Western Primordial Wilderness, Longevity Mountain.
Within Wuzhuang Temple, immortal qi still curled through the air.
Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, sat cross-legged beneath an enormous canopy, meditating with his eyes closed.
The tree was lush with branches and leaves, its boughs hung with fruits resembling newborn infants. It was the Ginseng Fruit Tree, a supreme Innate Spiritual Root of the Primordial Wilderness.
Suddenly, a vast and majestic aura descended upon the skies above Longevity Mountain.
Zhen Yuanzi abruptly opened his eyes and looked up. A streak of golden light split apart the clouds, descending steadily into Wuzhuang Temple to hover before him.
It was a Heavenly Emperor's Divine Edict from the Heavenly Court, bearing Ye Xuan's unique, majestic aura where the Human Path and the Heavenly Dao intertwined.
Zhen Yuanzi rose to his feet and respectfully accepted the edict with both hands. Unfurling it, his gaze swept across the golden divine patterns inscribed upon it.
The edict stated that Hongyun's True Spirit had already reincarnated as Shennong of the human Lieshan Tribe.
Heavenly Emperor Ye Xuan had kept his promise and formally appointed Zhen Yuanzi as the "Teacher of the Earth Emperor," commanding him to descend the mountain and travel to the Lieshan Tribe, where he was to guide Shennong toward the Great Dao of the Earth Emperor.
After reading the contents of the edict, Zhen Yuanzi trembled from head to toe. His Dao heart, once still as an ancient well, now surged with towering waves.
Zhen Yuanzi knew full well what immense Heavenly Merit lay within the task of teaching the human Earth Emperor. It was a tremendous providence enough to make any great divine adept green with envy.
As the Heavenly Emperor, Ye Xuan had not only revived his close friend Hongyun, but had also bestowed