"I am Di Tian of the Douluo Continent, newly arrived in the Primordial World. I ask the Earth God to register my name."
Arriving at the Earth God Temple at the village entrance, Di Tian bowed without hesitation, his words earnest, then waited for the Earth God to summon him.
The time it took to drink a cup of tea soon passed, but there was no movement within the Earth God Temple.
Could the Earth God be away?
The thought had barely crossed Di Tian's mind when he suddenly saw the Earth God's statue flash, and an aged voice sounded beside his ear.
"Di Tian? What an arrogant name. Never mind, you're just an ignorant outsider. Your name has been registered. Go."
Once the voice fell silent, not another sound came from the Earth God Temple.
"This..."
Di Tian's heart sank halfway. He had not expected the Earth God here to be too indifferent even to appear.
It seemed his luck was not as good as that of Spirit Hall's young mistress.
On the Douluo Continent, quite a few humans were laughing at Di Tian.
"Hilarious! This Soul Beast is clever enough to copy Spirit Hall's young mistress, but unfortunately, the Earth God he met wouldn't give him any face."
"A Soul Beast wants to become a god too? Dream on."
Spirit Hall.
"I never imagined such a powerful Soul Beast existed."
Even Qian Daoliu was astonished. He had lived so long without knowing.
"Great Enshrined, now that the Douluo Continent has merged with the Primordial World, we won't need to hunt Soul Beasts anymore."
Some of the elders took a broad-minded view.
"That's true, but we mustn't let down our guard against Soul Beasts."
Beneath the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The atmosphere was extraordinarily frozen.
Even someone as powerful as Di Tian had been turned away at the door upon arriving in the Primordial World. This dealt the Soul Beasts a considerable blow.
The Primordial World.
Di Tian did not feel he had been slighted. He had a clear understanding of himself and knew he was nothing in the Primordial World.
If this road led nowhere, he would take another.
After thanking the Earth God, Di Tian walked toward the village.
"Outsider, did I just see you offering incense to the Earth God?"
Before he even entered the village, Di Tian met an old man.
"Yes, sir. I have only just arrived in this fine place, and I have already paid my respects to the Earth God."
Di Tian was very courteous.
"May I ask, sir, what territory is this?"
The old man puffed on his tobacco pipe. "We're under Pingshun City here."
"Pingshun City?"
Di Tian frowned slightly. "Sir, what I meant was, which continent are we on?"
"Which continent?"
The old man scrutinized Di Tian from head to toe. "Are you confused? We're on the Eastern Continent of Superior Body. Our Pingshun City has nothing to do with any other continent. Don't tell me you fell out of the sky?"
The Eastern Continent of Superior Body!
Those words sent a shudder through Di Tian.
He had arrived on the continent where Spirit Hall's young mistress's sect was located, but a continent in the Primordial World was bound to be absurdly vast.
Ignoring the old man's teasing, Di Tian suppressed his excitement and hurriedly asked another question.
"Sir, have you heard of Flower-Fruit Mountain?"
"Flower-Fruit Mountain? That sounds familiar." A thoughtful look crossed the old man's face.
Di Tian immediately grew excited and did not dare make a sound.
"I remember!"
Finally, after a long while, the old man slapped his thigh.
"When I was little, the earth dragon turned over once. I heard the adults say it was caused by something over at Flower-Fruit Mountain. That's a long way from here."
The old man pointed Di Tian in a direction.
Now Di Tian had a destination.
"I'm going to seek refuge with Qian Renxue!"
Even True Dragons pulled carriages for heavenly soldiers. With a bloodline inferior to a True Dragon's by who knew how much, surely he could serve as a Grass-Headed God under Qian Renxue?
"It's just too far away. I can't even see the outline of the mountain. I hope my journey goes smoothly. To be safe, I'll cultivate for a while first and improve my strength."
Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes, stood up, and took a moment to feel the changes.
"I feel so powerful. My Soul Rings and Martial Soul have all shattered, yet I've become stronger instead. How miraculous."
Compared to the changes in her body, however, what made her happier was the removal of the shackles on her heart.
"In the Primordial World, no one can bind me anymore. I'll choose my own path."
After briefly taking stock of herself, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes filled with wariness again.
