"Disciple Shui Wuxin requests an audience with the Dao Ancestor."
Outside the doors of Wanshou Palace's bedchamber, Shui Wuxin bowed deeply and earnestly requested an audience.
Wanshou had given instructions before entering seclusion: without a summons from the Dao Ancestor, no one dared enter without permission. Though Shui Wuxin was an eighth-rank Celestial Venerable, he did not dare act presumptuously in Wanshou Palace.
If the situation had not been urgent, Shui Wuxin would not have come directly to knock on the door and request an audience.
Deep within the bedchamber, Wanshou also awakened from meditation. Her gaze shifted, and when she discovered that Gao Xian had already left, she instead let out a breath of relief.
The Great Dao of dual cultivation was wondrous beyond measure. Gao Xian had used some unknown method to excavate all the Innate Supreme Yin spirituality within her soul.
After cultivating for a million years, this was the first time Wanshou had understood her own soul so deeply.
Even ninth-rank powerhouses could not maintain the vitality of their bodies and souls for extended periods.
After enduring a heavenly tribulation every several tens of thousands of years, ninth-rank powerhouses would choose to venture deep into the Thirteen Heavens of Nine Firmaments, absorbing as much Innate Primordial Qi as possible to reshape body and spirit, thus preserving a cultivator's life force and vitality.
Though she had lived for a million years, her body, mind, and soul were actually quite young. She merely possessed sufficient cultivation, wisdom, and experience.
Having reshaped her body and spirit many times, Wanshou had thought she already understood them well enough.
Only through this dual cultivation did she discover that her soul possessed deeper layers still, concealing many secrets. This dual cultivation had given her a more profound understanding of herself and of