Foundation Establishment Pool

The Central Immortal Realm seems to have a structure where the higher you go, the less land there is. The lowest level, Great Emperor Huangzeng Heaven, still has a complete land and sea. Starting from the Void Yueheng Heaven of the Eighteen Heavens of the Color Realm, floating Floating Island appear suspended in the sea of clouds. After reaching Clear Subtle Heaven of the Jade Purity Realm, apart from the palaces suspended in the sky and the Great City around them that have been refined into war machines, there is only a sea of clouds left.

The Red Dust Immortal Elder led Bai Qiuran and her group to the large square in front of the palace, where some people were already waiting.

The leader was a middle-aged man with an ordinary but dignified appearance, wearing an expensive black robe embroidered with yellow Dragon Pattern.

This person was not too high-profile, only accompanied by a dozen or so attendants, and stood in the square waiting. After seeing Bai Qiuran and the others arrive, this person quickly led the attendants to greet Bai Qiuran.

Before he could speak, Bai Qiuran looked at him and said, "I feel a strong familiarity with your divine aura. You're the little yellow one who came to the Ghost Realm with the other four emperors to test things out, aren't you?"

"I dare not accept such praise. I was disrespectful to my grandmaster last time."

The middle-aged man smiled wryly and said, "Disciple Le Zhentian greets Grandmaster."

"Alright, no need for formalities."

Bai Qiuran and said, "Whatever, I'm tired of seeing this."

Le Zhentian then clasped his hands in a fist salute to the group behind Bai Qiuran and said, "Welcome to Jade Pure Clear Subtle Heaven as well."

Tang Ruowei and Li Jinyao returned the greeting calmly, while Qingmingzi and Liu Shi stepped back and said, "We dare not accept such praise. I am Qingmingzi, and this is my Dao Companion, Liu Shi. Greetings Central Immortal Emperor."

"I'm the one who doesn't deserve it."

Le Zhentian glanced at the Red Dust Immortal Elder, then said to Qingmingzi and Liu Shi, "Let's each discuss our own matters... However, please, both of you, do not bow to me; I dare not accept it."

He took two steps to catch up with Bai Qiuran, who was pacing forward with his hands behind his back, and said to him, "I have arranged your accommodations and those of everyone else's. They are in the Great Peace Hall of the Jade Purity Palace. Please follow me."

Bai Qiuran followed in his footsteps, and then said bluntly as they walked, "In a little while, I want to go to the Imperial Palace Platform to see your master."

"Well, Grandmaster, you are unaware of this. The opening and closing of the Great Luo Heavenly Imperial Palace Terrace follows certain rules. Even I cannot enter at will; I can only enter the Imperial Palace Platform at designated times."

Upon hearing this, the Central Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian, smiled wryly.

When can I go?

Bai Qiuran asked.

"The Imperial Palace Platform will reopen in two or three months, very soon."

Le Zhentian replied that for Cultivators and Immortals, two or three months is indeed just a blink of an eye, and even for Mortals, two or three months is not a very long time.

"Oh well."

Bai Qiuran.

"What happened to your master later? I heard someone say he died."

"Well... Master can be considered both dead and alive."

Le Zhentian replied with a complicated expression, "It's hard to explain in a short time. You'll know about Master when you enter the Imperial Palace Platform."

"Please make do with staying at the Great Peace Hall for now. You should have some acquaintances from back then in the Thirty-Six Heavens; you can visit them."

Le Zhentian led Bai Qiuran and her group to the quiet and elegant Great Peace Hall, and then said, "Junior Brother Mo Chen will wait here. Wherever you wish to go, just ask him to show you the way and give your instructions. This disciple is currently going through a turbulent period and cannot serve you at your side. Please forgive me, Grandmaster."

"You're so busy with work, why are you spending time with me? Go do your important business."

Bai Qiuran waved his hand and said, "Go on, go on."

After Le Zhentian took his leave, Bai Qiuran and the others each chose their rooms in the Great Peace Hall. Then, Bai Qiuran remembered Jiang Lan's instructions, so she found the Red Dust Immortal Elder and asked, "Goddess Xi He and the Three-Legged Crow Goddess currently within the Thirty-Six Heavens?"

