTH, USE WISDOM. THE WAY THE HOST COMPLETES THE MISSION IS IRRELEVANT TO THE SYSTEM]
“Ahhh, what do I do now? At least there’s no time limit... I’ll have to think of something,” murmured Zhen.