The azure flames fiercely enveloped the Earth Core Flame Heart, which flickered with a dark blue light. Initially, both maintained a clear separation, burning quietly.

Afterward, as Lei Jun’s Mana began to refine the Earth Core Flame Heart, its color started to merge with the surrounding azure Nine Abyss True Fire.

During this process, Lei Jun also gradually refined strands of the Nine Abyss True Fire. Within his Inner Cosmos’s Divine Court Inner Scene, specks of azure flame began to form.

At first, the light and flames flickered unstably, like a candle flame, even extinguishing from time to time.

But later on, the azure flames in Lei Jun’s Divine Court Inner Scene began to stabilize, and their size also started to grow.

The rising azure flames slowly coalesced, gradually outlining a Talisman Scripture and revealing its rudimentary form.

Seeing this, Lei Jun nodded to himself.

This Earth Core Flame Heart is indeed exceptional, he thought. It’s extremely beneficial for the heirs of the Celestial Master Mansion to cultivate the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman, comparable to how Nebula Star Dust aids in the cultivation of Life Skill Human Script Talismans.

He cultivated in serenity, and the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman soon began to take form.

While diligently cultivating, Lei Jun continued with his daily life, assisting in handling the affairs of the Celestial Master Mansion.

Since he had publicly inherited the final scroll of the orthodox law and the news was not kept secret, the Celestial Master Mansion treated it as a joyous event, widely informing fellow cultivators.

While those within the Celestial Master Mansion felt Elder Lei’s authority growing ever more majestic, outsiders also gradually received word.

Ji Chuan of the Mount Shu Sect and Long Tao of the Pure Yang Palace were currently in Xinzhou, at Dragon Tiger Mountain, having established cave mansions outside the main peak.

With major movements taking place at the Altar of Wanfa Sect atop the main peak of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, they were the first to sense it.

At first, they thought the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion had suddenly been attacked.

But upon observing the situation, they felt it was unlikely.

After inquiring in a state of astonished uncertainty, Ji Chuan and Long Tao learned the truth.

After their initial shock, they each notified their respective Sects and then paid a visit to congratulate Lei Jun.

"You two are too kind," Lei Jun said, his demeanor as detached and calm as ever.

Elder Long Tao of the Pure Yang Palace looked at Lei Jun, his heart filled with endless emotion.

The surge of Global Spiritual Qi is like the great tide of an era coming head-on, Long Tao mused. In the face of such momentous changes, even a Taoist Holy Land like the Pure Yang Palace is walking on thin ice. One wrong step could lead to collapse. The myriad issues of the Mortal Tao Country are one such manifestation. After successive calamities, the Pure Yang Palace’s situation is unlike before. It has fallen into a low ebb. On the other hand, the Celestial Master Mansion, which had also reached a nadir earlier, now seems to be glimpsing a dawn of revival. Talents are emerging in succession, turning misfortune into blessing. Fate and opportunity are always hard to predict. Among the Three Great Sacred Lands of the Taoist Sect, the Talisman Sect lineage and the Celestial Master Mansion have the longest history. Rebuilding the Heavenly Court Officials in the Mortal Tao Country traces back to the Talisman Sect. Now, it even encompasses many from the Alchemy Cauldron Sect and the Refinement Sect. This makes me wonder if the fortunes of the Celestial Master Mansion and the Talisman Sect are on the rise in this era. In recent years, the Pure Yang Palace vaguely had the momentum of being the foremost Holy Land of the Taoist Sect. But as the younger generation of the Celestial Master Mansion emerges with such outstanding talents, it feels like even if the Pure Yang Palace hadn’t faced successive calamities, it might still be surpassed by the Celestial Master Mansion in the near future. In terms of age, the Pure Yang Palace, as a Holy Land of the Taoist Alchemy Cauldron Sect, certainly doesn’t lack young prodigies. But it’s always a thorny issue when comparisons are made. Yue Xiling has reached the Nascent Soul Transformation stage within the Eighth Heavenly Layer of the Alchemy Cauldron Sect. However, the gap between him and Xu Yuanzhen from the Celestial Master Mansion seems to have widened even more. Jiang Yu, a heavenly talent with a Pure Yin Immortal Body and Root Bone Talent, formed her nascent soul at a young age, achieving Upper Three Heavens Cultivation. Yet, she is currently still painstakingly chasing Tang Xiaotang. Although she is younger than Tang Xiaotang, at comparable ages, her cultivation progress has consistently lagged a step behind Tang Xiaotang’s. Further down, as far as I know, our Pure Yang Palace has another promising young talent currently in seclusion, attempting to form a nascent soul and striving for advancement to the Seventh Heavenly Layer. This is despite the Pure Yang Palace having suffered consecutive disasters, resulting in the early demise of some prodigies. Even so, our younger generation’s talent pool is already quite impressive. But they can’t compare to the likes of Lei Jun and Zhang Jingzhen from the Celestial Master Mansion. And that’s not even counting Li Zhengxuan, who died young. And now, Lei Jun has directly ascended to the Eighth Heavenly Layer. This leaves one with no thought of comparison or competition, only able to sigh at the whims of fate and focus on accumulating strength for the future. Currently, the threat of the Mortal Tao Country weighs heavily on us like a sword hanging over our heads. The Pure Yang Palace must also face the covetous gaze of Western Region Buddhism. The only way to respond is for the Three Great Sacred Lands of the Taoist Sect to unite and support each other. Even so, the future remains unpredictable... Long Tao sighed inwardly.

Ji Chuan’s thoughts weren’t as complex as Long Tao’s. After congratulating Lei Jun, he too was filled with emotion.

He couldn’t help but recall the time he first met Lei Jun.

Back then, neither Ji Chuan himself, his master He Dongxing, nor his father Ji Dongquan had anticipated Lei Jun would reach such lofty heights in so short a time.

Not only was Ji Chuan himself far surpassed, but now even He Dongxing and Ji Dongquan, who were at the Seventh Heavenly Layer, had been overtaken by this junior from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

And all this had happened in just over twenty years.

For ordinary mortals, twenty years is an exceedingly long time.

But for Cultivators who have reached a certain level of attainment, twenty years is merely one phase in their long journey.

And the step Lei Jun had just taken surpassed the imagination of countless people. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"To be frank," Ji Chuan said, being familiar with Lei Jun and thus less reserved, "I didn’t expect you to take this step so quickly. I haven’t even had time to prepare a suitable congratulatory gift. I’ve already contacted my Sect on Mount Shu. A fitting gift will be sent later, once we’ve had time to prepare it carefully."