Everyone in Their Proper Place

The moment Lu Li arrived, his attention was immediately drawn to the Immortal Palace—in other words, Gong Xue.

This was the first time even he had seen an Artifact Spirit condense a physical body.

Her form of life resembled Qiu Sheng's current Spirit-Flesh Unity: a half-energy body.

Yet her body was built just like a living person's, with all the usual organs and a brain. She had a complete life cycle, as well as the same emotions and desires.

"Having emotions and desires" was what made a true life. Otherwise, no matter how powerful or intelligent something was, it was nothing more than a cold, unfeeling supercomputer.

Gong Xue had now evolved into a truly intelligent life form, and this was likely the path every magic treasure was meant to take in the end.

Those thoughts flashed through Lu Li's mind. By then, all the guests in the hall had dropped to their knees with a rustle.

"We pay our respects to the Immortal Venerable!"

"May the Immortal Venerable enjoy boundless blessings!"

The people gathered here today were the tiny handful of the most powerful figures in this world.

They included high-ranking officials as well as top clans and sects like the Five Peaks Immortal Sect.

Yet they all dropped to their knees with astonishing speed, then slowly bowed their heads to the floor in the most solemn form of obeisance, showing their submission and reverence.

Even familiar faces like Nan Jinping, Eunuch Hua, and Chen Zhizhong knelt.

But their faces were filled with relief. They were bowing to Lu Li's renewal of the old and creation of the new, to his carrying the torch into the future!

Lu Li would never make old friends who had helped him kneel, so he merely lifted a hand. An invisible, gentle force