[That same year, after emerging from secluded cultivation, you first summoned Hou Ba, who had been waiting in Snow City all this time, to your side and learned from him of the major and minor events that had occurred during the 180,000 years you had spent in seclusion.]
[Hou Ba reported quite a few matters, but only five pieces truly caught your attention. The first was that Ye Chen had encountered some trouble during this period, which Lu Yao had ultimately helped him resolve.]
[Afterward, Ye Chen was invited by Lu Yao to stay at Tianji Pavilion for a time, where he happened to catch the opening of the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, one of Tianji Pavilion's precious secret realms. Ye Chen, who had been staying in the Southern Realm, was deeply interested in the Purple Cloud Secret Realm. Once Lu Yao learned of this, she gave him a spot out of consideration for you.]
[Within the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, Ye Chen performed exceptionally well and obtained many treasures for Tianji Pavilion. When the gains were finally assessed, he took first place.]
[When Xue Qianxi, who presided over the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, learned that Ye Chen was your direct son and was not far from Dao Verification himself, he even rewarded Ye Chen with the Luofu Qingxiang Fruit, one of the two Fifth-ring Dao Treasures Ye Chen had obtained for Tianji Pavilion. This item was also an exceedingly rare Prove the Dao Treasure.]
[The second matter was also related to the first. After Ye Chen obtained the Luofu Qingxiang Fruit, he inevitably drew jealousy and was set up to have relations with Xue Qianxi's youngest daughter.]
[The one behind it was named Lu Xian. He was an exceptionally outstanding Elder of a collateral branch of the Lu Family,