A thousand leisurely years passed in the blink of an eye.
Zixiao Palace, this sacred ground suspended beyond the Thirty-three Heavens, had once again become the Primordial World's premier marketplace for fame and profit.
The currents of chaos were pushed aside by an invisible great power, forming a vast open-air "plaza" where great powers from all sides gathered, immortal light and precious auras shooting into the heavens.
"Minister Minghe, it's been a while!"
Xuanzheng wore a coarse witch-tribe robe, his muscles knotted, and his face bore a smile that would make even a three-year-old child wary.
He warmly seized Ancestor Minghe's hand with such force that the Blood Sea Patriarch's eye twitched slightly.
With his other hand, Xuanzheng smoothly slipped a jet-black jade slip into Minghe's robes.
"Dao Ancestor's third lecture is imminent. This is our Netherworld Group's internal exclusive: [Sage Great Dao Decoded Edition: Exam Preparation Guide]."
"It comes preloaded with my eighteen optimization theories for the 'Severing Three Corpses' path to sainthood, ninety-nine potential logical vulnerabilities, plus a complimentary karmic marker for the 'best front-row seat at Zixiao Palace'!"
"For the sake of our friendship, the friendly price is nine hundred and ninety-eight Houtian Spiritual Treasures!"
Ancestor Minghe took the jade slip and sent his divine sense inside.
Boom!
His Dao heart immediately buzzed from the shock of its contents!
What was "how to use merit to offset the backlash of inner demons during the process of Severing Three Corpses"?
What was "a feasibility analysis of forcibly severing a corpse by borrowing another's karmic thread as a foundation when Innate Spiritual Treasures were insufficient"?
This... this was not lecture notes at all!
This was clearly... a cheat sheet for Dao Ancestor's lessons!
"Chairman Xuanzheng's 'business genius'... this poor Daoist admires it!"
Without another word, Ancestor Minghe tossed over