Though the Sword Atlas was heaven-defying, Lu Yun was still in the life core realm at the end of the day. Meeting the attacks of more than a thousand spirit realm cultivators—and geniuses at that—head-on had left him with severe injuries.

After killing the weaker cultivators, he’d ascended to origin core realm. With the combat art successfully mastered, the ascension didn’t matter much anymore.

Three days passed before Lu Yun fully recovered from his exertions. Yuan Tong, the silverback gorilla, looked at him with puppy dog eyes when he ended his seclusion.

“What’s its deal?” Lu Yun threw the gorilla a confused look. Why does it look at me like I’ve wronged it?

“It’s worried that you might abandon it,”...