Jade Pool Palace

"His Majesty!"

"The methods of evasion are complicated; what can you do if he doesn't practice them?"

"But..."

"He's currently busy refining Nine Treasures Wine, so he probably won't have time to do a demonstration!"

"But he mentioned today that he won't stay in Kunlun for long. If we don't hurry, he'll probably go down the mountain again!"

"Oh?"

The Emperor was in a so-so mood, so he didn't act very quickly.

It wasn't until the Emperor and Empress mentioned that Zhang Xuezhou might come down from the mountain that he put away his fishing rod and stood up by the lake.

While it's true that you may be in a bad mood, you can't dwell on the past; you need to look to the future.

That was a future that the Emperor faced with an uncertain future, yet it was a future he had to confront.

Even though he possessed a lifespan far exceeding that of many great gods, he would still be nothing but dust after the passage of time, and living in this small world felt more like spending his days in a cage.

"I swear that I will never leave Western Kunlun in this lifetime, and I have Hongjun seal a mark in my body, leaving only the path of breaking through the void and transcending," the Emperor murmured.

"The method to control that mark should be in the hands of the Three Pure Ones. As long as we can finish this quickly, everything will be settled," the Empress said. "We are all old and dying here; it's impossible for the Immortal Court to still have many great immortals!"

"After all, they controlled the Great Zhou for eight hundred years; they still have considerable resources!"

The Emperor waved his hand.

Without absolute certainty, storming the Immortal Court would be a poor strategy.

They may need to find an opportunity to catch the Immortal Court off guard, or the only option is for the Emperor and Heavenly Court to lead the Immortal Court to attack and settle the Heaven and Earth.

Both of these require the Immortal Court to suffer a major collapse and the secret realms to become incompetent before they can have a chance to emerge.

The Emperor is bound by Oath Incantation and cannot leave the palace, but if no one triggers the Oath Incantation, all oaths will cease to exist.

Ultimately, the Oath Incantation that the Emperor bears is a kind of Curse. He can choose to either leave the Three Realms and distance himself from them, kill the one controlling the curse, or live a quiet life until his natural death.

The Emperor tends to transcend the Three Realms and achieve immortality, while the Empress tends to destroy the Immortal Court, causing this power that has collapsed for a hundred years to perish, thereby freeing the Emperor from the constraints imposed upon him.

"Unfortunately, Great Qin is still just a little bit short," the Emperor and Empress sighed.

"A century has passed; reminiscing is futile!"

The Emperor rose and walked toward the exit of the Wondrous Dharma Palace.

"Now that the candidates for the century-long agreement have been chosen, Zhang Xuezhou and Cai Ma will be the ones to accept the challenge when the time comes," the Emperor said. "We'll discuss any opportunities that arise later!"

"How should Your Majesty promote Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation at this time, or guide him to practice evasion techniques?"

"I can't force him to cultivate," the Emperor waved his hand and said, "I'll go to ' Mr. Ren ' before he falls into a deep sleep to check on him and see if I can glean any secrets!"

"Alright!"

The Emperor and Empress nodded.

The Empress was not afraid of what the Emperor did; she was afraid of what he did not do, that he would lose interest in everything, and that he would eventually perish like the Golden Crow Great Emperor, slowly sinking into oblivion.

This situation is not an isolated case in the Kunlun Sacred Land, but a common phenomenon.

Some top players even had to resort to forced sleep to avoid this tedium; some survived, but many did not.

No one, human or god, can be confined in a cage for long, no matter how beautifully constructed. As long as one has the perception of a cage, it means constraint, as well as dullness and monotony.

Everything in the Kunlun Sacred Land was quiet, except for the Jade Pool Palace, which was a little noisy.

Seeing the Emperor depart through the Earthly Branches Shifting Plate, the Empress also sighed deeply.

The ruler was neither a ruler nor a subject; the Kunlun Sacred Land was deathly silent, a sight she could no longer bear.

