Master and Disciple, Father and Son

"Whoosh~~~~"

Zhou Hao felt as if there were countless stars before his eyes and the space and time around him were changing. Before he could take a closer look, he had already appeared in the sky above the clouds for thousands of miles.

A dense aura of heaven and earth rushed towards him. Zhou Hao casually grabbed at the wisps of cloud in front of him, and the cloud landed in his palm, instantly turning into countless crystal-clear droplets of Origin Liquid, without the slightest impurity.

"Is this the Heavenly Realm?" Zhou Hao looked down.

Below, one can see a continuous range of mountains, covered with ancient trees, countless cliffs, and numerous waterfalls and clear springs cascading down.

In particular, those mountains are exceptionally tall, with mountain ranges spanning tens of thousands or even millions of miles, and countless peaks reaching tens of thousands of miles in height.

Zhou Hao had never seen such a scene even in the Great Xia World.

It should be noted that the Heavenly Brilliance Hall, where the Xia Emperor resided, was a towering 99,999 li high, making it the tallest and most magnificent behemoth in the Great Xia World, second only to Yinglong Divine Mountain.

Here, as far as Zhou Hao could see, there were several mountain peaks, some even tens of thousands of miles high, piercing the sky and soaring out of the Yunxiao, like pillars supporting the heavens and connecting with the earth.

"That's right, this is the Heavenly Realm." Xuandu Grand Mage smiled and said, "After the ancient Pangu World shattered, apart from the largest piece which was the battlefield at that time and turned into Ancient Ruins left in the chaotic void, the rest were transformed into the Heavenly Realm, the Underworld, and the three thousand great worlds and billions of small worlds."

"Although the Heavenly Realm is much smaller than the Pangu World, it is still vast and boundless. In terms of size, it is a thousand times larger than the Great Xia World. In addition, there are the cave worlds created by a group of powerful beings. All of this combined is comparable to the entire Human Realm."

Zhou Hao was stunned and held his breath.

It truly deserves to be called the Heavenly Realm, comparable to the entire Human Realm.

Looking down at the connection between the mountains, there are countless caves and stone platforms. Some of the caves are surrounded by gnarled old pines, lush and green, with bamboo stalks dotting the ground. There are faint traces of formations suppressing the fluctuations, clearly indicating that they are the cave dwellings of cultivators.

Zhou Hao spread his consciousness outwards, covering a radius of 100,000 li. Among the mountains and peaks, there were over a hundred caves, and the weakest among them were Earth Immortal of the Void Return, while the Primordial Spirit Daoist and Myriad Phenomena True Person were just small fry, numbering in the countless.

"Whose consciousness is being probed?"

"How dare you!"

Two streams of consciousness emanated from two caves less than ten thousand miles apart in the east. Then, an old Daoist priest in gray robes and a black-clad man surrounded by cold flames appeared in the air.

"Two Celestial Immortals within a mere 100,000 li radius!?" Zhou Hao exclaimed in surprise.

However, he rarely detected anyone when using his mental sense to probe the Xia Clan Great World, and it had become a habit. Little did he expect that this would lead to the appearance of two Celestial Immortals.

"Hmm?" Xuandu Grand Mage glanced sideways and looked down at him.

"Ah!"

"So it was a Grand Master!"

The two celestial beings felt a jolt in their souls. When they saw that the reckless young man who had been probing so brazenly was actually next to the Xuandu Grand Mage, they immediately bowed respectfully.

"Qiu Ji and Yin Huo, disciples of the True Immortal Jiming, pay their respects to Xuandu Grand Mage."

Xuandu Grand Mage glanced at the two celestial beings, ignored them, and turned to Zhou Hao, saying, "Junior Brother, let's go. We'll head to the Southern Heavenly Gate first."

"Okay." Zhou Hao was new to the Heavenly Realm and unfamiliar with the place, so he naturally listened to Xuandu Grand Mage in everything.

At the same time, he was secretly alarmed.

This is no longer the Great Xia World.

In the Heavenly Realm, where Celestial Immortals are as common as dogs Void Return Returners are everywhere, even slightly larger mountain ranges are inhabited by True Immortals and Gods. One can no longer freely probe with one's consciousness as before.

