As midnight passed, it was officially the 43rd year of the Jiushi Era.0

This also marked the third year since Qi Xuansu returned to the Daoist Order.0

Over the past two years, Qi Xuansu leaped through three cultivation stages, progressing from the Kunlun stage of Xiantian Beings to the Xiaoyao stage of Heavenly Beings. He had also risen three ranks, from a seventh-rank Daoist priest to a fourth-rank Jijiu Daoist master.0

Since then, he had encountered many powerful figures and taken part in numerous major events. More importantly, he met Zhang Yuelu.0

In the Daoist Order, where betrayal, ambition, ideals, slaughter, and schemes intermingled, where everything revolved around interests and trade-offs, these two youths still believed in the existence of true love. It seemed out of place, yet all the more precious.0

So Qi Xuansu deeply cherished this relationship, just as he cherished the bond he shared with Madam Qi.0

By now, even a blind man could see that Qi Xuansu had boundless prospects. If he continued to call himself a nobody, that would be false modesty. He...0