The safe return of the secret realm expedition team and the appearance of the ancient immortal artifact, the "Heaven and Earth Plate," stirred up an unprecedented storm within the Qingyun Sect.

This was arguably the most fruitful and bizarre secret realm exploration in the Qingyun Sect's several-thousand-year history. Twenty disciples entered, and twenty returned safely, without a single loss. In the history of joint explorations with other sects, this was an unparalleled miracle. Not to mention, they had also brought back an ancient immortal artifact that had only existed in legends!

Instantly, the entire Qingyun Sect, from the Sect Master and elders down to the ordinary disciples, was plunged into a state of frenzied excitement. And as the two "central figures" of this event, Qin Jue and Lin Changsheng, they received vastly different treatment.

Qin Jue, the head disciple of the Qingyun Sect, saw his prestige reach its zenith after this venture. His heroic tale of "braving dangers, leading from the front, surviving against all odds, and seizing the immortal artifact for the sect" was widely publicized by the sect, spreading to every corner. He became the most admired idol and role model for all disciples, especially the new initiates. The sect bestowed upon him an unprecedented reward: a massive amount of Contribution Points, countless Natural Treasures, and the most precious opportunity of all—a chance to enter the sect's forbidden ground, "Enlightenment Cliff," to comprehend the way of Foundation Establishment.