1319: Settling the Affairs of the World! Doubts About Breaking the Boundary! (Requesting Monthly Votes)

A monk's robe hung from the meditation room atop the hill, while stream birds flew beyond the empty window.

Dusk lay halfway down the mountain path, yet the sound of the spring lingered amid the emerald hills.

Thirteen days later, at the Jingnian Zen Sect, steeped in a deep, distant, tranquil, and peaceful atmosphere.

Jiang Dali walked slowly beside an elderly monk, his hands clasped behind his back, along an ancient stone path lined with bamboo and trees. Only when they reached the imposing hall built at the edge of the cliff, the "Abbot's Courtyard," did the two slow to a halt and begin speaking.

"Amitabha. Benefactor Jiang now commands wind and rain among the Vassal States, an unparalleled figure in all the ages. Why must you still go to the Sacred Dynasty in the future?"

The old monk who spoke had white brows and beard, while deep wrinkles crisscrossed his face like marks carved by time's heavy blade. Yet one could still vaguely discern the kind and benevolent spirit he had possessed in the past. He was none other than the founder of the Jingnian Zen Sect—Heavenly Monk.

Over these past dozen days, after receiving the Heavenly Gate's inheritance, Jiang Dali had handed the Number One Martial Arts Tournament Under Heaven entirely over to Ning Su and the other players. Taking advantage of his recent leisure, he had come to the Jingnian Zen Sect to repay a favor Heavenly Monk had once shown him and settle an old matter.

Back then, Heavenly Monk's fragment of primordial spirit had repeatedly helped him survive dangers great and small, before finally dissipating completely.

Yet within the Jingnian Zen Sect, Heavenly Monk's main primordial spirit had remained in a state of slumber, much like Di Ni's condition within Cihang Jingzhai in the past.