After Xiao Mo survived his tribulation and entered the Nascent Soul stage, the Qin Kingdom's Lord sent congratulatory gifts.
Many officials of the Imperial Court also took this opportunity to send gifts, hoping to build a good relationship with Xiao Mo.
After all, Xiao Mo was now like the sun at its zenith. His future rule over the Northern Wastes was practically nailed down, and everyone wanted to cling to his coattails.
However, apart from the gifts from the Qin Kingdom's Lord, Xiao Mo refused all the others.
Several days passed, and New Year's Eve arrived.
Every household hung lanterns and colorful decorations, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, replacing their spring couplets and door-god pictures.
Whether in the Qin Kingdom or the other kingdoms, their door god was the same man.
Legend held that this man had been the first human Sword Immortal in the ancient age of the gods, as well as humanity's leader. He had led humanity in cleaving open heaven and earth and overthrowing the gods' rule.
But that era was so distant that no portrait of this human ancestor had survived. Later generations could only draw on descriptions from legends and their own imaginations to depict him.
As a result, although every kingdom pasted pictures of the same man on their doors, his appearance differed.
Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao were also putting up spring couplets and door-god pictures.
But Frost King's Manor was simply too large, so Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao only decorated its main entrance and their own two courtyards together.
Naturally, they left the other courtyards to the maids.
Once they finished putting up the spring couplets and door-god pictures at Frost King's Manor, Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao headed straight to the Xiao Royal Mansion.
"Mother, Aunt