Patriarch Mu Yang!

"Pfft~~~~"

The Daoist Kong Fang choked on the wine he had just drunk, forgetting to put down the wine gourd in his hand. He stared in astonishment at Zhou Hao, who was practicing ' Taiji Fist ' in the hall.

Zhou Hao had already put away the animal skin boxing manual in his hand, his eyes slightly closed, and his arms outstretched as if he were holding a large ball.

Not only his upper body and arms, but also his legs were slightly squatting and rounded, his waist and back were also rounded, and his head and neck were bent into a circle like a goose.

As Zhou Hao's footwork swirled in circles, the invisible power of heaven and earth gradually formed even rings of white mist, like layers of smoke.

When the white mist and smoke touched the jade tables and wooden chairs in the hall, they seemed to have amazing elasticity, and with a 'whoosh' they bounced the tables and chairs away.

Zhou Hao, who seemed perfectly round all over, suddenly changed the white mist and smoke ring formed by the power of heaven and earth when he unleashed a blocking punch. The ring was both round and square, and then exploded like a giant gunpowder barrel, violently blasting in all directions.

"Buzz~~~~"

A golden aura of protection appeared out of thin air, shielding the entire hall.

With a flick of his wrist, Daoist Kong Fang neutralized and dispersed the energy blast that Zhou Hao unleashed.

But upon touching that energy, the smooth, round feeling in his hand brought a look of delight to Daoist Kong Fang's eyes.

"He's only seen the boxing manual for the first time, yet he's already grasped the true meaning of ' the Dao of Square and Circle '? I knew I wasn't wrong; this kid is extremely compatible with the Tai Chi Great Dao."

Tai Chi is the great way of application, and below it are countless smaller ways, all of which are ways of applying skills.

In the Taiji Fist Manual given to Zhou Hao by Daoist Kong Fang, the opening chapter expounds on the Dao of Square and Circle, which is also one of the basic techniques for understanding this great principle.

"A monster, a true monster!" Daoist Kong Fang exclaimed. "How long did it take me to comprehend the Dao of Square and Circle? Decades? Or hundreds of years?"

Daoist Kong Fang shook his head, no longer thinking about it. He just looked at Zhou Hao with admiration in his eyes, occasionally slurping up a mouthful of wine from his gourd, watching him become absorbed in enlightenment.

The back mountain of Profound Heaven Peak.

This is a forbidden area for the disciples of the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

The thick fog stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles, so thick that even divine sense could not penetrate it.

Immortal Feng Yu rode on auspicious clouds, and after leaving the Thousand Treasures Hall of Ten Thousand Ten Thousand Fires Valley, he gracefully flew over Profound Heaven Peak and went straight into the endless sea of clouds.

After flying through the sea of clouds for a while, a sudden bright light appeared before my eyes.

A mountain range, resembling a giant dragon, stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles, with countless floating peaks drifting in the void around it, radiating various colored halos.

At the lower jaw of the mountain range's dragon head, a majestic, blue-skinned giant lay supine beside the mountain.

The nearly 100-foot-high mountain wall was like a pillow to this blue giant.

Sensing the fluctuations of the Immortal Feng Yu, the azure giant opened its eyes, glanced at him, and then rolled over.

"Rumble~~~"

The entire earth trembled, followed by a thunderous snoring sound emanating from the blue giant.

The fact that the blue giant completely ignored him was nothing new to Immortal Feng Yu.

For a Void Return Divine Demon who has existed since the ancient era of gods and demons, it's perfectly normal for him to take a nap for millions of years.

Although it is currently in charge of the Mysterious Heaven Sect, by the time that god-demon wakes up, the sect leader will probably have changed countless times, so of course it won't care.

"Phew~~~"

Auspicious clouds soared above the Giant Dragon Mountain Range, and the Immortal Feng Yu soon arrived at a wide canyon.

The canyon is flat, and fields have been cultivated there. The heavy ears of rice bend over and sway from side to side when the mountain wind blows.

After entering the canyon, the Immortal Feng Yu descended from the clouds and landed on the ground. He walked like an ordinary mortal through the lush green vegetable fields and arrived at a small courtyard surrounded by four or five wooden houses.

"Patriarch Mu Yang, do you have guests?"

Upon closer inspection, Immortal Feng Yu noticed a celestial chariot parked in the small courtyard enclosed by a fence. He then saw cloud patterns bearing the characters ' Xia Mang ' and thought to himself, "Could it be the Left King?"

' Xia Mang ' is the royal surname of the Xia Clan Great World.

