Ye Fan, Wushi, Ruthless, and the others reaped even greater rewards.
They already stood at the pinnacle of Immortal Kings. Now, hearing Jiang Zhu expound on the Great Dao from a Quasi-Immortal Emperor's perspective, much of the mist that had troubled their cultivation paths cleared, and the road ahead grew clearer.
Blood qi thundered throughout Ye Fan's body, and extraordinary manifestations appeared around him of their own accord, seemingly transforming toward a higher level.
The hazy phantom of a great bell appeared above Great Emperor Wushi's head. Its tolls rang on and on, as though unfolding the true essence of time and space without beginning or end.
Light flowed through Ruthless Great Emperor's eyes, as though myriad Daos were being born and extinguished within them. Her aura grew ever more ethereal and unfathomable...
Jiang Zhu's lecture lasted nine times nine days-eighty-one days in all.
Throughout those eighty-one days, celestial flowers never ceased raining down, nor golden lotuses springing from the ground. Myriad Daos manifested, and endless auspicious wonders unfolded.
On the final day, Jiang Zhu finished his lecture and ceased his Dao sounds.
The beings below the platform were all immersed in a profound Dao realm, unable to return to their senses for a long time.
The entire great realm was silent, with only the lingering resonance of the Great Dao curling through the void.
"Jiang Zhu, just what sort of realm is Quasi-Immortal Emperor?" Ye Fan asked after a long while.
At Ye Fan's question, the Empress, Wushi, and the others all gazed solemnly at Jiang Zhu.
They wanted to understand the essence of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm and exactly how to break through to it. This question concerned the course of their own paths.
"Before answering that, I'd like to ask you a question." Rather than answer their