The Immortal Realm's Enemy
Upon hearing Li Jinyao's impromptu limerick, Bai Qiuran understood what was going on.
To avoid embarrassment, he quickly agreed to the concubines' requests, and the concubines, upon hearing Li Jinyao's poem, couldn't help but feel somewhat ashamed and annoyed.
However, they didn't dare to do anything to Li Jinyao, so after exchanging a few pleasantries with Bai Qiuran, they hurriedly took their leave.
Watching the departing figures of the concubines, Bai Qiuran shook her head and muttered to herself, "That brat Bai Li, if I hadn't come to the Immortal Realm, were they really going to keep waiting like this?"
"According to my senior brother, before Master went to the Great Luo Heaven tens of thousands of years ago, he did indeed give instructions that if he did not return for ten thousand years, then the concubines could remarry at will."
The Red Dust Immortal Elder replied, "However, with our master's grandmother as a shining example, our Master's Wife also followed her example, neither remarrying nor committing adultery."
Bai Li has been in trouble for tens of thousands of years. These Imperial Consort, Imperial Consort do not want to have extramarital affairs and give the First Immortal Emperor a false hat. So they can only rely on their own efforts and be self-sufficient.
These concubines were not like Jiang Lan; they were Human Race, while Jiang Lan was Heavenly Gods, and their desires and control in this regard were different.
Moreover, Jiang Lan was still a virgin when she was waiting for Bai Qiuran, while these concubines were all addicted to the pleasures of the flesh and were much harder to control than Jiang Lan.
But after tens of thousands of years, that's quite an amazing amount of willpower.
But actually, I wasn't sure myself.
Bai Qiuran and said, "After all, I don't know the specifics of Li's situation. If his soul is scattered, I can't bring him back."
"If even our Grandmaster can't be saved, then I'm afraid no one in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds under the jurisdiction of this Immortal Realm will be able to save him."
The Red Dust Immortal Elder shook his head.
Bai Qiuran and her group stayed temporarily in the Great Peace Hall of Jade Pure Clear Subtle Heaven. Later, the Central Immortal Emperor Bai Qiuran Le Zhentian sent several servants to bring them Token.
With this Token, they could freely access the Immortal Realm stored in the Jade Pure Clear Subtle Heaven Treasury Pavilion's Archives.
After staying for only two days, Bai Qiuran's master, Qingmingzi, and Liu Shi requested to move out of Clear Subtle Heaven. They felt that their disciple's seniority was too high, and that high-ranking figures often came to visit him, all of whom treated him with great respect. This was something that Qingmingzi and Liu Shi found difficult to bear.
After Bai Qiuran's explanation, the Central Immortal Emperor approved their request. Based on Qingmingzi's cultivation level, he appointed him as an Immortal Official and then transferred Qingmingzi to Observing Brightness Upright Serenity Heaven.
The two sect Sect Master Ascension from the Azure Nether Sword Sect, the third and fifth generation Sect Master, were also brought to the Central Immortal Realm Central Immortal Emperor Realm from the Ascension Town in the Eastern Immortal Realm by the Central Immortal Emperor's orders. They had already been living in the town under the control of the Central Immortal Realm under the guidance of Qingmingzi.
Two or three months passed quickly. One day, Bai Qiuran was informed by an attendant sent by Le Zhentian that the Imperial Palace Platform was about to open, and then the attendant took her to the Central Immortal Palace alone.
He had important business to attend to, and Li Jinyao and Tang Ruowei wisely did not follow him. Just before this day, Bai Qiuran had shattered Tang Ruowei's Breastbone, so the regeneration of her sternal bone could still take some time.
Le Zhentian, dressed in a dragon robe, was waiting there. Also present were the Red Dust Immortal Elder, the Lotus Empress, and a large group of Immortals who appeared to be healers.
Upon seeing Bai Qiuran arrive, everyone in the main hall greeted him. Then, the Central Immortal Emperor invited Bai Qiuran to walk alongside him, leading him out of the main hall through the back door and along the winding road into the inner palace of the Central Immortal Palace of the Jade Pure Clear Subtle Heaven.
The Central Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian, only had one empress and two concubines. Compared to the Eastern Azure Eastern Azure Emperor, who had three thousand concubines, his companions were extremely few. However, the harem of the Central Immortal Palace was built to be extremely vast and complex.
Some busybodies have been boasting that the Central Immortal Emperor keeps female immortals in his harem, but Bai Qiuran only realized today that the harem is heavily guarded and has many checkpoints, clearly not like a harem, but more like a military camp.
Le Zhentian led the group through layers of guards and arrived at a private port outside the palace. On the pier of this port, a huge Tower Ship Flying Vessel made of Refined Iron was moored.
The group boarded the multi-story ship, which slowly set sail, heading towards a higher realm beyond the heavens. Gradually, it entered the dark outer heavens, where Bai Qiuran finally spoke, asking, "What are you doing taking so many physicians with you? Also, shouldn't you tell me the secrets you've been keeping?"
"That's fine."
Once on board, Le Zhentian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He nodded and said, "What does Grandmaster want to know? I will answer to the best of my knowledge."
"Hmm, how old were you when you last wet the bed?"
Bai Qiuran, catching him off guard.
"Uh, this..."
Le Zhentian was stunned when Bai Qiuran asked that question.
"If you don't intend to answer all questions, don't talk about being completely open with everything. I won't blame you if you keep some secrets."
Bai Qiuran scolded him a couple of times, then asked, "I heard you were fighting a war. What were you fighting against, besides the Heavenly Gods?"
Hearing Bai Qiuran ask a serious question, Le Zhentian breathed a sigh of relief and then replied, "That's a long story. After defeating the Heavenly Gods and leaving this world, we encountered many powerful opponents, but among these enemies, the most powerful and dangerous was the Consciousness Demon."
"Consciousness Demon? What is that?"
"When the Immortal Realm was established 150,000 years ago, it was the height of Master's rule. The Five Directions Immortal Emperor were united in their efforts, and the influence of the Immortal Realm and the Ghost Realm continued to expand throughout the Void worlds. We even found the river formed by the main trunk of the Void Storm and explored the worlds upstream and downstream along that Void River. It was at this moment that we encountered a strange barrier."
Le Zhentian.
"How should I put it? That barrier wasn't formed from any form of conventional energy, but rather from some incomparably powerful Consciousness."
"Consciousness Barrier?"
Bai Qiuran somewhat curious.
For Cultivators and Immortals, Consciousness Barrier are not uncommon. After all, cultivation is accompanied by inner demons, and cultivators often set up such barriers within their Spiritual Platform when fighting against the invasion of inner demons.
But a colossal Consciousness Barrier stretches across the Void River and spans countless worlds is something unimaginable.
"Yes, in nature, it's no different from the Consciousness Barrier we set up within the Spiritual Platform. However, when we discovered that barrier, there was already an opening in its center. Some kind of invisible spiritual domain leaked out from that opening, spreading to several worlds near the barrier and forming inverted Consciousness World on the opposite side of those worlds. At the time, we didn't pay much attention and explored those Consciousness Domain. But suddenly one day, we discovered that some extremely terrifying gods and demons had been born in those Consciousness Domain and launched an attack on us. Only then did we Consciousness how serious the problem was."