Yuxu Palace had been bustling lately. Visitors arrived in an endless stream, bearing rare treasures and lavish gifts to congratulate the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
Only those at least at the Legend level could come bearing gifts, and even then, they had to have some past connection to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
Without such a connection, even an ordinary Great Divine Ability User of the Creation Realm could not gain entry.
This was a "Humble Abode" where learned scholars laughed and talked, and no commoners came or went.
Deep within Yuxu Palace, a large crowd surrounded a tiny child, watching her stumble through her first steps.
Ling'er, Meng Qi's daughter, did not seem quite to live up to her status as the daughter of two Other Shore Beings.
There had been something wondrous about her birth: within a few hours, she could speak and walk. But she had not been born knowing everything.
And that seemed to be the extent of her wonders.
She could not command lightning, had no innate Divine Abilities, and possessed no invincible physique.
She had not been born powerful. In terms of cultivation, she was still a mortal.
Well, not entirely a mortal.
At the beginning of the Lifetime World's cultivation system came Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment, followed by Meditative Qi Accumulation, and then Aperture Opening.
Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment required a calm mind to enter meditation without scattering or wavering, allowing True Qi to form naturally and fill the Apertures, then using it to open the Conception and Governing Vessels and other meridians.
Ling'er had no True Qi in her body, but all her meridians had been open since birth. In that sense, she had been born with half of Foundation Establishment complete.
Compared with her status as the daughter of two Other Shore Beings, though, that