[A treasure, or a question?]
[You looked at Patriarch Dixiang and the Devil Lord of All Living. "We can only choose one? Can't we have both?"]
[Patriarch Dixiang laughed. "Nephew, you and I think alike."]
["Only children choose. I want both."]
["But this opportunity is heaven-sent. Greed too far, and you won't be blessed enough to bear it. You can only choose one."]
[The Devil Lord of All Living said bluntly, "To have both, you would have to pass through the Strange Kingdom and debate the Dao with the legendary Emperor of Longevity, who attained the Earth Emperor's Dao. Only then could you leave."]
[Patriarch Dixiang laughed. "Nephew, you're only one step from forming a Great Dao Golden Core. You've made something of your cultivation. So your opponent would be the legendary Emperor of Longevity, born before heaven and earth were split, who endured 1,689,000,000 tribulations, commands the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and founded the Netherworld. What a fine opponent."]
[You felt rather helpless. The towering image you had held of Patriarch Dixiang, creator of the Great Origin One-Yang Sword, had shrunk by half. That mouth might as well have been smeared with poison.]
[The Devil Lord of All Living teased, "Why not give it a try yourself, fellow Daoist Dixiang?"]
[Patriarch Dixiang spread his hands. "I couldn't beat something the Emperor of Longevity shat out."]
[That drew a laugh from the Devil Lord of All Living.]
["Crude words, fellow Daoist Dixiang, but at least you know your limits."]
[You looked up at the red-haired evil ghost, the Emperor of Longevity's path-clearing child attendant. "What should we do now?"]
[Another doubt arose. "Has anyone actually met the Emperor of Longevity before?"]
[Patriarch Dixiang said, "First, I'll teach you the etiquette for an audience with the Emperor of Longevity."]
["As for