After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

Others obtained the cultivation techniques here, even if they had put in countless efforts beforehand.

But if you fail to understand it, then everything will be erased once you leave.

Just like everything in a dream.

Some people can remember when they are awake, while others cannot remember at all, no matter what.

The principle is the same: only by understanding the Tao can one truly possess it and not forget it when leaving home.

Therefore, once it is discovered that one cannot understand, all efforts will be in vain.

We need to make another effort to acquire another method.

This makes it even more difficult.

But Qin Chuan... doesn't have this problem.

He has three hundred laws; if I cannot understand one, I will understand the next one.

Of the three hundred methods, there are ultimately some that suit his aptitude and that he can comprehend and learn.

It wasn't until noon that Qin Chuan raised his head, clutching the jade tube tightly, his eyes gleaming with a strange light.

He took a deep breath and stood up.

"We should try the Mountain-Swallowing Technique inside. The first step of this technique is Mountain Observation!"

Qin Chuan swayed and walked directly out of the cave.

At this moment, he had lost interest in continuing to search for other people from the Tianyuan Continent.

Here, killing is always the last resort; the first choice is one's own destiny.

However, if we could find Ancestor Yuwen…

Even if someone violates the sect rules, Qin Chuan will immediately seek out He Anhai and eliminate him.

"There must be a few awakened individuals here as well..."

As soon as Qin Chuan stepped out of the cave, all the Fourth Peak disciples who saw him on the road smiled and nodded.

Qin Chuan, also with a smile, sped through the fourth peak.

Before long, his body flew out and looked at the fourth peak in mid-air.

"Observe the mountain...observe the shape of the mountain, and contemplate the meaning of the mountain."

Because one sees mountains in their eyes, they harbor mountains in their hearts, and thus their bodies can transform into mountains.

Only in this way can we move on to the second phase. I am the mountain, and the mountain is me!

Qin Chuan's eyes flashed with a strange light as he looked at the fourth peak, the Mountain Devouring Technique appearing in his mind.

"Only after reaching the second stage can we proceed to the third stage."

I will swallow the mountain, use its spirit to shape my spirit, and use its body to refine my form!

With an aura that seemed to encompass mountains and rivers, I turned around and the mountain was no longer in my sight.

Whether I exist or not in the eyes of the masses is none of my concern!

Achieving this is considered a minor success!

Qin Chuan sat cross-legged in mid-air, quietly watching the fourth peak.

He sat there for several hours.

He looked at the mountain peak, and the disciples on the mountain peak looked at him.

More and more disciples of the Fourth Peak discovered Qin Chuan, the young ancestor they had always admired.

Some of the female disciples, in particular, smiled charmingly, their eyes sparkling, and their gazes occasionally swept over Qin Chuan.

"Little Ancestor actually cultivated today!"

"This is a rare sight indeed..."

"Could it be that the young master has changed his nature?"

"..."

The disciples of the Fourth Peak were all puzzled.

Even on this day, many people, while cultivating, would occasionally look towards Qin Chuan in mid-air.

It's dusk now, on the stone steps of the fourth peak mountain path.

More than a dozen outer disciples from the fourth peak were struggling to climb the mountain; they were there to take the assessment for promotion to inner disciple.

The assessment consists of nine stages.

This mountain climb is the final hurdle!

Their advancement to the fourth peak's inner disciple will be assessed based on the time it takes them to reach the summit and their overall performance.

One of the women was dressed in the long robe of an outer disciple.

His face was pale, but he gritted his teeth, his expression resolute.

Even when utterly exhausted, even when everything seemed to overlap before them, they still trembled as they climbed step after step.

This assessment may seem easy, but only those who are actually in it know how difficult it is.

There are inner disciples responsible for guarding the area. If anyone abandons the area, they will be sent away immediately.

The pale-faced woman was struggling to climb a step.

She looked up at the sky and saw Qin Chuan sitting cross-legged in mid-air.

“That’s Little Ancestor, our Fourth Peak’s Little Ancestor.”

Not far from the woman was an inner disciple responsible for the safety of these outer disciples.

After noticing the woman's gaze, he spoke calmly.

“Little Ancestor…”

The woman was startled.

Although she had only recently joined the sect, how could she not know the prestige of the Fourth Peak's Little Ancestor?

The difference in their social status was simply too great, like heaven and earth.

She glanced at it, then wearily lowered her head; she had to continue on her path to promotion.

This is her only way out.

To prepare for this promotion, she mortgaged a family heirloom and borrowed many demon stones from others to cultivate.

If she fails, she will have to pay the price for many years.

Even if they fail, the outer disciples will face cruelty.

Those few fellow disciples from outside the sect who once harbored greedy intentions towards her will make her wish she were dead.

Like a fish leaping over the dragon gate, this is her only way out.

Just as she took a deep breath and was about to continue climbing, she didn't notice.

Qin Chuan, who was in mid-air, had somehow found his gaze falling on this place.

The woman turned her gaze away from the sky.

But Qin Chuan's eyes held a fixed gaze as he looked at the outer sect female disciple.

His heart skipped a beat.

Qin Chuan stopped looking at the mountain; his eyes were now fixed on this woman.

He wore the robes of an outer disciple, had resolute eyes, and was not exceptionally beautiful.

She was pretty, but there was something about her that inexplicably attracted Qin Chuan.

It seems that a soul is hidden within this woman, the soul of her past life, the soul that has not yet awakened.

It's as if we were destined to meet in a past life, and this connection draws us together in the world.

Qin Chuan didn't need to examine it closely.

Upon seeing her, he knew that he had... seen Li Yun Chu.

Because in Qin Chuan's heart, there is a tear.

When he transformed into Qinghai, that tear that sank to the bottom of the sea, landed on the corner of his mouth, and seeped into his heart was Li Yun Chu's tear.

A simple woman, making simple sacrifices, without any earth-shattering events or fiery passions.

In the stillness, everything was like water.

As Qin Chuan gazed at the woman in the mountains, his heart seemed to surge with emotion.

The woman's appearance was like a stone falling into a calm lake, creating ripples.

The lake's tranquility has been broken, and it's impossible for it to remain calm for a while.

This stone serves as a catalyst.

This stirred Qin Chuan's thoughts and his mind.

A picture gradually emerged in his memory.

It was a woman, on the edge of a deserted island, on a blue ocean.

Gazing into the distance, a tear rolled down her cheek.

These tears stirred up the entire Qinghai province.

Tears mingled with bitterness, astringency, longing, and reminiscence.

It also carried an unspoken, yet deeply ingrained, persistence.

That was the stunning first impression at the Li family banquet; that was the waiting in the dim light when someone in the crowd suddenly turned around.

Those were the frail shoulders that carried Qin Chuan on their backs as they traveled a great distance to the gates of Baihua...

That was the sorrow of gazing at each other from inside the Reincarnation Cave, knowing they were separated and not knowing when they would meet again.

In the end, it turned into that tear.

And here, it transformed into a thousand waves splashing across the lake.