The Primordial World, beneath Mount Buzhou.
The atmosphere on the White Jade Square before the Human Ancestral Court was solemn and dignified.
The Three Ancestors—Suiren Shi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi—stood in two rows, their expressions respectful.
Behind them sat nearly a hundred human cultivators, their blood and qi surging like dragons, arranged in neat formation.
These cultivators were all elites who had fought their way through years of human campaigns, tempered in blood and fire.
Without exception, every one of them had reached the Great Emperor Realm of the Covering Heaven Method, standing at the pinnacle of the Human Dao Realm.
Yet, held back by uncertainty about the road ahead and the need for time to accumulate, they had been unable to take that final step into immortality.
Today, the Human Emperor had returned and summoned them here to preach the Dao and answer their questions.
Ye Xuan sat cross-legged in the air above the square, dressed in a dark robe.
He radiated no earth-shaking pressure, but simply sitting there, he seemed to be the center of this world, with the Myriad Daos bowing before him.
"Our human race was born with Innate Dao Bodies, in harmony with the Great Dao."
Ye Xuan spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, yet it rang in the ears and hearts of every human cultivator like the tolling of a great bell. "To become an immortal is not to conform to this world or beg for the Heavenly Dao's charity. It is to struggle through the mortal world, to Seed the Self, and seek perfection within."
He began explaining the profound principles behind the Covering Heaven Method's ascent from the Human Dao Peak into the Immortal Dao Realm—the very path to becoming a Mortal Immortal that he had walked himself.
From opening the Wheel