As it turned out, the reason Guliang Yuan had broken through was because Elder Tianyi had meditated on the chess scriptures, pushing his cultivation into the Fire Calamity Realm.
The Tribulation Transcendence consisted of nine layers: the first three were the Lightning Tribulation Realm, the middle three were the Fire Calamity Realm, and the final three were the Wind Calamity Realm. Coupled with the feedback from the previous simultaneous breakthroughs of the overt and covert brothers into the Integration Realm, Guliang Yuan's physical cultivation had advanced another step, reaching the realm of severed-limb regeneration.
Following this brief interlude, the journey back to Forgetful Peak was completely peaceful. The trio of travelers smoothly returned to Forgetful Peak.
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