When Lu Yang woke up again and saw the familiar shade of the trees above him, he knew he had been carried back to Sky Gate Mountain by Eldest Senior Sister.

He was tired from cultivation, often lying under the tree shade, enjoying moments of tranquility.

Sky Gate Mountain was still reassuring.

He didn’t know how long he had been unconscious.

Speaking of which, he seemed to have had a strange dream where Eldest Senior Sister became his disciple, and he taught her swordsmanship.

Thankfully, it was just a dream.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his head and saw Eldest Senior Sister sitting beside him, quietly peeling an apple for him with an expressionless face that blended into the background as if she were part of a painting.

Lu Yang shivered and sat up abruptly.

"Eldest Senior Sister!"

Yun Zhi lifted her eyelids slightly and handed the peeled apple to Lu Yang, "You’re awake?"

"During your time at the Sword Tower ruins, you suffered a huge mental shock and fell unconscious. I suggested you rest for a few days."

"Yes, yes!"

Lu Yang carefully took the apple, as if it were not an apple, but some sort of magic artifact that could explode at any moment.

"Sword Tower ruins?" Lu Yang noticed a strange term.

Yun Zhi looked at her junior brother with a strange expression. Was his brain not working well after just waking up? "After experiencing two grand battles in succession, the Sword Tower has been shattered to debris, you didn’t think that place could still be referred to as the Sword Tower, did you?"

"The spirit swords in the Sword Vault also suffered heavy losses in the battle. To fully repair them all, I’m afraid it would take at least a hundred years."

Lu Yang shrank his neck, feeling somewhat sorry for the Sword Tower.

He had visited the Sword Tower, and now the Sword Tower had collapsed, and the spirit swords were gone.

"However, the good news is that the remnant soul of Sword Tower Supreme used the method you taught to survive, and everyone in the Sword Tower is very grateful to you."

For the Sword Tower, as long as the Sword Tower Supreme survived, the collapse of the tower and the loss of the spirit swords were minor issues.

"The Inheriting Shadow Sword was obtained by you during the Seek Dao Sect’s Sword Inquiry Ceremony. When I left, the Sword Tower entrusted me to hand the Inherititing Shadow Sword over to you."

Yun Zhi flicked the small knife she was using to peel the apple. The knife blade was enveloped in a dark, slender sword shadow, and then the little knife elongated, gradually merging with the sword shadow, turning into a dark, shadowy sword – the Inheriting Shadow Sword.

After Yingtian Immortal obtained the Inheriting Shadow Sword, considering that it had not reached the level of an Immortal Artifact, he did not use it to fight Ashy Bean. During the battle, the Inheriting Shadow Sword was thrown far away by Yingtian Immortal, thus it narrowly escaped destruction.

Liu Ningxuan has died, and Lu Yang finally became the rightful owner of both the Inheriting Shadow Sword and the Seven Star Sword Set.

Having received the Inheriting Shadow Sword, Lu Yang remembered that his purpose in attending the Sword Inquiry Ceremony was to buy a suitable sword from the Sword Tower.

Everything that happened afterward was unexpected.

Lu Yang put away the Inheriting Shadow Sword, as his current state was not suitable for the sword to acknowledge him as its master.

"So, who will tell me, what’s the deal with this corpse?"

Yun Zhi produced a charred corpse that was hardly recognizable as human from behind her.

Ashy Bean had been too ruthless, leaving Yingtian Immortal’s corpse without any value for refining; it was not even sufficient for crafting a magic artifact, which was quite regrettable for Yun Zhi.

"The people from the Sword Tower said that this corpse belongs to Yingtian Immortal?"

"Hmm, according to the Fairy’s analysis, the real Yingtian Immortal failed to use either the ’Corpse Severing Method’ or the ’Corpse Detachment Method’ properly, resulting in the separation of a corpse with its own will."

"Indeed, that’s the case."

"Both methods are for gaining strength; I surmise that Yingtian Immortal risked these dangerous tactics to counter Ashy Bean... the Grey Immortal predecessor."

Yun Zhi nodded, this was as she had guessed. This certainly wasn’t the real Yingtian Immortal.

