This highlighted the status of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Cultivation World. For many cultivation families, these individuals were influential figures they couldn't usually reach.
When Chen Dengming left, he felt nostalgic. In the past, a cultivation family would have been considered a great power for him.
Now, these once formidable powers, which he used to look up to, must also treat him with utmost respect, simply because he had become a pseudo-core Great Cultivator of the Longevity Sect.
...
When he left the mountain, it was dusk, and now it was evening when he returned.
Riding the Black Cloud Leopard, he was preparing to find a secluded place in the mountains to test the "Puppet Skill" and the "Metal Controlling Skill". Suddenly, he felt an impulse, as if he was being watched by someone.
Inside his Soul House, the Mini Array Spirit issued a warning.
"Fellow Daoist, there is a familiar evil force nearby, quickly approaching you.."
"Familiar... Evil force?"