Wow~~~

Xuandu Grand Mage immediately took Zhou Hao and flew straight into the sky on a cloud.

"That was close."

The two celestial beings only dared to straighten up after the Xuandu Grand Mage's clouds had completely disappeared from sight.

"Old Ghost Qiu, who's that kid next to Xuandu Grand Mage?" the man in black transmitted his voice. "He looks like a greenhorn who just arrived in the Heavenly Realm."

"How should I know?" The gray-robed old Daoist shook his head. "Yin Huo, it's fortunate that you still knew to come out and take a look, instead of attacking first."

"Laozi 'm not stupid," the man in black said, still shaken. "If I dared to act recklessly in the Heavenly Realm, I'd be dead long ago."

"Luckily it was Xuandu Grand Mage. If we had encountered a celestial god or demon with a bad temper, this would have been troublesome. Recently, more and more tribal forces from various realms have been coming to the Heavenly Realm. We should go back and close our caves and not come out unless necessary."

The gray-robed old Daoist and the man in black exchanged a glance, then turned back to their residence and activated all the layers of array formations and restrictions.

After Zhou Hao was carried by Xuandu Grand Mage on a cloud for hundreds of thousands of miles, a layer of thunder, fire, and gale-force winds, tens of thousands of miles thick, appeared in front of him.

With the Xuandu Grand Mage by his side, the mere thunder, fire, and gale force were naturally no threat.

A faint golden light enveloped the two of them, and they flew straight through it, covering nearly tens of thousands of miles before arriving at a world shrouded in celestial clouds and fragrant breezes, resembling an endless sea of clouds.

There are towering, massive mountains on the ground, their peaks emerging from the sea of clouds like islands.

The array fluctuations emanating from it far surpassed Zhou Hao's previous explorations on the ground.

"This is the Cloud Sea Realm above the Heavenly Realm." Xuandu Grand Mage pointed to a colossal gate a million feet high on the distant horizon. "Once you pass through the Southern Heavenly Gate, you'll reach the Heavenly Court."

Zhou Hao looked over upon hearing this.

There stood a magnificent archway supported by two large pillars, its three large characters, "Southern Heavenly Gate," gleaming in gold and radiant with auspicious light, amidst swirling clouds and countless rays of rosy glow.

"Master, your disciple has arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate..." Zhou Hao murmured.

Whether in past or present life, the Southern Heavenly Gate and the Heavenly Court are among the most familiar places in Chinese mythology.

In particular, his master, True Person Daoyi, who raised him in this life, spent his whole life seeking the Dao Changsheng. His lifelong wish was to attain the Dao, become an immortal, ascend to the Heavenly Realm, enter the Southern Heavenly Gate, and join the ranks of immortals.

After cultivating in the Great Xia World, Zhou Hao understood that neither the Southern Heavenly Gate nor the Heavenly Court in this Wilderness World were as supreme as described in those Daoist classics.

Seeing that he was about to fulfill his master's lifelong wish, even with Zhou Hao's cultivation level, it was hard not to feel a surge of emotions.

Xuandu Grand Mage smiled slightly and, with Zhou Hao in tow, slowly flew towards the Southern Heavenly Gate on a cloud.

He knew that this was his junior brother's first time in the Heavenly Realm, and that the Heavenly Realm Heavenly Court had long been the subject of much discussion and had been turned into various stories throughout the Three Realms.

Some of those stories are true, some are false, and some even have wrong names, but no matter what, the Heavenly Realm and the Heavenly Court are the legitimate entities of the Three Realms. They are the central hub that maintains the operation of the Heavenly Dao and are longed for by countless cultivators.

"Master has been sending disciples into the Heavenly Court these past few years, seemingly intending to use this period of turmoil to restore the Heavenly Court's prestige. Junior Brother's sect in the Great Xia has also formed an alliance with the Heavenly Court, so we'll likely have to deal with each other quite often in the future."

For this reason, Xuandu Grand Mage did not directly break through the boundary and teleport to the Eight Views Palace, but instead took Zhou Hao on a tour first to familiarize him with the route.

