The Changing Times, Shattering Space and Ascending!

"I left Great Liao, made a turn, and headed for the Kingdom of Dali.

I wanted to see my Third Brother and find out how he was doing.

Yet when I arrived in the Kingdom of Dali, I discovered that its emperor had changed. No, it was not quite a change of emperor—it was that he was no longer handling state affairs normally.

At the time, I did not reveal myself.

Because I discovered that my Third Brother, who had once longed for Jianghu and women—

had undergone an enormous change.

He was no longer obsessed with women. He was not even attached to state affairs. Instead, he ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist prayers.

He also taught his son to begin handling court affairs.

It was as though he had stepped free of all those attachments.

He had become like an eminent Buddhist monk.

Moreover, his strength had not increased. Instead, it had declined by a great deal.

Only then did I understand that Third Brother truly did not care much about martial arts.

Still, seeing that Third Brother was doing well, I did not wish to do anything.

So I left the Kingdom of Dali directly and did not come out to meet him.

This time, after leaving the Kingdom of Dali, I went to Lingjiu Palace.

Yet when I arrived at Lingjiu Palace, I found that things were different.

By then, there were not many people left in Lingjiu Palace.

Of the women Tian Shan Tong Lao had originally brought in, aside from a few elderly ones—

the younger ones had all been sent down the mountain by my Second Brother, who let them choose men they liked and marry.

There were not many people left in Lingjiu Palace.

However, my Second Brother and his wife lived