Among the Five Emperors of Antiquity, the Golden Emperor had always kept a low profile. Quite a few legends about her had been passed down, but they usually revolved around the Peach Garden, the Jade Pool, and Female Immortals. Some mortals had even mistaken her for the Heavenly Emperor's wife, believing she seemed to preside over the Three Realms like a mother, when in truth she was merely his appendage. It was only when Liu Shuyu identified Wusheng Laomu as the "Jade Pool Golden Mother" that Meng Qi seemed to suddenly remember that one of the Five Emperors of Antiquity had actually been this person.
Even after she became Wusheng Laomu and was active during the Demonic chaos on Earth and the Human Emperor's reign, the deeds passed down to the present day could be counted on one hand. She certainly deserved the words "low-profile and mysterious."
Now it seemed that beneath the mask of "low-profile and mysterious," the Golden Emperor was an Empress with unfathomably deep schemes and far-reaching plans. She had been preparing for the tribulation and her ascension to the Other Shore from a very early date. In that regard, Gu Xiaosang had truly inherited her legacy. No wonder the Old Mother valued Gu Xiaosang—the Daoist anchor and the vessel for her return—above all others.
Whether Zhen Yuanzi was an incarnation severed by the Golden Emperor or had secretly pledged allegiance to her, Meng Qi had no way of knowing. Zhen Yuanzi was just as mysterious and low-profile, and few knew his origins. The only thing Meng Qi could be certain of was that the Wuzhuang Temple lineage was practically one and the same as the Jade Pool lineage.
"Did Lu Ya somehow glimpse this secret, and, because certain Other Shore Great Figures were watching him, find