Although their Mysterious Heaven Sect has a close relationship with the Xia Clan royal family, ordinary members of the Xia Mang Clan are not qualified to know about the Mystic Heaven Upper Sect, let alone come to the Profound Heaven Realm and enter the Heavenly Immortal Ancestor's Academy in the ' Changliu Mountain Range '.

Those who could come here were among the few most favored by the Xia Emperor among the Heavenly Immortal Princes of the Xia Mang Imperial Family.

As for the Left King ' Xia Mang Zuo ', it is said that he is from the same sect as the Patriarch Mu Yang. When Immortal Feng Yu visited the Xia Clan's imperial city before, he had paid his respects to him. Therefore, it is assumed that this is the one who has come.

"Feng Yu, come in."

A gentle voice came from the wooden house in the courtyard.

Even before seeing the person, just hearing the voice made me feel warm all over, as if I were enveloped in the morning sun.

Immortal Feng Yu entered the courtyard.

Inside the simple wooden house, two figures sat casually chatting.

Both men appeared to be young; one was dressed in coarse cloth with soft facial features, while the other wore a bright yellow robe embroidered with a Yinglong pattern.

"Feng Yu, you've met the Left King before. Just say what you need." The young man in coarse cloth clothes said.

"Patriarch Mu Yang, Left King," Immortal Feng Yu bowed respectfully. "This disciple has just received a message from the Underworld. Lord Cui says that there has been much unrest in the Hungry Ghost Realm and Hell Realm recently, and he has ordered us to reinforce the barrier of the Netherworld Passage."

"Even the Underworld is showing signs of unrest?" Patriarch Mu Yang sighed softly, then said to the Left King beside him, "It seems His Majesty's concerns are not unfounded."

Left King nodded slightly.

There was an invisible barrier between them as they spoke, and even though Immortal Feng Yu was right next to them, he couldn't hear them at all.

"I will have Senluo wield my magic talisman and travel to the Abyss World."

Patriarch Mu Yang looked at Immortal Feng Yu, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Has anything important happened in the sect recently?"

As the Celestial Ancestor of the Mysterious Heaven Sect, Patriarch Mu Yang rarely interfered in the sect's affairs, leaving them to be managed by the sect leader and the head immortals of each peak.

It was only after the Left King came to recount this story that the Xia Emperor sensed an impending upheaval in the Three Realms, which prompted the Patriarch Mu Yang to ask an extra question.

"The Ancestor should know that Junior Brother Wuchen has become Earth Immortal and has been assigned to manage the Myriad Forms Hall," Immortal Feng Yu said respectfully.

"As for the others, Senior Brother Kong Fang's Second Primordial Spirit just survived a great tribulation that occurs once every nine hundred years. This time it was extremely dangerous, and I'm afraid the next one will be difficult for him as well."

"I asked Senior Brother Kong Fang before I came. If I'm planning to undergo the Celestial Immortal Tribulation, I should make plans early."

For the Celestial Ancestor, things like the sect gaining another Earth Immortal of the Void Return or Earth Immortal about to undergo tribulation are things worth reporting.

As for other trivial matters, such as the replacement of true disciples or the death of Primordial Spirit Daoist, they are not worth mentioning.

"Is Kong Fang about to undergo tribulation?" Patriarch Mu Yang nodded slightly.

"His Second Primordial Spirit is at the peak of the Void Return stage, and his main body cultivates both body and qi. Although it is suppressed at the primordial spirit level, his Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations are far beyond those of ordinary Loose Immortal and Earth Immortal."

"It's good to let the Second Primordial Spirit undergo tribulation first. If it can't even pass the Celestial Immortal Tribulation, then the main body's Heavenly God Tribulation in the future will be even more certain to end in death."

Whether it's the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, or the Celestial Immortal Tribulation and the Heavenly God Tribulation, they are all a guillotine hanging over the heads of all cultivators.

The difference is that the three calamities and nine tribulations are like being cut by a dull knife; the pain will only increase over time.

The Celestial Immortal Tribulation and the Celestial God Tribulation, however, are swiftly severed.

If you can survive this, you will live Xiaoyao in the world, free from any further calamities.

If one cannot survive, one will die and one's soul will perish; even if one becomes Loose Immortal immortal, it will only be a mere eternity.

"Yes, even Senior Brother Kong Fang wasn't confident. This time, he even took on a personal disciple to pass on his mantle," said Immortal Feng Yu.

