Qin Lan'er did not know what her imperial sister meant by "being selfish just this once."
But by the time Qin Lan'er came to her senses, she realized she had unwittingly followed Her Majesty to Mount Tai.
The soaring fortune of the land had taken the form of dragons, circling ceaselessly across the heavens.
Under the influence of that fortune, the spiritual energy here was exceptionally dense.
If the spiritual energy remained this dense for another thousand years, this place would likely become a blessed grotto-heaven of the highest order, enough to sustain a sect with an Ascension Realm cultivator.
Qin Siyao slowly descended from the sky, drifting toward the summit, with Qin Lan'er following closely behind.
Sensing the fortune of the land surrounding Qin Siyao and Qin Lan'er, Mount Tai's Mountain Protecting Array did not activate, instead allowing the two women inside.
They reached the summit.
Qin Siyao walked up to the Altar of Heaven.
There was nothing superfluous on the altar, only a great cauldron.
The great cauldron was named the Four Directions Under Heaven Cauldron, a treasure passed down from ancient times, used by successive dynasties for their sacrifices.
Whenever Myriad Laws Under Heaven was unified, the Four Directions Under Heaven Cauldron would appear.
If the dynasty fractured, the Four Directions Under Heaven Cauldron would disappear.
The last time the Four Directions Under Heaven Cauldron appeared, it had been in a river.
That had been the fourth year after the realm's unification. An unusual phenomenon appeared in Qinghai Commandery: a river dried up within half a day, and the fortune of the land soared into the heavens.
When the local officials arrived, they saw the great cauldron and immediately escorted it back to the Imperial Capital in person.
Qin Siyao took the imperial seal from within her