Call!

After traveling through the clouds for nearly fifteen minutes, we finally arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Zhou Hao had already recovered and looked over curiously.

Beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate, beside two large pillars of blue jade from Lantian, stood two divine generals on each side.

The four divine generals were all ten thousand feet tall, each wielding a precious sword, a precious umbrella, a pipa, and leading a sable, just like the Four Heavenly Kings guarding the Southern Heavenly Gate in the mythological novels he had read in his previous life.

"Growth Heavenly King, Wide-Eyed Heavenly King, Nation-Holding Heavenly King, Much-Hearing Heavenly King ..." Zhou Hao's eyes lit up.

"Junior brother, you've also heard of the Four Heavenly Guardian Kings?"

"These four are among the top deities, serving as guardian deities of the Rulai, the leader of the Western Buddhist sect," said Xuandu Grand Mage. "If it weren't for the attack on the Underworld decades ago, which prompted the Rulai to order them to guard the Heavenly Court, we would rarely see them otherwise."

What!

The Four Heavenly Kings are actually four celestial beings?

Zhou Hao was shocked.

He still thought these four were just Void Return level gods and demons!

Should four celestial beings be appointed to guard the Southern Heavenly Gate?

It was the Buddha, the leader of Buddhism Rulai the order... This Heavenly Court isn't as weak as many ancient texts of the Great Xia Dynasty describe.

"High Mage, you jest."

With red skin, clad in armor, holding a precious umbrella, and possessing divine eyes on his forehead Wide-Eyed Heavenly King respectfully said, "Compared to the four of us, the Great Master is truly elusive, appearing only briefly and never returning. How come you've left the Eight Views Palace today?"

"By order of my master, I went to the Great Xia Dynasty and just brought my junior brother ' Zhou Hao ' to the Heavenly Realm," Xuandu Grand Mage said with a smile.

Junior brother?

The four Heavenly Kings all looked at Zhou Hao in surprise.

Have the Three Pure Ones) accepted disciples?

That's really strange.

Even the Jade Emperor was merely a nominal disciple of the Three Pure Ones, and longed to become their disciple day and night, but to no avail.

How did the Three Pure Ones quietly accept a Myriad Phenomena True Person as their disciple?

The four of them resided at Spirit Mountain, following the Buddha, and were quite familiar with the most powerful beings in the Three Realms.

Compared to the thousands of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and countless Arhats under the Rulai, the three lineages of the Three Pure Ones only have a dozen or so disciples in total, which can definitely be described as having very few disciples.

Of course, this refers to direct disciples.

If you include the disciples who are registered, the Three Pure Ones have hundreds of disciples, but compared to his status as the leader of the Dao Sect, they are still very few.

"Greetings, Four Celestial Gods." Zhou Hao bowed respectfully.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou," the Four Heavenly Kings returned the greeting politely.

Seeing that it was Xuandu Grand Mage, the eldest disciple of the Taiqing lineage of the Three Pure Ones, who was personally receiving them, the four Heavenly Kings naturally understood that this little creature of myriad Myriad Phenomena was no ordinary being.

"You four, please continue your duties. I need to take my junior brother back to report to our master." Xuandu Grand Mage nodded to the four Heavenly Kings and led Zhou Hao into the Southern Heavenly Gate.

"Grand Master, Fellow Daoist Zhou Hao, please make yourself at home."

The Four Heavenly Kings quickly stepped aside.

"Junior brother, this Heavenly Palace has thirty-three levels. From bottom to top, they are the Cloud-Dispatching Palace, the Pisha Palace, the Five Brightness Palace, the Lunar Palace, the Solar Palace, the Bliss-Transforming Palace, and so on. The highest level is the Dipper Ox Palace where the Jade Emperor resides."

"Each level of the Heavenly Palace contains various grand halls, totaling one hundred and eight, including the Court Assembly Hall, the Spirit Void Hall, the Treasure Light Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, and the Spirit Light Hall, among others. The grand hall in the highest level Dipper Ox Palace, is the Lingxiao Hall, where the Jade Emperor holds his daily court assemblies..."

