Spirit Realm.
Beyond the heavens.
Fang Qing's true self sat cross-legged and suddenly opened his eyes.
The "Eastern Origin Fate-Commanding Responsive Divine Lord" failed in the end... As expected, a Guest Position could hardly yield a Year Guardian. It was a colossal trap...
That Blazing-Plume Harmonizing-Heaven Great Sage truly was the daughter of the Lunar Yin Year Guardian—a ruthless figure who had fought her way out of High Antiquity... Though she died an ignoble death at my hands, her schemes back then still forced the Kitchen Lord to die once... Whether he can fulfill his Dao Path in the future is anyone's guess.
After all, to seek the Dao, one needed the right time, the right place, and the right people. Not one could be missing!
The Kitchen Lord had failed to become a Year Guardian now and had lost many chances to seize the initiative. Even retreating to the Nether Bureau left him at a disadvantage. In the coming struggle for Golden Seats, he might no longer secure a place above the Year Guardians...
Next comes the Chariot Water arrangement, when the great Water Virtue Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands open...
Fang Qing left a wisp of his consciousness with the Breath-Nourishing Dao, where Invincible Duzi was responsible for keeping watch.
He devoted more of his attention to Beigong Wei.
Over on the Qi Refinement Way, Zhan Hongxiu took down that Fifth Rank True Spirit, but she was badly wounded... All right, lightly wounded, and she's preparing to bait another hook... With her cautious nature, she might really lie low until she's over two thousand before ascending to the Breath-Nourishing Dao... Though whether she ascends or not seems to make no difference to the larger picture...
Myriad Beasts Immortal Palace.
"Beigong Wei" suddenly opened her eyes. The brand between