Chapter 116

Yu Peak.

Yuhua Peak.

Three-character Yuhua Peak sounds nicer than two-character Yu Peak, but in Yuhua Sect, naming the peak after Fang Yu himself seems rather ostentatious.

So it was named Yu Peak.

After all, names are just names—once you call them enough, they become familiar and dear.

Fang Yu settled on the name of the True Disciple Peak and stepped into the largest palace.

Inside the palace, all manner of facilities were present, but the most striking was the elixir chamber, where a single elixir furnace emitted an aura of magic power.

This furnace was a benefit granted to True Disciples of Yuhua Sect—a Supreme Grade magic treasure—allowing True Disciples to refine elixirs or forge magic treasure flying swords with it.

But if a True Disciple relied solely on one magic treasure furnace, they would not go far.

For cultivators, a furnace is the most vital magic treasure.

Cultivators must consume elixirs to continuously increase their strength—elixirs are the food of cultivators.

Those who eat elixirs grow plump and never age.

For this reason, the furnace is the most important to cultivators.

With a furnace, one can produce elixirs, forge various flying swords, and even cast oneself into the furnace to temper one's body and magic power.

The more powerful the furnace, the greater its aid to the cultivator.

Even a Supreme Grade magic treasure furnace cannot do too much.

But if the furnace is Spirit Artifact grade, its automated elixir-refining capability increases dramatically.

Spirit Artifact grade furnaces contain countless great arrays—arrays for filtering, controlling true fire, collecting heavenly and earthly thunderfire, separating herbs, regulating airflow, and even musical arrays.

Some spiritual herbs develop sentience during refining; if infused with beautiful music, their sentience grows stronger.

None of this is possible with a magic treasure furnace.

If the furnace is Dao Artifact grade, it can even control the flow of time within.

Yuhua Sect's Tianji Elixir, the Yin-Yang Wan Shou Elixir, takes decades to refine; the sect's Elders publicly claim this, saying the Sect Master and other Elders labored for decades to produce a single batch, urging disciples to treasure it.

In truth, the Sect Master directly uses a Dao Artifact to refine elixirs—activating time acceleration, so that while only minutes pass outside, decades flow within the furnace, and the elixirs are quickly ready.

Of course, to make a Dao Artifact alter time flow requires a sufficient price.

Fang Yu gazed at the furnace; its base held numerous arrays connected to earth fire, while arrays on its top linked to heavenly fire.

He placed several casually forged magic treasure flying swords inside, channeled his magic power, and activated heavenly and earth fire to begin tempering.

After some time, the casually forged flying swords saw their quality greatly enhanced—all reached Supreme Grade magic treasure status.

"I should go on another journey. It seems I can return to Shrouding Heaven Realm now."

Fang Yu's mind stirred, and he saw that time in Shrouding Heaven Realm on his own Ten Thousand Worlds Map still flowed.

Another new world was about to appear.

This new world showed a faint glimpse but did not fully manifest—no one knew how to make it fully appear.

He set aside this new world for now, shifted his spirit, and vanished into the void.

The next moment, he appeared in Lingxu Cave Heaven, inside his former dwelling.

The dwelling in Lingxu Cave Heaven was still just two or three thatched huts—far inferior to the quarters of Yuhua Sect's Outer Disciples, let alone Inner Disciples or True Disciples.

But its value lay in its quietude, which nurtures the heart.

"Are Ye Fan and Pang Bo still there?"

Fang Yu stepped out of his house, swept his spiritual sense, and saw Ye Fan and Pang Bo inside a nearby dwelling.

"Ye Fan, Pang Bo."

Fang Yu's voice carried over.

"Fang… Fang Yu brother? Is that you?"

"Brother Fang! You're back! Heaven, is it really you?"

Both Ye Fan and Pang Bo wore expressions of intense shock—they never imagined they'd see Fang Yu again.

That brother Fang had left Lingxu Cave Heaven a month ago, drawing the attention of many Elders and even alarming the Sect Master of Lingxu Cave Heaven; yet no matter how hard the Sect Master or Elders searched, Fang Yu had truly vanished, utterly undetectable.

They had thought they'd never see Fang Yu again—yet here he was, alive and well.

"Brother Fang, it's truly you—this is truly one of life's greatest joys."

Pang Bo exclaimed happily.

"It's really me. I went on a journey last time, and now I've returned. How have you two been lately? How is your cultivation?"

Fang Yu walked through the void, stepping forward and landing before Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

This sight instantly widened Pang Bo's eyes, his expression utterly incredulous.

"Brother Fang, your cultivation base has reached this level—you can fly now? We've been training hard these days, but cultivation is so difficult!"

Pang Bo, blunt and straightforward, began recounting his recent cultivation.

Over these many days, he had studied the principles of the Dao Scripture and, with Elder Wu Qingfeng's help, embarked on the path of cultivation.

"My progress has been fairly smooth—I sensed my Life Wheel and can now guide essence and qi flow; next, I must open the Sea of Suffering to prepare for unleashing my divine power source, but I'm still far from the realm where one can fly."

Pang Bo's face showed a touch of resignation. "The Elder says this is the foundation stage—don't aim too high. So far, I've only gained a little more strength and still can't fly. Only when I reach the next realm will I be able to fly."

"As for me, I've never been able to sense my Life Wheel—it remains utterly still, silent, and empty—only my strength and speed have increased slightly."

Ye Fan spoke of his cultivation calmly—his physique was too peculiar; after over a month, there had been no stir at all.

The Ancient Sacred Body, in this era, had truly become a wasted body.

"Brother Fang, what about you? You've been gone, and now you can fly—what realm have you reached?"

Pang Bo was curious.

He had a feeling that in these few days, Brother Fang Yu had undergone a cataclysmic transformation—something terrifying, as if a single movement could unleash earth-shattering power.