After entering the Southern Heavenly Gate, Xuandu Grand Mage led Zhou Hao not along the Jade Path in the Heavenly Palace, but instead rode the clouds straight up, introducing each level of the Heavenly Palace as he went.

Zhou Hao looked at the countless golden-armored generals and heavenly soldiers standing on each level of the Heavenly Palace. Each of them held a halberd and whip and had an extraordinary aura. He estimated that there were nearly 100,000 of them.

Although he didn't use his mental sense to investigate, he could still vaguely sense that these golden-armored heavenly soldiers were all at the Earth Immortal Loose Immortal level, and the thousands of divine generals were all Heavenly Immortals, which made him even more puzzled.

"This doesn't seem like something that could be easily defeated and sent to the Heavenly Court by the ruler of a great world," Zhou Hao said, puzzled.

The strength that the Heavenly Court is displaying now is something that even the Xia Emperor would have to summon all the tribes and sects in the world to muster.

These are just the celestial soldiers and generals guarding the palace and displaying its majesty. It is said that there are also tens of millions of naval troops from the Milky Way, as well as the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Five Directions Attendants, the Five Qi True Lords, and other generals commanding hundreds of thousands to millions of celestial soldiers and generals...

Based on this calculation, there would be over 100 million Earth Immortal and Loose Immortal, and over 1 million Celestial Immortals?

That's a lie, isn't it?

"Senior Brother," Zhou Hao couldn't help but ask, "Why do the records about the Heavenly Realm in the books I read in the Great Xia Dynasty not seem to show much respect for the Heavenly Emperor? There are even many records of a great world lord from the Human Realm leading his immortals, gods, and demons to directly attack the Heavenly Realm and force the Heavenly Emperor to submit?"

"With the Heavenly Court's strength, it's not inferior to even an entire realm, let alone a single great world."

"Hmm." Xuandu Grand Mage nodded, "Apart from the Human Realm ruled by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race, the other smaller realms, consisting of only a few dozen great worlds, are indeed roughly the same in strength as the current Heavenly Court."

"The Heavenly Court today?" Zhou Hao's heart skipped a beat. "Does Senior Brother mean that the Heavenly Court is different now than before?"

"Of course they are different," said Xuandu Grand Mage. "Back then, when the ancient Pangu World shattered and the Three Realms were first formed, the Lady Nuwa, feeling the constant strife and chaos among the myriad races, wanted to create a new power separate from the various races to maintain order. Therefore, she ordered her disciple Holy Mother Xiling, and her Daoist partner, Donghua Emperor, to establish the Heavenly Court at the summit of the Heavenly Realm, in the ' Cloud Sea Realm '."

"Donghua Emperor? He was Senior Brother Lü's previous incarnation who founded the Heavenly Court?" Zhou Hao was taken aback.

"That's right," said Xuandu Grand Mage. "Donghua and Xiling were formed from the first wisp of Yin and Yang energy after the creation of the world. Their origins are extraordinary. Xiling was taken as a disciple by the Lady Nuwa, while Donghua became a disciple of the Free Dao Venerable."

"At that time, both of them were among the most outstanding Pure Yang True Immortal below the Dao Ancestors, and each had the backing of the Lady Nuwa and the Free Dao Venerable. Therefore, even though the Heavenly Court was newly established, other Dao Ancestors and powerful beings had to give it face. With the Heavenly Court coordinating the relations between various powerful tribes, many unnecessary battles were avoided, and the newly formed Three Realms quickly stabilized. At the same time, the Heavenly Court also established its orthodox position in maintaining the order of the Three Realms, and could be called the ruler of the Three Realms. No one below the level of a powerful being dared to disobey it."

"But later, Lady Nuwa entered the endless chaos for an extremely important matter and never returned. Although the Free Dao Venerable was powerful, he was still far inferior to Lady Nuwa's invincible Pangu God Realm."

"Over time, those powerful immortals and celestial beings who held sway over their own territories became accustomed to ruling alone in their own domains and naturally became unwilling to submit to the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction. In addition, with some powerful figures stirring things up behind the scenes, the Heavenly Court was hampered at every turn, and gradually its status declined significantly."

