However, this punishment in the quiet room allowed Wu Ning to have an epiphany and successfully break through, entering the Nascent Soul realm she had always dreamed of. She also lived up to expectations and broke the deadlock of the Qingyun Temple.

The four of them left the quiet room. Wu Ning was naturally full of energy because of his sudden enlightenment and the stabilization of his state of mind in the quiet room; but the other three, whose comprehension was slightly worse, were not in such good spirits.

Overjoyed at finally breaking through, Wu Ning didn't even greet the three others who had been punished with her, and went straight to the sect leader's residence. Although the sect leader wasn't her master, he had always placed high hopes on her and had given her plenty of resources after she reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, so she went to express her gratitude.

As Wu Si watched her vanish like a gust of wind, a bitter taste filled his mouth, and he felt even more uneasy.

Because of a lack of successors and no Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the sect, the sect leader specifically ordered these Nascent Soul disciples to address the three Mahayana Venerables as their senior uncles, hoping to motivate them.

Now that there are Nascent Soul cultivators, it's estimated that Nascent Soul disciples will have to address Mahayana Venerables as Grandmaster Uncles—this is the rule throughout the cultivation world. Although Wu Ning, who has entered the Nascent Soul stage, is also of the "Wu" generation, they will also have to address her as Grandmaster Uncle.

In fact, because Wu Si became a disciple of Kong Yuan, she was a direct disciple of the Mahayana Venerable. Even though she hadn't reached the Nascent Soul stage, she was still of the same generation as those who had reached the Nascent Soul stage. The Core Formation disciples below her had long since started calling her Grandmaster Uncle according to Kong Yuan's seniority.

She doesn't need to dwell on this.

However, she felt uneasy, filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment towards Wu Ning; Wu Lin and Wu Qing, on the other hand, seemed to take it all in stride and weren't bothered by it much. In their view, Wu Ning was destined to break through to the Nascent Soul stage before them.

After Wu Ning expressed his gratitude, he heard the sect leader, who was in a superior position, say calmly, "You were convicted for trying to frame Wu Nian. Now that you've left the meditation room, go and apologize to Wu Nian!"

"I... apologize to her?" Wu Ning asked, bewildered and indignant. He then asked, "Sect Master, how has Wu Nian's cultivation progressed over the past sixty years?"

The sect leader sighed, "I don't know."

Wu Ning thought to himself: So you're saying there's no breakthrough? Otherwise, there would be celestial signs and tribulations for breakthroughs, and the sect couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

She went through a tribulation after her breakthrough, and then returned to her meditation room to consolidate her realm.

She was somewhat unwilling.

The sect leader said, "You can't go wrong by listening to me. Wu Nian has been completely different since she returned from Mount Ling. You absolutely must not underestimate her."

Seeing the sect leader's solemn tone, Wu Ning thought about how the sect leader had been in charge of Qingyun Temple for thousands of years, possessing an extraordinary mindset and experience, and was also very good at recognizing people; she had taken good care of him, and he was far more respectful and filial to her than to Lan Jing and Kong Yuan, two other Mahayana Venerables, so she naturally wouldn't harm him, and respectfully replied, "Yes."

As Wu Ning left the sect leader's meditation room, he unconsciously turned his head to glance at the tall tower standing on the mountain peak not far away.

She had only been out of the meditation room a short while when she saw the tall tower. However, she was thinking of expressing her gratitude to the sect leader first, so as to show that she respected him enough, and therefore did not ask any further questions.

She then stopped a passing nun and asked, "What's the story behind that tall tower?"

This young nun was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and was only responsible for sweeping. She had probably only been a disciple of the sect for a few decades, so she did not recognize Wu Ning. However, she still respectfully bowed and said, "Reporting to this senior, that tall tower is the place of cultivation of the Supreme Elder Wu Nian. It was built by her own hands and is called the Wu Nian Tower."

"Madam... Supreme Elder?" Wu Ning was so shocked that she could hardly find her tongue and asked in surprise.

Xiao Ni was somewhat puzzled by her behavior, but still nodded.

Wu Ning demanded, "When did Wu Nian become a Supreme Elder?"

The young nun was somewhat startled and hurriedly said, "Senior, please forgive me. When I entered the sect, Senior Wu Nian was already the Supreme Elder. Everyone in the nunnery knows this. Senior, you...you..."

She wondered to herself: Is this person really from my nunnery?

Wu Ning had no time to care about what a little nun was thinking, and simply waved his hand impatiently, saying, "Alright, you can go now!"

After Xiao Ni left, she took a deep breath to calm herself before rushing towards the tower. Unexpectedly, she saw Wu Si and the other two not far from the tower, and a thought struck her: they had conspired to frame Wu Nian, so they should go together to apologize now; I can't be the only one humiliated!

So, after her breakthrough, she originally didn't want to pay any more attention to these three "juniors" who hadn't yet broken through, but now she's changed her mind.

She stopped beside the three of them.

Wu Si and the other two were much slower than her, and they originally planned to return to their respective rooms. Logically, Wu Si should have gone to see Kong Yuan first after being punished, but she had a knot in her heart and did not want to see her master, so she did not want to go.

As the three walked, they discovered a tall tower deep within the mountain gate. Out of curiosity, they followed it, and like Wu Ning, they stopped a junior disciple to inquire, only to learn that it was Wu Nian's place of cultivation.

She lives alone in a tower, and this so-called Wunian Tower is the highest point in the entire Qingyun Nunnery. What's more, Wunian is now revered as a Supreme Elder, and it's said that his status is even higher than that of the sect leader!

The three of them were extremely surprised when they heard the news. Wu Si, in particular, felt a surge of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Because they were much slower than Wu Ning, Wu Ning paid his respects to the sect leader before coming out, and then arrived at the Wu Nian Tower. In the end, he arrived at about the same time as them.

When Wu Ning arrived, they were secretly discussing enlightenment through telepathy.

Although they were also shocked by the sect's high regard for Wu Nian, they inquired in fairly detailed ways and learned that Wu Nian had offered up the scriptures given to her by the Buddha. The sect was grateful for her contribution and therefore honored her as a Supreme Elder.

Wu Ning was too impatient at the time to ask about it. Now she could no longer hear the women's voice transmissions, but judging from the expressions of Wu Si and the other two, she knew that they were definitely discussing Wu Nian's promotion to Supreme Elder.

She smiled faintly and said, "Wu Si, Wu Qing, Wu Lin, you three are here too. Did you also come to apologize to Wu Nian after being advised by your elders?"

She only wanted to bring these three people along to face Wu Nian; she hadn't thought of anything else yet.

Wu Si was surprised: "Apologize?" Even though she had been confined to the quiet room for sixty years, she didn't feel she should apologize to Wu Nian: their false accusations hadn't worked at all, but the harm Wu Nian had done to her continued.

If Chu Nian knew what she was thinking, she would definitely laugh: You yourself don't see things clearly, and you can't let it go, so you blame everything on others?!