At present, the abilities he had mastered included: Automatic Evasion, Absolute Defense, Incense and Fire Stealing Heaven, Search Heavenly Secrets, Status Addition, Infinite Space, Cave Heaven True Sight, Instantaneous Refinement, and Capture and Seal.
Zhuang Yan let out a long breath. Though he had spent over seventy thousand points of Heavenly Dao Power, it had all been worth it.
"Now I can finally rest easy." He muttered to himself, then set every ability except Incense and Fire Stealing Heaven and Search Heavenly Secrets to remain permanently active. Since those two functions were bound to the Essence of Purity Meditation Method and Six Ren Divine Arts respectively, they had to be activated manually. Still, it made little difference, as they were auxiliary in nature to begin with.
After meditating briefly, Zhuang Yan realized that five hours had already passed and dawn was breaking.
Sensing Fire Spirit True Immortal's aura outside the retreat chamber, he asked, "What is it?"
Fire Spirit True Immortal replied, "Divine Lord, the Heavenly Court has dispatched Third Prince Nezha and celestial troops to descend and capture the rebels. They have joined Marshal Deng outside the divine residence. In addition, Zhao Qingsi, the imperial envoy from the Department of the Mortal Realm, is waiting in the Mountain God Hall."
"Oh? An edict for me?" Zhuang Yan rose and left the retreat chamber, finding Fire Spirit True Immortal standing in the courtyard.
"Let's go." He gestured, and the two immediately headed for the Mountain God Hall.
Inside the hall, Zhao Qingsi, the edict-bearing envoy from the Western Ox Continent, had been waiting for some time. Upon entering, Zhuang Yan smiled apologetically. "My apologies for keeping you waiting, Daoist friend."
Zhao Qingsi hurriedly rose and saluted. "Greetings, Spirit Platform Divine Lord."
Zhuang Yan stepped forward and asked, "May I know