Seeing this, Xiling and Donghua were unwilling to let Lady Nuwa's painstaking efforts go to waste, so they cultivated even more diligently. Finally, Xiling comprehended the Yin Heavenly Dao and became the Dao Ancestor.

"This was an excellent opportunity to restore the Heavenly Court's prestige. If Donghua had become a Dao Ancestor, with the two Dao Ancestors joining forces, and with the support of close powerful figures like the Free Dao Venerable and his master, this matter would have been accomplished." Xuandu Grand Mage shook his head and sighed, "Who would have thought that perhaps haste makes waste, and the more one expects, the less likely it is to be achieved? Perhaps his ambition was too great, hoping that becoming a Dao Ancestor would be the pinnacle. In any case, Donghua cultivated diligently for countless years, but he could never take that final step, and in the end, in a fit of anger, he committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Zhou Hao was speechless.

Is he that short-tempered?

As if seeing through Zhou Hao's thoughts, Xuandu Grand Mage laughed and said, "In ancient times, many powerful beings who had already become True God Dao Ancestor set restrictions within their true spirits in order to break through their strength, committing suicide to enter reincarnation and cultivate anew. Our teacher, who was the Chaos True God ' Primordial Heavenly Venerable ' at the time, was the first powerful being to do so."

"A teacher committed suicide? Was he the first person to do so?"

Zhou Hao was speechless.

Does suicide really inspire a bandwagon effect?

etc.

"Primordial Heavenly Venerable?" Zhou Hao looked at Xuandu Grand Mage in surprise. "Isn't Master Supreme Pure Dao Venerable, one of the Three Pure Ones?"

"It is Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and also Supreme Pure Dao Venerable." Xuandu Grand Mage nodded. "Primordial Heavenly Venerable is the body of the Chaos True God in my teacher's previous life, Supreme Pure Dao Venerable is the human body in my teacher's current life, and there is also Spirit Treasure Heavenly Venerable, which is the body that my teacher transformed from a Chaos Treasure."

"Because after the teacher was reincarnated, he comprehended the Yin Heavenly Dao, became a Dao Ancestor, and awakened the memories that were sealed in his true spirit. He once again took control of the Yang Heavenly Dao and the Destruction Heavenly Dao, and his strength immediately increased dramatically. He also comprehended the method of One Breath Transforms into Three Pure Ones into Three Pure Ones, and reunited the three Dao Ancestor avatars. Therefore, he called himself the Daoist Sanqing and was revered by the Three Realms as the Three Pure Ones."

Is the Three Pure Ones of this Wilderness World a single person?

Zhou Hao was somewhat bewildered.

This is completely different from the Dao Sect scriptures I've read... Even the ancient fantasy web novels I read in my previous life only had the setting that Pangu fell and his soul transformed into the Sanqing Ones, but they never said it was the same person!

"Many people in ancient times knew about this; it wasn't a secret. However, most of the ordinary True Immortals and Heavenly Gods who achieved enlightenment after the birth of the Three Realms were unaware of it. Also, because the Master's three Dao Ancestor incarnations each had their own titles and Daoist temples, and his disciples were divided into three lineages, they were simply regarded as three Dao Ancestors. The Three Pure Ones were just a collective term for the three Dao Ancestors," Xuandu Grand Mage explained. "In fact, for us disciples, it makes no difference which incarnation of the Master it is."

Depend on!

Zhou Hao was excited.

It's like winning the lottery, only to find out when you go to claim your prize that you actually placed a multiplier bet, a triple bet.

Heaven knows that Zhou Hao had been wondering if the Wilderness World might feature the internal strife among the Sanqing, or the conflict between the Chan and Jie factions, as seen in other prehistoric novels.

That's good, no need to worry anymore.

The Sanqing are actually the same person!

"Our teacher was willing to commit suicide and delve into the cycle of reincarnation in order to break through his strength. He truly has great perseverance and determination, which makes his disciples yearn for it," Zhou Hao exclaimed.