When the teleportation disk was turned, the Emperor and Empress reappeared at the Jade Pool Palace.

Jade Pool Palace naturally has a pool, though it is not as large as the lake in the Wondrous Dharma Palace, but it is a spiritual spring, which is excellent for both drinking and nourishing the body.

Men don't appreciate beauty or supple skin, but women are very fond of it.

It is precisely because of their different desire for beauty compared to men, and their pursuit of preserving youth in their bodies, that the goddesses of Jade Pool Palace are more energetic than the male gods in other areas. Not only can you hear the goddesses exchanging voices, but you can even occasionally hear laughter.

Have Xuan Nu and Bi Xia returned?

The emperor and empress asked a question, and a response immediately came from the side hall of Jade Pool Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Goddess Xuan Nu and the Jade Maiden Bixia have not yet returned from the Peach Garden!"

"Should we take some water from the Jade Pool to water those peach trees?"

"This Zhenyuan just quits whenever he wants, what a waste of all the favors the Emperor and Empress have given him over the years!"

"Peach Garden Palace is really no fun. All we see every day is peaches, peaches, and more peaches. Perhaps Divine Lord Zhenyuan) is getting tired of counting them!"

As the voices faded, several scantily clad goddesses emerged from their respective side halls.

"His Majesty has chosen the Holy Son, and I have also invited him to Jade Pool Palace whenever he has free time. Please don't dress too scantily, lest you be seen naked!"

The emperor and empress pointed at the goddesses, then at some of their exposed body parts, which made the goddesses laugh and giggle.

"If you see it, you'll revert to your original form!"

"Since the body isn't wearing any clothes, wouldn't that expose even more, and wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?"

"What is the Holy Son's true form? Can he have children with us? As long as we can have children, I don't mind being seen by the Holy Son. It'll be a good opportunity to seduce him!"

"She's in heat again!"

"You're already a thousand or eight hundred years old, why are you still thinking about having children!"

The Emperor and Empress gave a reprimand, and the goddesses laughed and joked, but they also became more restrained to avoid going too far.

With the Emperor and Empress's reminders, the goddesses couldn't help but want to go out and see the Holy Son.

Cai Ma had already been chosen as the Holy Maiden, but the Emperor and Empress never mentioned the Holy Son.

Now that the Emperor and Empress have spoken, the name of the Holy Son has clearly been recognized in recent times, making all the goddesses curious to see what new talent has arrived in Western Kunlun.

"Isn't it that little one-eyed snake?"

One of the goddesses cautiously inquired, and only after the emperor and empress shook their heads did she become overjoyed.

"As long as it's not that little one-eyed snake, no one can withstand his body!"

"Snakes are promiscuous; it's better if it wasn't him!"

"The main problem is that the children born from him won't be good-looking. Only a dragon demon would be a suitable match for that little one-eyed snake!"

"You guys shouldn't be thinking about having babies all the time!"

"What else can women talk about if not about men behind their backs?"

The goddesses in Jade Pool Palace were extremely open-minded. Having lived for thousands of years, they knew everything they needed to know, and there was not a hint of awkwardness in their discussions.

This forced the Emperor and Empress to specifically remind him.

"The Holy Son still has to participate in the competition of the Centennial Agreement. He already has some health problems, so you must not do anything reckless that could harm his health," the Emperor and Empress instructed.

"A century-long promise?"

"It'll be almost ten years from now?"

The goddesses were slightly disappointed, feeling that there were now more hurdles to overcome in seducing the Holy Son.

Since the Emperor and Empress had said so, they had no choice but to obey.

In an instant, the goddesses' attire went from light and revealing to barely concealing themselves, and then to Heavenly Robe robes and armor covering their bodies, their brows losing their elegance and gaining a touch of sternness.

After reporting to the Emperor and Empress and learning the location of the new Holy Son, the goddesses left Jade Pool Palace with serious expressions to go and see what was going on.