"I need to figure out where I am before I switch cultivation methods."
Looking at the lush mountain range before her, Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly.
"My luck shouldn't be too bad. At least I'm not on the Western Ox Continent or the Northern Julu Continent."
As Zhu Zhuqing thought this, she suddenly spotted an ancient, unadorned Daoist temple on a mountain peak.
"Should I go up and take a look?"
Zhu Zhuqing hesitated repeatedly. Unfamiliar with both the place and its people, she did not dare wander about. In the end, she could only climb the nearby mountain.
Soon, Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the temple gates.
"Wuzhuang Temple?"
Seeing the plaque above the gates, Zhu Zhuqing read it aloud softly.
These were not characters she could read at all. They were not even the characters she had seen in the livestream. Instead, they resembled a kind of peculiar marking, yet their meaning flowed clearly into her mind.
"An immortal's abode of ageless life; a Daoist's home enduring as long as heaven."
She drew in a sharp breath!
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes instantly widened.
The weight of "enduring as long as heaven" was about the same as that of the title Great Sage Equal to Heaven she knew.
More importantly, she had heard the name Wuzhuang Temple from Earth Granny on the Light Screen!
Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, the master of Earth Immortals who possessed Ginseng Fruit, lived in Wuzhuang Temple!
The couplet at the entrance made this Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi's terrifying stature all the clearer.
Zhu Zhuqing was so excited that she could hear her own heartbeat.
The more she looked, the more extraordinary the temple seemed.
The Douluo Continent had also erupted into an uproar.
"This girl's figure is practically cheating!"
"Is that what we should be focusing on right now? She actually ascended straight to an Immortal's doorstep!"
"She's even luckier than Spirit Hall's young mistress. She might have a chance to get Ginseng Fruit."
Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang and the others collectively reached a frenzy of ecstasy.
"Hahaha! That's one of my Shrek Little Monsters for you! Xiaogang, did you see that?"
Flender laughed so hard that his glasses fell to the ground.
"Well done, Zhu Zhuqing!"
Dai Mubai shouted, "Save me a Ginseng Fruit! Then the two of us can inherit the Star Luo Empire's throne!"
Even Yu Xiaogang's eyes had turned red.
He roared inwardly, I, Yu Xiaogang, want Ginseng Fruit too! Why wasn't I the one who ascended?
Yet he showed none of it on his face, instead patting Tang San's shoulder.
"San, you see? With Zhu Zhuqing, we have an even greater chance of saving Xiao Wu."
"Once we ascend to the Primordial World too, we'll have Zhu Zhuqing give each of us a Ginseng Fruit. Then saving Xiao Wu will be very easy."
Tang San clenched his fists and nodded.
"You're right, Teacher. I just don't know whether Zhu Zhuqing can get inside Wuzhuang Temple."
Tang San felt a little regretful. Had he known, he would have given Zhu Zhuqing some hidden weapons.
"Don't worry, San. Have faith in your companions."
Tang Hao watched the Light Screen with a smile.
"But San, remember this: when you receive your companions' help in the future, you mustn't let them down either."
"Dad, I understand. Don't worry."
Seeing this, Tang Hao nodded in satisfaction.
When the time came, for the sake of the Ginseng Fruit, he could permit Zhu Zhuqing to marry a Soul Master of the Clear Sky Sect who had awakened the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. If their child had talent, he could reluctantly allow that child to formally join his Clear Sky Sect.
As for Dai Mubai, hmph, if he failed to know what was good for him, he could not blame Tang Hao.
On the Light Screen, Zhu Zhuqing was just about to go up and knock when, with a sudden creak, Wuzhuang Temple's gates opened with no one opening them.
Two young attendants walked out.
Zhu Zhuqing stared in a slight daze. These two attendants truly possessed an extraordinary bearing, transcendent and untouched by the mundane, like immortal dew and luminous pearls, making everyone else seem dull and dusty beside them.
Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly bent at the waist in greeting. "Zhu Zhuqing pays her respects to the two Immortals."
"My name is Qingfeng, and his name is Mingyue. Are you the outsider the master spoke of?"
Qingfeng and Mingyue looked Zhu Zhuqing over. When she straightened, the two exchanged a shocked glance.
"How old are you? How are they so big?"
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