As Lin Changsheng was deeply engrossed in his "offbeat" research and development of pills and artifacts, another year quietly slipped by.

During this year, the Qingyun Sect had several skirmishes and conflicts with the Liehuo Sect and the Blood Fiend Sect due to the blood feud over the "Land of Fallen Stars." Both sides had their victories and losses but maintained a strange restraint, as if waiting for a decisive moment to utterly crush the other.

Within the Qingyun Sect, things were not entirely peaceful either. The faction led by Lin Changsheng, representing the Sect Master, and the conservative faction led by Qin Jue and Elder Li were engaged in both overt and covert struggles over resources and influence.

However, none of this concerned Lin Changsheng. Like an outsider, he spent his days on his "Changsheng Peak," either refining pills or crafting artifacts, occasionally guiding Wang Chen and the others in their cultivation. His days were leisurely yet fulfilling.