Xuandu Grand Mage looked at his junior brother with some doubt.

You're saying there's nothing wrong with your sighs and your words, so why are you laughing so happily?

What I'm about to say is quite serious...

Zhou Hao realized that Xuandu Grand Mage was looking at him, and immediately understood.

broken.

I was so happy I couldn't stop laughing.

"Senior Brother." Zhou Hao quickly suppressed his smile, trying to divert attention by continuing to ask, "What happened to Senior Brother Lü after his suicide in his previous life? What happened to the Post-Heaven?"

Xuandu Grand Mage continued, "Xiling disagreed with Donghua's decision to reincarnate and commit suicide, believing it to be too risky. However, Donghua had already made up his mind and, disregarding all objections, directly entered the cycle of reincarnation and then committed suicide. Because he committed suicide within the cycle of reincarnation, his true spirit naturally reincarnated. By the time Xiling realized it, it was too late."

"Xiling was inherently strong-willed and disliked others going against her wishes. She also believed that Donghua had reincarnated because he couldn't bear to see her become stronger, and had even abandoned the Heavenly Court. Therefore, in a fit of pique, she created the Jade Pool Wonderland in another part of the Cloud Sea Realm, calling herself the ' Jade Pool Golden Mother,' and from then on, she no longer cared about the affairs of the Heavenly Court. Without the two of them, the Heavenly Court naturally fell into chaos, and its prestige plummeted."

Zhou Hao shook his head.

With the two most powerful figures in Heavenly Court resigning one after the other, it's no wonder things are in chaos.

"Later, a group of powerful beings discussed and decided to establish a new Heavenly Emperor, who later became known as the ' Haotian Supreme Emperor '. Although Haotian Supreme Emperor's strength was considerable among the True Immortals, he did not have a prominent powerful backer. Previously, out of respect for Lady Nuwa and Free Dao Venerable, the disciples of those powerful beings who dominated their respective regions at least maintained a semblance of respect. Now that Haotian Supreme Emperor had arrived, they naturally had no more scruples." Xuandu Grand Mage sighed.

"The events you know about the Great World's attack on the Heavenly Court mostly occurred during the reign of the Haotian Supreme Emperor. Later, even the Haotian Supreme Emperor was beheaded by the God of War Xing Tian, and in the end, nothing came of it."

Zhou Hao nodded.

Xing Tian was a general under the Ancient Imperial Clan and was extremely skilled in battle. Xia Emperor was also from the Ancient Imperial Clan, and there were many records of the illustrious achievements of the Ancient Imperial Clan in the Yinglong Guard. He had read them before.

It is said that Xing Tian had a conflict with the Haotian Supreme Emperor at the time, so he directly attacked the Heavenly Court.

Although the Haotian Supreme Emperor had some celestial gods and immortals by his side, they could not withstand Xing Tian. In the end, it was only through the Haotian Supreme Emperor's desperate efforts that he was able to suppress Xing Tian, and even cut off Xing Tian's head as punishment. After all, as a god and demon, Xing Tian would not die even if his head was cut off.

Unexpectedly, Xing Tian was too arrogant and felt humiliated. He actually broke through from a celestial god to a true god. After his head was severed, he did not grow a new head. Instead, he used his nipples as eyes and his navel as a mouth and killed the Haotian Supreme Emperor on the spot.

The poor Heavenly Emperor, timid and hesitant, ultimately could not escape his fate of perishing in the Heavenly Court. Xing Tian, on the other hand, was already a true god and a powerful being, protected by the Ancient Imperial Clan. The other powerful beings did not care much, and the matter was left unresolved.

In truth, this was a glorious deed of the Ancient Imperial Clan, but it was also a humiliating event that completely brought down the Heavenly Court from its divine pedestal.

"Later, it was the teacher who couldn't stand it anymore," Xuandu Grand Mage continued.

"At this time, Donghua's reincarnation, Lü Dongbin, had also embarked on the path of immortality, displaying astonishing talent. His teacher took him under his wing, intending to cultivate him to reconcile with Xiling and regain control of the Heavenly Court. However, Donghua's personality had drastically changed in this life; he was unrestrained and dissolute, and had no desire to rule the Heavenly Court. Seeing this, Xiling declared that unless Donghua regained his memories and his cultivation surpassed hers, she would never see him again."