"Exist."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder replied, "The Three-Legged Crow Goddess resides in the Haoting Xiaodu Heaven. The Star Bureau is there, and she also works there. The Goddess Xi He also lives in seclusion within that heaven."

"Let's go for a walk then."

Bai Qiuran walked back into the Great Peace Hall and asked the others, "I'm going to visit an old friend. Do you want to come and have some fun?"

"Shi'er and I... won't go. Qiuran, you go by yourself."

Qingmingzi, holding Liu Shi's hand, waved his hand hesitantly and said, "... The information we received today was too overwhelming; we need time to digest it."

"Senior Bai."

Li Jinyao, who was standing nearby, asked, "Is your old friend male or female?"

"A woman."

"Is it pretty?"

"Goddess, don't you think she's beautiful?"

Bai Qiuran countered with a question.

"Then I want to go with them and see how beautiful it is."

Li Jinyao immediately stood up and reached out to grab Tang Ruowei.

Steel Plate glanced at his arm, which Sister Li was holding, and could only sigh helplessly before replying, "I'll go too."

"Little Puppet, go too."

Bai Qiuran looked at the puppet sitting quietly to one side. Upon hearing his words, the puppet Puppet Venerable nodded gently.

So Bai Qiuran carried the Puppet Venerable on his neck, and then, along with Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei, followed the Red Dust Immortal Elder World to Haoting Xiaodu Heaven, the residence of the Three-Legged Crow and Xi He in the Immortal Realm.

Before they even arrived at their destination, Bai Qiuran and the others could see from afar the enormous Divine Tree that stretched its branches and leaves out of the sea of clouds.

"Huh? Fusang has been moved here."

Bai Qiuran surprise.

"Yes."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder replied, "At the very beginning of the Immortal Realm, my master requested the goddesses Goddess Xi He and the Three-Legged Crow to use their Divine Fusang Tree, to support the Immortal Realm's heavens, just as the Jianmu tree supported the primordial world. The two goddesses agreed, and thus they later enjoyed a high status within the Immortal Realm."

"Why not use the Jianmu tree to support the sky?"

Bai Qiuran asked.

"At the end of the war Human God, Jianmu was destroyed by the Heavenly Gods Clan, along with everything else."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder shook his head.

"What a pity."

"So be it, out with the old, in with the new."

Bai Qiuran looked at the islands and continents supported by the branches of the Fusang.

"However, to be honest, you were actually able to transplant Fusang to this world using your own strength... I naturally believe in the possibilities of humanity, but frankly speaking, based on the intelligence I obtained in the Eastern Immortal Realm and my calculations of the overall combat power of the Fivefold Immortal Realm, it would take these guys a long time to move Fusang from the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou to the Central Immortal Realm..."

"It's definitely impossible, even if all five parties worked together."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder answered without hesitation, "Master was able to do that because in his time, the number of Immortal Emperor was several times greater than the number of Immortal Emperor now. Basically, the number of Immortal Emperor back then was equivalent to the number of Immortal Venerable Venerables now."

"Then what about those Immortal Emperors?"

"They all died in battle later."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder replied with a wry smile, "This is something my senior brother told me not long ago."

"War? Who is the enemy?"

"I don't know either."

The Red Dust Immortal Elder shook his head.

"My senior brother only said that once we enter the Imperial Palace Platform, we will understand everything."

"Imperial Palace Platform, Imperial Palace Platform, these kids are still trying to play these tricks on me..."

Bai Qiuran sighed, "Forget it, let's wait. Let's go check on the Goddess Xi He and the Three-Legged Crow first."

The Three-Legged Crow Mother and Daughter still reside on the divine tree Fusang. The golden palace built atop the tree is their dwelling place. The group landed in front of the Three -Three-Legged Crow 'Three-Legged Crow Palace. The Red Dust Immortal Elder revealed his identity and then inquired of the palace maids about the whereabouts of the Three-Legged Crow and Xi He.

"The Niang Niang Xi He gone to gather the rosy clouds."

The maids replied, "The Three-Legged Crow Niang Niang has just returned from her work and is bathing in the Foundation Establishment Pool."

"Etc?"

Bai Qiuran's breakthrough radar suddenly alarmed, reminding him that he had just heard an extraordinary term. He asked, "You just said that the Three-Legged Crow went to bathe in which pool?"