Immortal cultivation starts with copying.

It has been more than half a month since Chen Yunhao returned to Taiyi Sect.

In fact, to everyone in Taiyi Sect, Chen Yunhao seemed to have left, but also seemed not to have left.

Because his clone has been practicing in seclusion in Taiyi Sect, it seems to everyone that he has left, but also that he has not left.

Moreover, Chen Yunhao's clone was involved in many important events within the Taiyi Sect.

After Chen Yunhao returned, his clone went to the ancient mirror space to practice, as his cultivation level was still too low.

After Chen Yunhao came back, he basically ignored worldly affairs. Taiyi Sect now had enough strength, and many things did not require the intervention of their chief elder or second elder.

The sect's strength will only grow stronger. Even if it does not deliberately encroach on the surrounding forces, its territory will still expand little by little.

Many small forces in the surrounding area either defected to Taiyi Sect or voluntarily left the area, leaving large tracts of territory to Taiyi Sect.

After decades of development, the territory controlled by Taiyi Sect has reached nearly ten thousand miles.

The territory is large and there are many disciples, so the resources consumed every day are also astronomical.

Fortunately, Taiyi Sect now has a golden hen that lays eggs, and that is Taiyi City.

Taiyi City was a newly built immortal city, which was later expanded twice. Now it is the largest immortal city within a radius of 30,000 miles.

Taiyi City creates a lot of profits for Taiyi Sect every day. In addition, Taiyi Sect has reclaimed many spiritual fields and planted many spiritual medicines, which can at least meet some of its own needs.

In addition, many of the monks who ascended to heaven know how to refine weapons. Taiyi Sect has also set up a special weapon refining workshop, which can also be regarded as a part of revenue generation.

These are all things Chen Yunhao is happy to see. If a sect wants to develop, it depends on the strength of everyone. It will not last long if it relies on one person.

Almost all of the nearly thirty Lianxu elders in the Taiyi Sect ascended from the Tianyuan Realm.

Now only Master Liu’s eldest disciple has advanced, so he is the only local Lianxu elder.

There is no need to worry that the cultivators from the lower realm and the local cultivators will not be able to see eye to eye. This will not happen in Taiyi Sect.

Speaking of those who ascended from the lower realm, only five people from Taiyi Sect came up: Chen Yunhao’s three senior brothers, Lu Zheng, and Liu Zhen.

The five of them have the highest cultivation level, and when the time comes, they will naturally ascend.

The others are slightly weaker and need to fight for a few more days.

In fact, Chen Yunhao's disciple Qin Luoying is also strong enough, because he is very talented and has already surpassed others.

However, the new generation of Taiyi Sect has not yet grown up, and second-generation disciples such as Qin Luoying and Wang Rui are still needed to take charge for a few more decades.

So until now, Qin Luoying and Wang Rui have not ascended, but it is only a matter of time.

This time, Chen Yunhao has no other plans for long-distance travel and only wants to practice.

So half a month after his return, he announced that he would go into seclusion to practice.

The first step is to break through the sixth level of Lianxu. It is not difficult to break through this level.

His accumulation over the past few decades was already sufficient, and after running around the spiritual world for a short while, he gained a lot of insights along the way, so breaking through this small level was no problem at all.

So after only two months of seclusion, Chen Yunhao broke through to the seventh level of the Refining Void Realm.

This was within his expectations. He had been accumulating strength for a long time and it was time for a breakthrough. However, he was busy traveling every day and had no time to retreat.

After breaking through to the seventh level of Lianxu, Chen Yunhao changed his place of practice.

Because he wanted to put in a lot of effort to study the Thunder Condensation Technique thoroughly, he now only had the last golden tadpole character that he had not mastered.

Because the first two golden tadpole characters were used as a foundation, the third golden tadpole character was much easier to carve.

In order to prevent any accidents, Chen Yunhao moved to the back mountain of Taiyi Sect.

A restricted area was set up there and a formation was laid out to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in.

Chen Yunhao mastered the third golden tadpole script in just three months, and the most difficult part had been completed.

As long as you master the three golden characters, you will have fully mastered the Thunder Condensation Technique.

Today was the first time that Chen Yunhao actually started to practice the Thunder Condensation Technique. He felt a little nervous and a little expectant.

Because once he can condense a ball of thunder, it will completely change the state and way he fights with others in the future.

After this thunder ball is sacrificed, it is different from the talisman. The talisman has a distance limit. As long as the opponent is outside the power range of the talisman, the effect of the talisman is equal to zero.

But the thunder ball is different. To sum it up in one sentence, it is like a shadow following you everywhere.

Just like a mad dog chasing someone's butt and biting them, it won't stop until it gets a piece of meat.

That's why Chen Yunhao had some expectations, but he was afraid that once the thunder ball came out, his Sky-Breaking Sword would rust and would be useless in the future.

Recently, disciples of Taiyi Sect can hear thunder explosions coming from the back mountain from time to time.

Although the elders of the sect did not say anything, the well-informed disciples all knew that this was the returning second elder practicing some kind of magical power.

Chen Yunhao stood at the foot of an empty cliff in the back mountain, stretching out his right hand and writing and drawing in the air.

Every nine times of carving is equivalent to completing one golden tadpole character, with almost no pause in between, and the second golden tadpole character will be carved immediately afterwards.

The first golden tadpole character that was carved flashed golden light in the air, as if it was made up of tiny lightning bolts. The power of lightning rushed towards him, stinging Chen Yunhao's skin and causing a dull pain.

Chen Yunhao invested the most energy in the first golden tadpole script. He was well aware of the power of this golden tadpole script, and the first one was the most important of the three golden tadpole scripts.

When Chen Yunhao finished carving the second golden tadpole script, it also flashed in the air and merged with the first golden tadpole script.

In an instant, the lightning power emanating from the first golden text disappeared, as if it was hidden.

Chen Yunhao was already very familiar with this scene. He didn't dare to pause at all, and his hands had already started carving the third golden tadpole character.

It took only nine strokes to carve it out quickly, just a few breaths.

It took less than a cup of tea to accumulate all three golden texts, but nearly 80% of Chen Yunhao's magic power was gone, which shows how difficult it is to make a thunder ball.

After the third golden tadpole script was carved, it also flashed in the air, bursting out a burst of golden light, and directly merged with the first and second golden tadpole scripts.

This time the three runes merged into one, and things began to change.

Three golden tadpoles were spinning in the air for a ball of golden light. At first they were as big as a head, but after a few breaths they shrank to the size of a fist.

The light was quite dazzling at first, but as it rotated and shrank, the three golden characters turned directly into a golden bead as big as a fist. This was the thunder ball, or it would be more convenient to call it thunder bead.