Three years have swiftly passed.
Ning Daoran spent his days in Quiet Heart Courtyard in utter tranquility. Despite Meng Yuliang's frequent snide remarks aimed at instigating trouble, Ning Daoran remained unmoved and focused solely on cultivating the Evergreen Returning to Origin Technique.
The fire poison in Feng Jingshan's body had not been wholly expelled by the blood replacement technique, and Divine Doctor Xue's methods only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. Over the past three years, the frequency of fire poison outbreaks increased, and although none were as severe as before, each incident left Feng Jingshan in excruciating agony—Ning Daoran could sometimes even hear Feng Jingshan's pained moans from inside his room.
At this time, both Ning Daoran and Xu Baisheng's Evergreen Returning to Origin Technique had simultaneously advanced to the Fourth Level.