My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Back when Fang Qingyun died, Master Feng Qi escaped to the Divine Continent. Cao Zhi and others knew that Chen Sansi would soon arrive at the Capital City, and by then, no one could stop him.

Thus, they had no choice but to abandon everything, leave Dasheng, and seek refuge at the Guiyuan Sect on Sky Water Continent.

For over ten years, while cloistered in cultivation, Cao Zhi and others were continuously gathering information about the Eastern Continent.

Shortly after the founding of the Great Han, it began a near extermination massacre against the Cao Family imperial lineage of the previous dynasty, and the legitimate Emperor, Cao Huan, passed away after being under house arrest for five years in melancholy.

According to Cao Zhi's nature, he actually didn't care about the so-called clan members; the Chen who killed the previous Emperor Cao Kai, and he even thought that Cao Kai deserved it.

However, the immortal destiny of the Eastern Continent should rightfully belong to him, and the Jiang Mountain would eventually be his as well.

Therefore, throughout these years, they've been waiting in Guiyuan Sect for the day when the sects find a way to break the Heaven and Earth Seal, so they can return to the Eastern Continent for revenge.

Until a few years ago, the opportunity finally arrived.

The various sects, through the ancient transmission array jade tokens that were collected for over a thousand years, finally glimpsed into the sealing laws; coupled with remnants of ancient treasures, there is a chance to break the seal while the restriction loosens in the future.

But this is hardly a once-and-for-all solution.

Both the "Imperial Jade Seal" and "Ancestor Vein" are extremely precious. With "Dasheng" fallen, even if they reclaim the Eastern Continent, the territories will likely fall under the jurisdiction of Sky Water Continent's "Great Song."

Even if a new mortal dynasty were established, too many interests would be entangled at that time, likely resulting in various cultivation families gaining control of the Jiang Mountain, rather than the already decimated Cao Family.

Just as Cao Zhi was feeling troubled over this, he suddenly received a notification from the Upper Sect, stating that the Thirty-Six Immortal Sects unanimously agreed to restore Dasheng after capturing the Eastern Continent.

This matter greatly astonished Cao Zhi.

He never believed in getting unexpected windfalls from the sky, and later began gathering more information, only to receive news not long ago.

Within the true first-rate sect on Sky Water Continent, Heavenly Sword Sect, there is a Nascent Soul Elder... surname Cao!

Upon learning this, Cao Zhi started frantically searching through the "Dasheng Book" records and discovered a huge loophole.

That was Grand Ancestor Cao Xie, who abandoned martial arts to pursue the immortal path early on, and based on various descriptions, should have reached the late stage of Qi Refinement.

Late stage of Qi Refinement, is not considered high.

But one must realize one thing.

Which is that the Eastern Continent has no spiritual energy!

The Grand Ancestor, with extremely scarce cultivation resources, still reached the late stage of Qi Refinement in middle age, and even in old age would frequently seclude.

Upon reflection, it is very possible he found an opportunity to enter Sky Water Continent to begin official cultivation, until his later years when Dasheng indeed had no resources to sustain cultivation, he had to abandon the Eastern Continent.

Thus the feigned death, and passing on the throne.

After all, "Grand Ancestor passed away at eighty," and eighty years old, even for a Qi Refining cultivator, is somewhat too early to die.

Moreover, the utility of the Dragon Abyss Sword and the Imperial Jade Seal was all invented by the Grand Ancestor, how could he be merely a Qi Refining cultivator?

Calculating the time.

Since the founding of Dasheng till now, three hundred years, the Grand Ancestor must be over four hundred years old already, likely a Nascent Soul cultivator, and the timing aligns.

Additionally, from the information Cao Zhi gathered during this time, the Grand Ancestor seems to hold an extraordinary position even in the cultivation world; otherwise, he couldn't have decided with just one sentence that the future Eastern Continent would still be governed by the Sheng Dynasty's Cao family.

But it wasn't until recently that Cao Zhi received summons from the Grand Ancestor, so he abandoned going to the Nine Nether Forbidden Grounds and rushed to Heavenly Sword Sect instead.

Unexpectedly, ended up avoiding disaster because of this.

The first group of Guiyuan Sect disciples who went to the forbidden grounds all died miserably, with no survivors, and their heads were even taken away.

Rumor has it it was the work of the Seven Killing Sect, but Cao Zhi's first intuition was that it was the White Robe's doing, led by the man with the surname Chen and people from Great Han coming back for revenge.

Very fortunate.

The others may die, but he, Cao Zhi, would not.

Because the Grand Ancestor is a Nascent Soul!

That man named Chen would at most be around the early stage of Foundation Establishment. To reach Nascent Soul would take at least hundreds of years, and Cao Zhi didn't believe his "big brother" could hide for hundreds of years.

No, he should say the trouble at the main peak of Great Marsh in a few years were absolute problems that Chen Sansi couldn't possibly resolve.

"Buzz—"

The stone gate of the cave mansion slowly started to open on both sides in front.

Cao Zhi snapped back to reality, and respectfully knelt heavily inside the cave mansion, cupping his fists in salute: "Twenty-eighth generation descendant of the Cao family, greets the revered ancestor."

"Come in."

Within the dark cave mansion, a voice as calm as an ancient well resounded.

"..."

Cao Zhi stood up from the ground, dusted off his knees, tidied his attire, and then stepped over the threshold of the cave mansion.

In an instant, spiritual energy dense enough to almost take solid form surged toward him, even without using any techniques, he could feel the spiritual energy continuously infiltrating his body, transforming his physique and even his Dantian.

This is probably...

A spirit vein of fourth rank or higher!

The cave mansion interior was simple in arrangement, with only a few medicine gardens and a training room, and even the living supplies inside were entirely carved from the mountain's rocks.

Wearing the Qingyun robe, Cao Xie was sitting cross-legged before a stone table, brewing tea. The crimson spirit plant leaves were like clusters of flames merging into the water, the wafting mist from them brought unparalleled tranquility to the spirit.

Surprisingly to Cao Zhi, his Grand Ancestor seemed much younger than expected, appearing just around thirty years old.

Of course, for cultivators, a disparity between appearance and age is commonplace.

"Cao Zhi greets the revered ancestor!"