Ed stared at the giant feather he was holding with both hands, and then he turned to look at the man beside him, but he was gone. He looked back at the feather and was met with its sharp pointy end. The sharp point released a kind of feeling in him. As though it would kill him. At that moment, he felt the feather double in weight as though threatening to fall. His head buzzed at this feeling. The weight was nothing, but why was he slightly scared? As he wondered about this, the weight continued to fluctuate.

Tie Nse and the rest watched Ed get sucked into the illusion of the rock.

"What kind of spirit-awakening cultivator is this? He can handle the weight of the mountain?" Afia Nta said and Tie Nse sighed,

"I'm not sure what method he is using to hold your rock up at this moment. Your rock risks possible damage if not destruction," he mumbled.

"What?" Afia Nta could not quite catch his words.

"Just come back ten years from now," Tie Nse said.

"You promised me, someone, to hold it up for five hundred years. I will see you then,"

"Okay, that boy will just drop your stupid rock when we are ready to leave," Tie Nse said without a care.

"You would not dare,"

"You really think others care about this stupid rock, don't you?" Tie Nse asked.

"The way you talk reminds me of someone," Afia Nta said.

"Yes, yes... that is why you almost killed me. You've said it before,"

"I will be back in Ten years," he said and vanished with the wind.

"That man, what is he?" Nti Anem asked.

"You have good eyes, energy manipulator. That is not a human being. This is the first holiday he has had in forever. His master got slain on this same rock and he held it up till this day. Why he holds it up, I couldn't be bothered to know," Tie Nse said.

"Will, Ed be okay?" Nti Anem asked.

"If he is not careful, he will die. That old thing said that the rock is sinking into something called the river of testing. That means he must be sitting inside it at this moment," Tie Nse said.

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"I have never heard of this place," Nti Anem said.

"Stay and protect him. I will be back in ten years," Tie Nse said and threw a slip into the air and it crackled into a teleportation array, he stepped through it and vanished with a wink.

Ten years passed silently. Many hoping to enter the light realm were busy cultivating. Before the ten years were up, Ku Jian stepped out of seclusion. As she stepped out of Aunty Iyan's mountain, her father and mother stood before her.

"Stinking girl! We have to wait so long just to see you!" her mother scolded, but Ku Jian only threw them a cold look and walked past them.

"Ku Jian, stop right there!" her mother fumed.

"My family name is Ou. I'm Jian Ou," she corrected, "Where is Elder Hu?" To this, everyone froze, except her parents.

"Ou? I thought she said her family name was Ou... how...?" her mother started to ask the Ku clan chief, who sighed at his wife's slow nature.

"In the valley, the first name comes before the last," he explained.

"Oh," As she finally got it, she turned her attention back to her daughter whose eyes had just landed on Elder Hu behind them. Elder Hu saw Ku Jian's eyes focus on him and stiffened.

"You dare leave home for so long and what is this about killing Elder Hu? Where did you learn this nonsense? Hurry up apologize to him, how can you behave like this when he was only following orders? Elder Hu, come forward and stand like a man, she can do nothing to you while I am here!" she scolded, but Ku Jian blinked before the hiding elder and struck immediately. Elder Hu was shocked but managed to block her attack in time.

"Oh?! You are now at soul awakening? At fifty-five? Jian, you are only fifteen years behind Tie Nse!" her mother said excitedly.

Elder Hu did not know whether to laugh or cry. How can one trust the lady to protect them, when her attention span is so short?

"I have information on your Brother Ed!" Elder Hu hurriedly said and Ku Jian paused. Her angry eyes turned excited.

"Where? Where? Where is he?" she asked and the Elder sighed. How could he forget that the young miss' one-track mind is only a step higher than her mother's attention span?

"He is now a disciple of the Heaven alliance patriarch. That old pervert that day, he was the Heaven Alliance patriarch. The man has tried his best to hide your Brother Ed from you. But I suspect you will be able to meet him soon," Elder Hu hurriedly explained.

"Really? Where?" Ku Jian asked excitedly.

"Ed? Who is this?" Lady Ku asked in confusion.

"I told you about this before," the Ku clan chief sighed.

"So what are you saying, that I don't have a good memory?" he regretted it the moment he said it. Seeing her turn around and scold him, he could only sigh.

"Ed is Heaven alliance patriarch Tie Nse's disciple," he explained, distracting her again.

"Oh? Is he strong? Why is Jian so excited?" she asked.

"The light realm. Word has it, he will also enter the light realm. As long as you go, you will meet him," Elder Hu explained to an excited Ku Jian.

"Really? Really?" her excitement only heightened. Elder Hu sighed a relief. He had survived again.

Just at that moment, a ringing tore through the sky with an orange glow not too far behind. Everyone froze.

"Someone is breaking through to the heaven-seeking stage. A glow that reached this far into our mountain range from wherever the person is, it can only be one person," the Ku clan chief speculated.

"Who?" Lady Ku asked.

"Tie Nse," he answered.

"Who is that?" she asked and he sighed.