"Seeing this, the Master had no choice but to select another person of great virtue, talent, and fortune. After enduring 1,750 kalpas, each lasting 129,600 years, the Master accepted the person as a disciple, bestowed upon them the Sanqing Ones Talisman, and conferred upon them the title of Jade Emperor, allowing them to rule the Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, the Master's avatar, the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable, established the ' Eight Views Palace ' outside the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Heavenly Palace, personally overseeing the Heavenly Court. He also ordered his disciples to enter the Heavenly Court to receive divine duties and gain experience. At the same Rulai, he consulted with the Buddhist leader, the Tathagata, to jointly support the Heavenly Court, and gradually, the present-day situation came about."

"I see," Zhou Hao said, suddenly understanding.

With the Crimsonbright Domain under the command of the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor possessing such strength, and with the power and influence of the Master, the leader of the Daoist Dao Sect, along with the combined efforts of the Buddhist sect, it's no wonder that the Heavenly Court is so prosperous today.

However, what Zhou Hao found most interesting was his senior brother, Lü Dongbin.

The renowned Jade Pool Golden Mother, also known as the Queen Mother of the West the West in countless stories, was actually his Daoist partner in a past life, and is now a powerful Daoist ancestor...

No wonder Lü Dongbin enjoyed playing around in the world so much, and he especially loved matchmaking for lovesick men and women.

Having a strong-willed and powerful past life partner waiting for him to conquer and reunite with must be quite a lot of pressure.

Zhou Hao thought to himself with a touch of wicked humor.

The two brothers chatted about ancient secrets and anecdotes of the Heavenly Court, flying along auspicious clouds until they finally arrived at a hazy world.

This place has reached the highest point of the Heavenly Realm, and one can even see the endless stars of the chaotic void above.

Ancient, eternal, Chaos Stars hang in the sky, seemingly within reach.

The vast stellar power seemed endless, entering the body with every breath without needing guidance, even more easily than when Zhou Hao cultivated with Chaos Star Fragment in the Red Dust Immortal Mansion.

A simple, ancient Daoist temple stood beneath the endless stars, making Zhou Hao, who had seen the extravagance of the Heavenly Palace, feel somewhat out of place.

"This is the Eight Views Palace?" Zhou Hao asked Xuandu Grand Mage.

The Supreme Pure Avatar of the Three Pure Ones, one of the most powerful beings, lives here?

It's not only rustic, but also too deserted.

"Of the three avatars of our Master, only the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain has more disciples because it is the ancestral home of the Dao Sect, and several Daoist patriarchs cultivate there together," Xuandu Grand Mage said with a smile. "In my Taiqing lineage, besides myself, Donghua, and you, my junior brother, are my direct disciples. Other nominal disciples are not allowed to come without our Master's summons, therefore..."

Zhou Hao understood.

To put it bluntly, with Lü Dongbin gone, he and his senior brother were all that mattered.

At this moment, Zhou Hao saw two children dressed in gold and silver robes, with two cute little horns on their heads, skipping and hopping out of the Daoist temple.

Hmm, plus two more Daoist boys.

How peaceful!

"Senior Uncle, Grandmaster has already instructed that there's no need to announce our arrival; Junior Uncle can simply enter the Daoist temple by himself," the Golden Horn Daoist boy said with a smile.

The other Silver Horn Daoist boy remained silent, merely observing Zhou Hao with curiosity, and then transmitted his voice to the Golden Horn Daoist boy, saying, "Senior brother, this junior uncle is so weak."

"Junior Uncle is only at the Myriad Phenomena Realm, of course he's weak. Silver Horn, don't offend Junior Uncle and break the proper order. Grandmaster wants to see Junior Uncle alone, and even chased us out, so he must like him very much," Golden Horn Daoist replied.

On the other side, Zhou Hao was naturally unaware of the secret whispers between the two Daoist disciples. However, he was still amazed to realize that even these two children possessed the cultivation level of the Dao Sect leader."

