Beacon fires fool the lords, the ancestors strike together

[Ding!]

[Main quest unlocked: King You of Zhou is preparing to fool the feudal lords with beacon fires to win a beauty's smile. Go see him and give him a mighty slap to knock some sense into him.]

[Quest reward: Zhuangzi (Dao essence · Complete edition)]

Zhuangzi?

Ye Zhuo opened the item description and took a look before he understood.

[Zhuangzi · Dao essence · Complete edition: Written by Zhuangzi, this work contains numerous cultivation methods, including methods for nurturing life, internal breathing, inner observation, longevity, carefree wandering, the North Nether Method, and the Kunpeng Method.]

This really was good stuff.

He left the Great Zhou library.

Ye Zhuo took out the Hourglass of Time once more.

After that conversation, many things had begun to fall into place.

The Highest World was, in fact, the Primordial World in its chaotic, unenlightened state.

The Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms also contained so-called Little Primordial Worlds. The realms of the Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West were, at most, just minor stops among them.

The worlds he had visited so far probably all contained pieces planted by powerful beings from the Highest World.

After everything he had done, there was no way he had escaped their notice. It was merely a question of who would break the stalemate first.

"There is always a higher heaven, always someone stronger. I must perfect my Dao arts and divine abilities before entering the Highest World, or I won't be able to establish myself there."

Ye Zhuo touched the Hourglass of Time with a finger, and space-time flowed backward once more.

It was easy to imagine.

In the eyes of the Highest World, the so-called Three Thousand Worlds were the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, like