Lotus Pond Newly Formed, Longevity Dao Rhyme Blesses Qingming

Thirty miles west of Hongmeng Sacred Hall lay a valley nestled against the mountains and beside a stream. This place possessed abundant spiritual energy and gurgling streams, and it was precisely the location Shen Hao had chosen to establish the lotus pond. Since Xuan Chen had been executed and Sha Demon Seal shattered, Shen Hao had treated cultivating the newly grown Longevity Lotus and perpetuating the inheritance of the Dao Rhyme as his top priority. Every day just after the hour of chen, he would personally come to the valley to harmonize the water and soil with his own Dao Rhyme, laying the foundation for the lotus pond.

At this moment within the valley, three hundred exploration team disciples were scattered everywhere, each attending to their duties. Stone Race disciples rolled up their trouser legs and stepped barefoot into the stream, using their innate stone-controlling power to carve the Hongmeng Strange Stones beneath the riverbed into neat square slabs, paving them at the bottom of the lotus pond. Feather Race disciples spread their golden wings and soared above the valley, evenly scattering the Origin Spirit Soil brought back from the secret realm onto the fertile earth beside the pond. Wood Race disciples squatted at the pond's edge, planting spiritual herbs into the soil one by one; these spiritual herbs were all exotic species from Hongmeng Secret Realm, capable of gathering spiritual energy and nourishing the lotus pond.

Shen Hao's figure stood right in the center of the lotus pond. He wore a plain Daoist robe, the hem of his garment fluttering slightly in the morning breeze, and the Longevity Dao Rhyme lingering around his body, resembling the finest spring rain, slowly seeped into the crevices of the stone slabs at the bottom of the pond. His hands formed an intricate