If it had been the genuine Yingtian Immortal, he should have been able to hold on until she arrived, not die so quickly. This Yingtian Immortal lacked experience in fighting peers, and only knew how to overpower with cultivation level.

"Looking at the Yingtian Corpse, it seems he refined many Immortal Artifacts, probably to deal with the real Yingtian Immortal."

Yun Zhi felt a twinge of regret; during the battle, all the Immortal Artifacts had been burned into a mishmash of Immortal Gold by Ashy Bean. If they can’t be separated, then they’re just a lump of scrap metal.

Among those she knew, no one was yet able to separate the mishmash of Immortal Gold.

Yun Zhi saw the underlying issue—no one was protecting the law for Yingtian Immortal.

The risks of these two methods were considerable; it would make sense for Yingtian Immortal to have someone protect him. That way, even in failure, the Yingtian Corpse wouldn’t have been able to leave.

Why didn’t Immortal Jiuchong and Qilin Immortal look after Yingtian Immortal?

But there was no need to mention this, to avoid involving the Junior Brother too much.

Thinking of this, Yun Zhi felt powerless. Although she tried hard to prevent her Junior Brother from getting involved in Ancient Immortal affairs, he always managed to draw closer to such events when she wasn’t paying attention.

The last time she felt this helpless was when teaching her Junior Brother magic skills.

"Speaking of which, I really owe my safe return this time to the Green Peak Sword you gave me, Eldest Senior Sister."

Lu Yang chuckled, the small world within the Green Peak Sword had saved his life.

"Eldest Senior Sister, I have a guess. Do you think that, to evade Ashy Bean’s detection, Yingtian Immortal might have, like me, hidden in some small world?"

"That’s possible, but there are simply too many small worlds, and finding the right one isn’t easy, not to mention the many hidden small worlds that are yet to be discovered."

Moving small worlds like Dragon Balls and the Green Peak Sword are incredibly rare, but there are countless small worlds fixed in some space.

Small worlds are a type of Secret Realm, all created by cultivators. Since Ancient Times, countless Secret Realm small worlds have been created.

Not to mention, there are numerous undiscovered small worlds hidden within the cosmos overhead, left by cultivators who opened small worlds and left behind legacies without publicizing their locations, allowing future cultivators to find them slowly.

In their words, this is called fate.

"Ah, Lu Yang, you’re awake?" A cheerful voice sounded behind Yun Zhi as Yun Mengmeng circled around her, holding a freshly woven flower crown in her hands, joyfully looking at Lu Yang.

"I didn’t expect that you’re the Junior Brother whom Xiao Zhi often mentions. We’re really fated. If I knew you were from the Seek Dao Sect, I would have asked you for directions to it when we had hotpot."

Lu Yang thought to himself that he didn’t even know your so-called straightforward good sister was the Eldest Senior Sister. If I had known you knew the Eldest Senior Sister, I would have eaten hotpot somewhere else.

Yun Mengmeng gently placed the woven flower crown on Lu Yang’s head: "This is a blessing from our place, wishing you safety and peace."

Lu Yang was slightly moved. Although Yun Mengmeng had accidentally gotten him into trouble, it was unintentional. This girl’s nature was genuinely good.

Then Yun Mengmeng said with a touch of emotion, "You really can sleep! If it weren’t for the fact that you’re Xiao Zhi’s Junior Brother, your love for sleep is just like Xiao Zhi’s; once asleep, nothing can wake you up."

"I even suggested to Xiao Zhi to take you as a master. Xiao Zhi hesitated and was reluctant. As the saying goes, the accomplished can be teachers. Although Xiao Zhi is older than you, her swordsmanship is indeed not as good as yours. Xiao Zhi is just too proud. In my opinion, what’s there to be ashamed of?

When we played house as kids, Xiao Zhi often called me ’mom’..."

Lu Yang broke into a cold sweat, not daring to listen any further.

Yun Zhi quietly stood up, pressed her hand on Yun Mengmeng’s shoulder, and smiled at her.

"Mengmeng, it’s been a long time since we sisters met, and I had no idea you had already breakthrough to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Come on, let’s find a place and practice together."