Third Senior Sister had flown on the Five Beast Skin for five days and finally arrived at the site where the Demon Nation’s inauguration ceremony was to take place.

Originally, this place was a range of endless mountains, but after the efforts of the Demon Clan Alliance, it has been transformed into a plain, and a towering Imperial City has risen from the ground, standing on the plains.

The metal-forged city was particularly conspicuous in the wild Demon Territory.

The Great Yue stood tall, surrounded by mountains, and the magnificent metal city loomed within the embrace of the mountains, very eye-catching.

The entire metal city was painted black, a suffocating, overwhelming black that was extremely intimidating.

As the inauguration of the Demon Nation approached, all powers with cultivators in the Body Integration Realm were invited, and most of them had arrived at the metal city ahead of time. Furthermore, with the members of the Demon Clan Alliance stationed here, the metal city was bustling.

Great Xia, East Sea, Demon Nation, and various Loose Cultivators gathered here, and powers from the entire Cultivation World came to witness the event.

Having organized the Seek Dao Sect’s anniversary celebration, Lu Yang had recognized all the Great Sects of Great Xia. Yet, this time, many unfamiliar powerful forces had come as well.

After all, the Demon Territory had been in chaos for three hundred thousand years, and the sudden announcement of nation-building piqued everyone’s curiosity to witness this historic moment.

The founder was no ordinary figure—Ancient Emperor Jiang Zhu Tian, a semi-immortal who had lived since Ancient Times!

Anyone who had studied ancient history was aware of his fame!

"Demon City?"

Above the gates of the metal city hung two large characters—"Demon City."

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Upon seeing these two characters, a vast aura assailed the senses, evoking the scent of ancient dust from history.

"Little Lu, Little Meng, this way, this way." As Lu Yang and his party landed at the entrance of Demon City, they heard the Grand Elder’s voice transmission.

"Look to the left."

They turned their heads and saw the crouching Grand Elder and Third Elder at the roadside.

The Grand Elder and Third Elder were quite noticeable, with passing members of the Demon Race glaring fiercely at them. However, restrained by Demon City’s rules, they could not act and could only enter the Demon City with simmering resentment.

With the nation’s inauguration imminent, starting a fight near Demon City would be tantamount to slapping the Di Jiang Clan in the face. Even those with grievances against the Seek Dao Sect would not dare to seek revenge or cause trouble at this time.

For this reason, the Grand Elder and Third Elder dared to show their true faces.

There were four gates to Demon City. The Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder, and Seventh Elder were guarding the other three gates. Upon learning that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were found at the East City Gate, the three Elders convened there.

"Fifth Elder, have you all managed to escape successfully?"

Meng Jingzhou remembered that during the pursuit, the members of the Demon Race were almost driven to burn their Essence Blood in anger. How could they have escaped under such circumstances?

The Grand Elder stroked his beard and laughed heartily, "The five of us dared to come to the Demon Territory because we were fully prepared. They’ll need to reach the Transcendance Tribulation Stage if they want to catch up with us!"

"Fifth Elder, it has been a long time." Third Senior Sister greeted politely.

"Gan Tian, it’s been almost a hundred years since we last met. Your harvest in the Demon Territory doesn’t seem small; among your peers, your Cultivation Level is likely the highest, already at the pinnacle of the Void Refinement Stage. You will soon catch up to Little Dai." The Grand Elder chuckled. Gan Tian was inquisitive and hardworking.

When she was cultivating in the Seek Dao Sect, she often delighted them, in stark contrast to the frustrating Ye Zijin.

Both were disciples of Daoist Buyu, so how could there be such a vast difference?

"Void Refinement pinnacle?" Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou both showed surprised expressions, as they had always thought Third Senior Sister was in the Body Integration Realm.

Wasn’t it said that the Void Refinement Stage cultivation fluctuations were quite significant? Why wasn’t it apparent in Third Senior Sister?

