After that, Xiao Tian naturally settled down on the Three Immortal Islands, drinking wine and savoring tea with the Three Skies maidens, chatting about everything under heaven, discussing the Dao, and sparring.
During that time, Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit Holy Mother also paid a visit. Once they learned that Xiao Tian was Jiang Shang, there was naturally plenty of gratitude and celebration.
Speaking of which, Xiao Tian had even been the matchmaker for Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit Holy Mother. Had he not pierced the paper window between them and made each aware of the other's feelings, the normal course of events would have landed them both on the Investiture of the Gods. Even if they developed such thoughts afterward, they could never have become Dao companions, because the Heavenly Court's laws forbade immortals from indulging in romantic desire.
If their cultivation truly required it, they could instead reincarnate directly into a new womb and start all over again.
But that carried tremendous risk. Cultivating anew was dangerous, and not everyone possessed Eastern King Duke's resolve.
After all, once the Investiture of the Gods ended, Eastern King Duke had reincarnated and descended to the mortal world.
In just over a hundred years, he had once again succeeded in cultivation and entered the ranks of taiyi golden immortals. By now, he had even recovered his great luo golden immortal cultivation, made some friends, and become one of the Eight Xiao Yao Immortals. With his name absent from the Investiture of the Gods, he was one of the Heavenly Court's few free immortals.
Time flowed on, and four hundred years soon passed.
During that period, Xiao Tian went to Five-Finger Mountain to look in on his disciple and tossed him a few of his favorite peaches. Without showing himself or saying