"Junior brother, you will see our master once you enter the Daoist temple. I will return now," Xuandu Grand Mage said with a smile. "If you need anything, you may find me in the Purple Light Hall."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother." Zhou Hao bowed respectfully.

This senior brother had a gentle temperament and told him many ancient secrets along the way, for which Zhou Hao naturally remembered.

After the Xuandu Grand Mage departed, Zhou Hao entered the Daoist temple alone.

This place looks ordinary, but it actually has more than ten palaces, although the doors of each palace are tightly closed.

Zhou Hao didn't dare to trespass, and simply walked deeper into the quiet corridor.

After passing through two Dao Sect, a clearing suddenly appeared before them, with many prayer cushions laid out on it.

In front of those futons was a set of steps, and on the steps was another futon.

An elderly man with white hair and a white beard, dressed in a loose Daoist robe, was sitting on the prayer mat.

The white-bearded, white-haired old man sat cross-legged, and wisps of star power descended from the chaotic void, transforming into five-colored clouds that spread around him, as if he were wearing a robe.

"The Supreme Clarity Moral Heavenly Venerable," Zhou Hao murmured to himself.

Indeed, the old man before him, except for not holding a feather fan, was exactly the same in appearance and demeanor as the image he had visualized using the "Supreme Clarity Moral Heavenly Venerable Visualization Technique" he practiced.

You should know that the image he visualized was drawn by his master, True Person Daoyi, himself!

But my master is just a mortal; how could he possibly depict the true appearance of the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable?

Could it be that Master has met the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable?

Could it be that the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable had already taken notice of me?

That's why, right at the start of the Immortal Fate Assembly, as soon as I grasped the Taiji Power, I asked my senior brother to go and guide me.

And could my sudden transmigration to the Xia Clan Great World in this life also be a covert arrangement by the Supreme Pure Dao Venerable... because of the innate Daoist markings on my arm?

Many thoughts flashed through Zhou Hao's mind, and he even forgot to go and pay his respects.

At this moment, Supreme Pure Dao Venerable opened his eyes, saw Zhou Hao, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Changsheng, have you mastered the Taiji Fist that your master taught you?"

Master?

Zhou Hao's eyes widened in surprise as he saw that the white-bearded, white-haired old man in front of him had somehow transformed into a gaunt old Daoist priest with white hair and beard.

The way he looked at me was exactly the same as the way my master, 'Master True Person Daoyi, ' had appeared in my dreams countless times.

Especially that sentence... that's the question Master would always ask when checking my homework!

"Master?" Zhou Hao's eyes instantly reddened.

The gaunt old Daoist priest smiled gently and nodded slightly.

"Master!" Zhou Hao took two steps to the thin old Daoist's prayer mat and threw himself on his master's lap just like when he was a child. Tears streamed down his face, quickly soaking a large area of the thin old Daoist's robe.

"Master, Changsheng misses you so much!"

"Changsheng thought he would never see you again, Master!"

"When I arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, Changsheng was still thinking of becoming a celestial immortal after taking you as a disciple. No matter how difficult it was, Changsheng was determined to guide you in your cultivation."

"Master, Master..."

"Foolish child, foolish child." The gaunt old Daoist reached out and stroked Zhou Hao's head, his face showing emotion.

Hearing his master's familiar voice and feeling the familiar warmth in his palm, Zhou Hao was even more excited.

This moment.

What immortal path?

What Daoist Venerable or Daoist Ancestor?

Nothing matters anymore.

Most importantly, the person who raised me to adulthood, who was like a teacher and a father to me, is still alive!

As I wrote this, I thought of my grandfather, and it made me cry. Luckily, no one was around...

I can't keep going anymore; I'm just a little short of 10,000 words.

To be continued tomorrow.

I made some changes to the Heavenly Realm, the Heavenly Court, and the Three Pure Ones. Anyway, the original work either didn't mention them or didn't describe them in detail.

Now that it's my turn to write, it's natural that I get to decide.

Don't argue with me, guys. Arguing is just for fun.

Also, I haven't checked the backend messages in a long time.

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