The Four Symbols Fan Is Complete; Severing a Creation Dao-Fruit Avatar; Quasi-Sage Late-Stage Dao Realm

Shouyang Mountain was serene and detached, all sounds hushed.

There was none of the Blood Sea's clamor here, only the peace of Dao Charm Naturally Formed.

Eight Sceneries Palace stood amid misty immortal qi, ancient and solemn.

Lu Yuan arrived in his true body, reined in his aura, and respectfully bowed toward the palace gates. "This disciple Qingxuan requests an audience with Eldest Martial Uncle Taiqing."

The palace gates opened soundlessly, and Grand Master Xuandu emerged with a smile, clad in a simple daoist robe. His aura was tranquil and far-reaching, his Quasi-Sage cultivation even more consummate and profound.

"Dao Brother Qingxuan, please come in. Teacher already knows why you have come and is waiting for you inside the hall."

Xuandu's tone was gentle as he stepped aside to welcome him.

Within the palace, Sage Taiqing sat upright upon a meditation cushion. Yin Yang Fish revolved slowly above His head, expounding the ultimate principles of the cosmos. Behind him, the phantom of the Taiji Diagram flickered in and out of view, as though it encompassed the Great Thousand World.

His expression was calm and unruffled. As His gaze fell upon Lu Yuan entering the hall, it carried both an elder's gentleness toward an outstanding junior and the scrutiny of a Heavenly Dao Saint who saw through all things.

Lu Yuan performed the rites of a junior, his manner deferential. "This disciple begs forgiveness for this presumptuous disturbance of Eldest Martial Uncle's secluded cultivation.

"I have come today to request the Fire Fan among the Four Symbols Fan in Eldest Martial Uncle's possession. This fan concerns this disciple's Dao path. I beg Eldest Martial Uncle to grant it."

Lu Yuan went straight to the point without the slightest circumlocution, his gaze open and forthright.

Sage Taiqing nodded slightly, His gaze calm