The anomaly above Surging Lake lasted only an instant in Ding Yi's eyes, yet he remained by the lakeside for another full two hours. Only after receiving a transmission through divine consciousness did he finally turn to leave.

We're leaving in half a month, you say?

Even as he walked away, he kept looking back toward the mist-shrouded lake, uncertainty lingering in his eyes as if he could still faintly sense some monstrous existence lurking within.

***

Meanwhile, inside the Starry Palace, Luo Chen opened his status panel for the first time in a very long while.

[Status Panel]

Name: Luo Chen

Lifespan: 165/800

Spirit Roots: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth

Realm: Golden Core Stage Six (57/100); Archaic Beast Tier Four (1/100)

Achievement Points: 334

[Techniques]

Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture: Perfection (457/500)

Myriad Path Convergence: Perfected Mastery

Myriad Beast Sutra: Grandmaster (500/1000)

[Spells]

Fourth-Tier

• Dragon-Slaying Art: Perfected Mastery

• Nascent Core Art: Perfected Mastery

• Infinite Blaze Prison: Perfection (317/500)

Third-Tier

• Sevenfold Skyblaze Ring: Perfected Mastery

• Life-Severing Finger: Beginner (15/100)

Perfected Mastery Spells (click to view details)

[Martial Arts]

• Voidburst Step: Perfected Mastery

Devil Lord's Seven Strikes:

• Cloud-Seizing Divine Claw: Perfected Mastery

• Overlord Stripped Bare: Proficient (201/300)

• Lightning Kick: Perfection (350/500)

• Mountain-Stabilizing Form: Grandmaster (510/1000)

• Mountain-Lifting Form: Perfection (460/500)

• Mountain-Breaking Form: Grandmaster (501/1000)

• Mountain-Smashing Form: Perfection (390/500)

At that, he revealed a satisfied smile. These were the gains he had accumulated during nearly thirty years within the Society, and this only recounted the cultivation...