Da Xuan Martial Saint

Just as she focused her gaze toward the distant horizon, her eyes suddenly flickered with surprise.

What was that?

In her line of sight, at the end of the sky, a small black dot had appeared and was moving closer toward the Secluded Silent Valley.

"Brother Zhao, look, what is that?"

After noticing something unusual, Meng Danyun couldn't help but speak out.

Zhao Zhenchuan also noticed the change in Meng Danyun's demeanor; his gaze moved slightly, and following her line of sight, he too saw the tiny black dot at the edge of the sky.

As time passed, the dot gradually approached the Secluded Silent Valley, and its outline grew larger.

At this moment.

It wasn't just Meng Danyun in the Secluded Silent Valley; several stationed Peak Masters and Elders all looked toward the horizon at the approaching giant black shadow, their eyes reflecting various changes.

"Is that... a Mystic Tortoise?"

"Not good! Be careful!"

"Wait, hold on, something seems off."

"It is the Mystic Tortoise, but its demon Qi..."

Qi Zhiyuan, too, heard the commotion and emerged from the depths of the Secluded Silent Valley, looking towards the distant horizon with an expression that changed colors.

As the black shadow drew closer, the increasingly massive body appeared to be unmistakably that of the Mystic Tortoise that had escaped from the Secluded Silent Valley, but for some reason, the demon Qi around it was nowhere near as tumultuous and powerful as when it had escaped.

Even its Soaring Flight Escape from afar lacked the strong oppressive feeling it had when it had first broken free.

Meanwhile, inside the Secluded Silent Valley, commotion spread.

The Protectors and Stewards tasked with cleaning the valley were in disarray, pouring out of the valley when the giant black shadow in the sky finally arrived beside the Secluded Silent Valley and began to slowly descend.

The colossal body of the Mystic Tortoise crashed onto one side of the Secluded Silent Valley with a thunderous sound, and valley dwellers like Qi Zhiyuan, Feng Hongsheng, and many Elders quickly realized that the Mystic Tortoise no longer showed signs of life; it was a corpse, leading to widespread astonishment.

Who had slain the Mystic Tortoise?

Even more so, who could carry such a massive carcass, using the Sky Flying Technique, all the way to the Secluded Silent Valley... Could it be that Supreme Yin Heng of the Sect had finally arrived?

However.

When a figure silently landed on the back of the Mystic Tortoise, including Qi Zhiyuan, the many Grandmasters and Elders at the scene, like Feng Hongsheng and Shi Zhenyong, were all utterly astonished.

Meng Danyun, not far away, was stunned.

"...Master?!"

The woman in plain clothes, seemingly even younger than her, was naturally too familiar in both appearance and aura for her. But how could Qin Mengjun be here, and how could she have left the Sect?

Could it be that Qin Mengjun's old injuries had healed?

No.

No, that wasn't it; the aura on Qin Mengjun was entirely different from before. If her previous aura evoked a sense of vastness and distance, now it felt purely ethereal, as if though standing right there, she was connected to the entire sky, part of the heavens, with an entirely different quality to her aura than before.

Moreover, she was able to carry such a massive Mystic Tortoise carcass while employing the Flying Technique.

A thought rose in Meng Danyun's heart; her eyes shone with unprecedented brilliance and joy. If there was anything she most hoped to see, it was naturally Qin Mengjun's recovery and return to her peak.

What she hoped for even more, without a doubt, was for Qin Mengjun to ascend further, to an even higher peak!

Inside the Secluded Silent Valley.

When Qin Mengjun descended from the Mystic Tortoise, there was complete silence.

Among the Seven Profound Sect's people, Qi Zhiyuan, the leader, while looking at the approaching Qin Mengjun, showed a hint of joy and sighs in his somewhat aged eyes, saying, "Congratulations."

If Meng Danyun could sense the difference in Qin Mengjun at this moment, that transformation of aura, how could he not? Having been poised to step into that realm more than a decade ago, Qin Mengjun, though she had been treacherously attacked and faced many hardships, had finally recovered from her injuries and taken that last step into the Blood Exchange Realm, reaching the pinnacle of Martial Arts!

From now on, the Cold North Path of the Eleven State would have one more existence in the Blood Exchange Realm.

Besides Qi Zhiyuan,

Shi Zhenyong, Feng Hongsheng, and others looked at Qin Mengjun with complicated eyes.

As a Grandmaster in the Marrow Cleansing Realm, who wouldn't want to take that step into the Blood Exchange Realm, to reach the final step of Martial Arts?

Yet, limited by capacity, talent, and the foundation laid in the past, most Grandmasters would find the Marrow Cleansing Realm to be the limit of their lifetime, with no fortuitous encounter likely to propel them into the Blood Exchange much further. Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

Age also limited the Blood Exchange Realm.

The older one became after reaching Grandmaster, the harder it was to take that step into the Blood Exchange Realm. Qin Mengjun was actually one of the younger Grandmasters within the Seven Profound Sect, which is why a delay of more than a decade still left her with the opportunity to challenge the Blood Exchange.

The Blood Exchange Realm was entirely different from the Marrow Cleansing Realm, both in terms of power and status, but for most of them, there was no chance of attempting the Blood Exchange, so they naturally felt sighs mixed with more admiration as they watched Qin Mengjun finally take that step.

"Fortuitous."

Qin Mengjun looked at Qi Zhiyuan, nodded slightly in acknowledgment, then turned her gaze to the many Elders present.

After a brief moment filled with complexity and light sighs, Shi Zhenyong and the many Elders snapped out of it, each showing a smiling face, and began congratulating Qin Mengjun:

"Congratulations."

"Congratulations, Sister Qin."

"Congratulations, with this our Sect will have yet another Supreme."