The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.

The next morning!

The entire Liuguang Sect was filled with joy.

Although the sect had just experienced a great catastrophe, with half of its main halls reduced to ruins, this did not affect the joy of the Liuguang Sect's high-ranking members in the slightest.

After all, with an Immortal Artifact in hand, they felt they possessed the world.

Compared to what they gained, these losses were completely insignificant to them.

After obtaining the Immortal Artifact, everyone's first reaction was to undergo their Emperor Tribulation!

After all, being able to reach the next realm earlier would undoubtedly allow them to go further in the future.

The Emperor Tribulation, even in the entire Second Heaven, was still a terrifying existence for all cultivators.

This point had not changed due to the change in environment.

Many Emperor Realm powerhouses of the Liuguang Sect had reached the standard for triggering the Emperor Tribulation; originally, they wanted to accumulate more profound strength and foundation, but now with the Immortal Artifact in hand, there was naturally no need to wait any longer. In this world, what trump card could make one feel more secure than having an Immortal Artifact?

Therefore, in the time that followed, everyone successively triggered their Emperor Tribulation to cleanse themselves.

Of course, because the environment of the Second Heaven was different from the Lower Realm, and because everyone knew the importance of the Immortal Artifact, no one exposed it.

Aside from causing a commotion within a small area, the tribulation of over a dozen Great Emperors did not cause any ripples in the entire Second Heaven.

As everyone broke through one after another, Zhong Qing, who was sitting on a large rock on a mountain in the Liuguang Sect, also felt a massive amount of cultivation returning to him.

When he was in the Three Thousand Domains of the Lower Realm, he had experienced the return of cultivation from many Great Emperors.

That returned cultivation had once brought him close to the Emperor Realm.

And now, this returned cultivation was far more than the cultivation returned by over a dozen Great Emperors in the Lower Realm.

“This cultivation should be enough for me to break through to the Emperor Realm!”

Zhong Qing muttered, a hint of anticipation in his expression.

“Rumble…”

Accompanied by a tumultuous roar from within his body, Zhong Qing’s aura was constantly rising and growing.

His body seemed to be undergoing some kind of transformation from the inside out.

Within him, his blood roared like a True Dragon’s roar.

Endless rays of light erupted from his body, illuminating all directions, making him look like a True God incarnate.

Extraordinary, ethereal, sacred!

However, his path to becoming an Emperor seemed to be much more difficult than imagined.

As the cultivation of more than a dozen Great Emperors was completely refined and used by Zhong Qing, he still had no feeling of breakthrough!

Let alone breaking through to the Emperor Realm, he hadn’t even touched the threshold of the Emperor Realm.

If the process from Quasi-Emperor Realm to Emperor Realm was compared to a road where others only needed to cross a hundred feet to reach the destination, Zhong Qing felt that he had already walked more than ten thousand feet, but he still saw no end in sight.

“This is too exaggerated!”

Zhong Qing had an immense headache.

Even though he knew that his breakthrough was somewhat different from others, the difference being so vast still caught him off guard.

This was the cultivation returned by over a dozen Great Emperors, including even Great Elder Chen Qing, the Great Elder of Liuguang Sect, and Third Elder Mu Changchun, two Three Tribulation Emperors!

There were four Second Tribulation Emperors and seven First Heaven Emperors.

Yet, such a massive amount of cultivation only strengthened his foundation somewhat in the Quasi-Emperor Realm. This, this was simply outrageous.

He opened his personal attribute panel!

“Host: Zhong Qing!”

“Cultivation: Quasi-Emperor Realm!”

“Disciple: Lin Feng, Supreme Realm First Heaven, Hundredfold Amplification active, Cultivation Ten Thousandfold Returned to Host!”

“Disciple: Su Ye, Venerable Realm Ninth Heaven, Hundredfold Amplification active, Cultivation Ten Thousandfold Returned to Host!”

“Disciple: Du Hao, Supreme Realm First Heaven, Thousandfold Recovery active, Cultivation Ten Thousandfold Returned to Host!”

“Disciple: Bai Ling, Three Yang Three Realm Great Perfection, Death Cultivation x2 active, Cultivation Ten Thousandfold Returned to Host!”

“Disciple: Phoenix Tian, Supreme Realm Five Heavens, Medicinal Body Bond active, Cultivation Ten Thousandfold Returned to Host!”

“Disciple: Gu Chenxian, Great Saint Ninth Heaven, Killing God Bond active, Cultivation gained from killing enemies, Tenfold Returned to Host!”

“Activated Bonds: Useless Talent Bond 2/2! Normal Version”

“Activated Bonds: Hegemonic Body Bond! Enhanced Version!”

“Activated Bonds: Nirvana Bond. Normal Version!”

“Activated Bonds: Medicinal Body Bond. Normal Version!”

“Activated Bonds: Killing God Bond. Normal Version!”

“More Bonds to be developed!”

“Obtained Constitutions: Hegemonic Body, Immortal Body, Extreme Charm Body, Extreme Dao Battle Body, Extreme Dao Sacred Body, Double Pupil Body, Sword Body, Sun and Moon Sacred Body…!”

“Obtained Special Skills: Old Six Halo, Heavenly Eye, Same-Level Crushing, Formation Immunity, Own Small World, Level 2 True God Domain.”

“Obtained Special Weapon: Zero Seal.”

“Obtained Mount: Holy Blood Qilin.”

Zhong Qing looked at the attribute panel.

The strength of Lin Feng, Su Ye, Du Hao, and Phoenix Tian had clearly improved by a small margin.

However, the current strength of the four True Disciples differed greatly from his. Even if their cultivation was returned ten thousandfold, it was merely a drop in the bucket for Zhong Qing.

It was simply not enough to allow him to take another step forward.

Gu Chenxian and Bai Ling’s cultivation still showed no improvement.

Zhong Qing looked at Bai Ling on the attribute panel, and his already somewhat depressed mood became even more so.

Every now and then, he would call up the attribute panel to check on the progress of his True Disciples’ cultivation, and also to check Bai Ling’s status through the system.

“Could this precious Disciple really have been sealed by someone?!”

So much time had passed, yet Bai Ling’s strength had not increased in the slightest.

Although she possessed the Immortal Body, Zhong Qing was still a bit worried.

However, even the system couldn't locate Bai Ling's existence. In such a vast world, finding someone was incredibly difficult.

Zhong Qing could only wait until his own strength became greater, to see if he could find her through other means.

Closing the attribute panel, Zhong Qing looked up at the sky, beginning to ponder his future path.

He had come to the Second Heaven this time to find his seventh True Disciple, Han Paopao.

He decided to wait in the Liuguang Sect for a period of time to see if the system could locate his whereabouts again.

Secondly, the grudge with the Shangqing Immortal Sect had to be resolved.

Originally, Zhong Qing felt that after taking in the Great Emperors of the Liuguang Sect, with their help, he should be able to break through to the Emperor Realm and directly attack the Shangqing Immortal Sect.

But now, the difficulty of breaking through to the Emperor Realm was beyond imagination.

To be safe, this plan could only be temporarily shelved!

He would make further plans after his cultivation broke through further.

However, what Zhong Qing didn't know was that the tree desired stillness, but the wind would not cease.

At this moment, the headquarters of the Shangqing Immortal Sect, located beyond the endless mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas of the Liuguang Sect, was holding a temporary meeting concerning him.