"Of course, it’s the pinnacle of the Void Refinement Stage," Fairy Eternity said lazily. "Haven’t you noticed that this young girl has never personally taken action from the beginning to the end? Instead, she’s been using magic artifacts, right?"

After being reminded, Lu Yang suddenly realized that all along the way, Third Senior Sister had either used the Ancient Qin Beast Skin or Invisibility Talismans, and never once resorted to magic skills.

"This girl took advantage of the fluctuations in her cultivation level during the Body Integration Realm to channel her magical power into the magic artifact, storing it in advance so that it could still be used normally when her cultivation level decreased."

Lu Yang remembered that when he and Old Meng took the Sect’s entrance exam, Old Meng had brought several magic artifacts that had magical power stored in them in advance, all of which he had brought from home.

"When you reach the Void Refinement Stage, you can try to protect yourself in this way."

Even so, Lu Yang still thought that Third Senior Sister was quite daring, as cultivators in the Void Refinement Stage usually chose to seclude themselves, go into hiding, live an ordinary life, take the imperial examinations, or sit in prison... in short, they did whatever was safest.

How unlike Third Senior Sister, who was hopping around in the dangerous Demon Territory, and still had the capacity to take the two of them tomb exploring.

Lu Yang had learned some things about the Void Refinement Stage; he had heard that Daoist Buyu often spent the weak periods of the Void Refinement Stage in prison.

Several Elders would honestly stay within the Sect and not go out.

Many senior brothers and sisters chose to live as ordinary people, eating and living with them until danger arose, then they would reveal their cultivation level to show off.

The methods were varied.

"Fairy, how did you get through the Void Refinement Stage?"

Lu Yang was curious; it was hard to imagine Fairy Eternity secluding herself given her personality.

In the chaotic times of Ancient Times, it would probably be impossible to sit in prison or pose as an ordinary person.

"Simple, I created clones. Since the stability of my cultivation level was unpredictable, so was the cultivation level of my clones. Statistically, both my clone and I couldn’t be at a low point at the same time; one of us would always have a higher cultivation level."

Lu Yang thoughtfully asked, "What if both you and your clone were at a low point at the same time?"

Fairy Eternity thought that Lu Yang’s question was very stupid and said as if it were obvious.

"Of course, I would create several more clones."

"...That makes sense."

"Who is this..." The Grand Elder had noticed the black-robed person following behind Lu Yang for some time and had been reminiscing, not having the chance to inquire about their background yet.

An icy and crisp voice came from beneath the black robe, answering without any hesitation, "Lu Yang is my great master..."

Lu Yang was quick to react, hastily saying, "This is a newcomer in our Heavenly Court Sect."

The concept of the Heavenly Court was a ruse contrived by the Five Ancient Immortals to deceive later generations. Jiang Lianyi, of course, had heard of the term Heavenly Court.

Furthermore, with Fairy Eternity serving as the leader of the Heavenly Court, when Lu Yang invited her to join the Heavenly Court Sect, she readily agreed.

As for using the term "senior brother," Fairy Eternity insisted that Lu Yang was an inner disciple, while Jiang Lianyi was an unnamed disciple; by rights, Lu Yang would be Jiang Lianyi’s senior brother, but Jiang Lianyi persisted in calling Lu Yang senior brother, and Lu Yang insisted Jiang Lianyi was his senior.

It can only be said that everyone has their own convictions.

"A new member has arrived?" The Seventh Elder was delighted; he had faith in Lu Yang’s judgment, and anyone he brought into the Heavenly Court Sect was sure to be trustworthy.

The Seventh Elder walked with his hands behind his back, speaking with an air of an elder statesman, "I joined the Heavenly Court Sect earlier than you, which makes me your senior. Should you encounter anything you don’t understand, feel free to ask me."

"The same goes for matters of cultivation. I still have quite some insights when it comes to cultivation aspects."

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

Third Senior Sister: "..."

"Okay."