"That miser has taken on an apprentice? Doesn't he always say that taking on apprentices is not worthwhile, that you don't get any treasures, and that you even have to put more money into it?" Left King shook his head and chuckled.

Patriarch Mu Yang smiled and asked, "What is the name of Kong Fang's disciple?"

"His name is Zhou Hao, and he's one of our newly admitted outer disciples, from the Xia Clan Great World."

"According to the information obtained from Lord Cui, Zhou Hao is a soul born of heaven and earth, and this is his first incarnation. He originally grew up in a small world within the Three Realms, but last year he suddenly and mysteriously appeared in the Great Wild Plains belonging to the Jade Dragon Sect."

"Judging from the information relayed by Yinglong Guard, Zhou Hao must have had a special encounter. After obtaining the Chiming Nine Heavens Map, he quickly became Xiantian Lifeform with exceptional comprehension and abundant fortune. In Jade Dragon City, he met my inner disciple ' Yushu ' and received a trial token, allowing him to enter the Profound Heaven Realm."

"Later, while meditating in the Myriad Forms Hall, he grasped a trace of the true meaning of the ' Droplet Great Dao,' which caught the eye of Senior Brother Kong Fang, who then took him as a disciple. He is nineteen years old this year and entered the Myriad Phenomena Realm three months ago, absorbing a total of 15,000 jin of Origin Liquid during his Purple Mansion cultivation."

Immortal Feng Yu spoke eloquently, revealing that he had uncovered almost all of Zhou Hao's past and present circumstances.

Of course, since no outsiders knew about the Red Dust Immortal Mansion and the Turtle-Snake Immortal Mansion, and the Whirling Turtle Clan was hidden in the Immortal Mansion and rarely appeared in the world, there was no record of them in the information obtained by Immortal Feng Yu.

That's detailed enough, even if it's just that.

Both Patriarch Mu Yang and Left King nodded in agreement.

"It's actually a primordial soul." Patriarch Mu Yang smiled and said, "Such a being has no chaotic memories of its past life, nor is it bound by complicated karma. It is truly a worthy candidate for cultivation. Kong Fang certainly knows how to choose disciples."

All living beings within the Three Realms, unless their souls are completely scattered, will return to the Underworld after death and be reincarnated in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

However, there is a very special kind: the innate soul born from heaven and earth.

These innate souls are born from the darkness and are directly born through the Six Paths of Reincarnation, appearing to be the same as normal living beings.

However, because they have no karmic connection from a previous life and are born of heaven and earth, they are even more favored by the Heavenly Dao.

Compared to the celestial beings who were reincarnated from past lives due to merit and blessings, in the eyes of powerful cultivators, beings with such innate souls are more suitable to be taken as disciples.

The simplest and most direct way to distinguish such beings is to check whether their past lives are recorded in the Book of Life and Death.

Patriarch Mu Yang heard the message from his friend, Lord Cui, that Zhou Hao was a being born with a primordial soul, he had no doubt whatsoever.

However, this was the only thing about Zhou Hao that earned him praise from Patriarch Mu Yang.

As for Zhou Hao's cultivation of the Chiming Nine Heavens Map, his comprehension of the Droplet Great Dao, his absorption of 15,000 jin of Origin Liquid, or some other special encounter that led him to appear in the Xia Clan Great World from the Small World, that is another story.

In his eyes, it was all just ordinary.

In the vast Three Realms, they had heard and seen far too many stories of mortals becoming immortal overnight by encountering powerful beings who could guide them. Zhou Hao's little bit of good fortune was naturally not worth their attention.

"Tell Kong Fang that I will personally protect him when his Second Primordial Spirit undergoes its tribulation," Patriarch Mu Yang instructed before dismissing Immortal Feng Yu.

"Senior Brother Mu Yang," Left King looked at Patriarch Mu Yang, "What have you thought about what we discussed earlier?"

"When my senior brother perished, I fled down to the Heavenly Realm. Fortunately, I received the help and protection of the Xia Emperor, which is why the Profound Heaven Realm exists today."

Patriarch Mu Yang sighed softly, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"The Yinglong Guard was established by us all in response to the Xia Emperor's decree... Our Xuantian lineage naturally bears this responsibility without hesitation."

"Very well," the Left King said with a smile. "I'll leave the South Sea matter to you, Senior Brother. I'll also have the Yinglong Inner Guard secretly provide assistance."

Patriarch Mu Yang nodded slightly.

Soon, when the Left King's celestial carriage left the valley, a group of immortals and Loose Immortal from the Changliu Mountain Range also followed and left the Profound Heaven Realm.