The Mortal Realm, the Four Great Continents.
At the border between the Eastern Divine Continent and the Western Godhaniya Continent stood a Taoist temple famous throughout the world.
Longevity Mountain, Five Villages Temple!
Five Villages Temple was Zhen Yuanzi's sanctuary. It had a tremendous reputation throughout the Four Great Continents, because its abbot's strength was truly formidable. He was a top-tier Ancestral Immortal and possessed the treasured Earth Book. Ordinary Ancestral Immortals were no match for him, and even the Sages were unwilling to make things difficult for Zhen Yuanzi.
Generally speaking, Five Villages Temple was exceptionally tranquil, an excellent place for cultivating the Dao and nurturing one's heart.
But on this day, waves of boisterous laughter rang out from within Five Villages Temple.
Inside the central hall of Five Villages Temple, Zhen Yuanzi sat at the host's table. A large number of guest tables were arranged below, with a powerhouse seated before each one. Several subordinates stood behind every guest.
A tiny baby-like fruit sat atop every guest table. It was Five Villages Temple's specialty—the Ginseng Fruit, also known as the Grass Return Pill.
Aside from those seated, everyone else's eyes gleamed with intense desire. They swallowed repeatedly, yet could do nothing, because the Ginseng Fruits were simply beyond their station to enjoy.
At that moment, everyone looked toward Zhen Yuanzi, as though waiting for him to speak.
"All of you are the heads of the various major powers in the Four Great Continents. It is my honor that you could come." Zhen Yuanzi smiled faintly.
"Abbot, you are too modest. Since you summoned us, we naturally had to come!" the powerhouses below immediately replied.
The Four Great Continents were no longer as peaceful as before. Great Chaos Under Heaven was imminent, and the slightest carelessness could send one