Green Lotus Hall.
Inside a cave dwelling on a mountain peak, Zhu Huang did his utmost to study the Primal Unity Cauldron outside. His eye technique and comprehension limited him, and the cauldron had not fully revealed the laws of the Great Dao, exposing only fragments as it breathed in and out vital essence. Even so, he gained enormously from it. "My Dao is complete!"
Zhu Huang burst into laughter. Chains of law wove themselves between the Five Great Secret Realms within him as he began to create his own scripture.
He stepped out to stand in the Void beyond Green Lotus Hall, his figure slightly shorter than the Primal Unity Cauldron.
"Hall Master, this old man is untalented. Only today have I broken through the barrier to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, failing to live up to your cultivation of me. Once I advance, I shall serve as your mount to repay your great kindness."
His ringing voice carried over Green Lotus Hall, drawing the attention of countless cultivators, including White Tiger Daoist and Mountain Phoenix.
"Very well."
Stirred by his aura, Fang Yang heard Zhu Huang's declaration. A smile touched his face as he answered softly.
Delighted, Zhu Huang bowed from afar toward the heart of Green Lotus Hall, then headed into the starry reaches beyond the domain. There, he would undergo his tribulation and advance to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, beginning in earnest a life that would leave its name in history.
"That old fellow knows how to throw away his wrinkled old face. He hasn't kept a scrap of a Great Saint's—no, a Quasi-Emperor's—dignity."
Mountain Phoenix wore a Daoist robe and the appearance of an elderly man, with the air of a Quasi-Emperor rather than the sorry look of a balding rooster. Watching Zhu Huang, he shook his head