"The Lord of Wu Wang Temple is in seclusion again? This is really diligent during the current great battle."

"Didn't the Lord of Wu Wang Temple say before that he was pondering how to deal with the Deputy Deity of Lifespan's Great Dao of Lifespan, and was about to make a breakthrough, but was disturbed by the people sent by Vice Minister Wang."

"Sigh—If this breakthrough is lost, it will be a great loss for our Human Realm!"

"It's not just the Human Realm, it will be a major loss for all living beings in the world."

In that valley, Wu Wang and Ling Xiaolan were in seclusion.

A ball surrounded by the two qi of Yin and Yang shone with a faint light, and you could vaguely see the two figures sitting inside;

There were also a dozen or so experts guarding the surroundings, and Master Liu had already ordered everyone not to disturb them.

After Lin Nu Hao appeared, there was no more news.

The powerful gods returned to the Heavenly Palace outside the long wall, and the experts of the Human Realm continued to lurk on the earth;

The Human Realm and the Heavenly Palace were still gathering their elite forces, and at this moment, neither side had the upper hand in the war, once again falling into a stalemate.

Many experts returned to rest in this valley, and the topic of discussion at this time was inseparable from Wu Wang's Yan Emperor's Order.

Lin Suqing was surrounded by several female cultivators, all from various forces, exchanging pleasantries and building relationships with her.

Lin Suqing's response was also good, with an attitude that was neither humble nor overbearing, and a position that was neither high nor low.

"Just a little maid by the young master's side."

Qing Niao and Great Immortal Mu quietly watched this scene, shaking their heads and sighing.

The world of adults is really complicated.

Separated from this place by about a thousand miles, it was the gathering place for the elite immortal soldiers of the Human Realm, with a camp stretching for thousands of miles, and dozens of mountain peaks brought here to build a strong defense line.

If they were defeated in the front, this place would become the primary barrier to stop the great army of all races from advancing south.

In a corner of a mountain peak, hundreds of immortal soldiers surrounded a wooden fence.

There were no restrictions on the wooden fence, no formations, and no surrounding barriers, just a dozen or so wooden sticks stuck here, forming a simple cage.

A transcendent realm sword cultivator in a blue robe was meditating here, with a water bag and spirit fruits in front of him;

When the immortal soldiers looked at him, most of them showed respect.

Two streaks of light streaked across the sky, turning into two middle-aged cultivators, a man and a woman, who landed in front of Celestial Sword Taoist, each bowing and saluting.

Celestial Sword opened his eyes, got up from the cage, and returned the salute, immediately asking, "Has the Lord of Wu Wang Temple arrived here?"

"The Lord of Wu Wang Temple has already arrived."

The two looked at each other, both with smiles that couldn't be concealed on their faces.

The woman smiled and said, "Not only has the Lord of Wu Wang Temple arrived, but he also ridiculed Vice Minister Wang and even took out a treasure that we had never thought of before."

"A treasure?" Celestial Sword looked puzzled, "What kind of treasure?"

The other person replied, "The Yan Emperor's Order."

Celestial Sword's eyes were full of light, and he asked in a shocked voice, "Really?"

The woman asked, "How could this be fake?"

The man said, "Elder, you can just scan with your divine sense and you'll know."

Celestial Sword Taoist waved his hand and said with a smile, "If he is imprisoned, he should look like he's imprisoned. It's not proper to release divine sense."

Then, he paced back and forth in the cage, and suddenly looked up and said:

"In other words, is it possible that the Lord of Wu Wang Temple is the successor chosen by His Majesty long ago?"

"Yes."

"Elder, you should be relieved now. In the future, we will probably follow the Lord of Wu Wang Temple."

"Of course, we are all convinced of the Lord of Wu Wang Temple in terms of achievements, strategies, and even qualifications, especially since he has gained the upper hand several times against the Deputy Deity of Lifespan."

"Suddenly, I feel like there's a future."

"Alright, go now," Celestial Sword Taoist waved his hand, "Master asked me to reflect on myself here, and you have been here for a long time, which is easy to cause gossip."

The two cultivators immediately saluted and left, turning into two streaks of light and heading north.

Their cultivation levels were not low, the man had barely reached the transcendent realm, and it seemed that he had forcibly raised his cultivation level to this threshold during these years when the power of the transcendent realm's heavenly punishment had greatly decreased.

The woman also had the cultivation level of the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm, not far from the transcendent realm.

Celestial Sword Taoist smiled a few times, sat cross-legged, grabbed a spirit fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, with a faint smile on his lips.

He suddenly thought.

'In this way, in front of the upper and lower levels of the Ren Emperor's Pavilion, isn't it a waste of effort to compete with those old stubborn people?'

Damn it.

I guess I'll be scolded by Master again, leaving a not-so-impressive impression on the high-level experts of the Human Realm.

But all of this is not important.

"Wow, the Lord of Wu Wang Temple really hides deep."

Celestial Sword Taoist shook his head with emotion, picked up the water bag, pulled out the stopper, said "good wine," and took a big gulp.

He didn't notice that a certain immortal soldier nearby had written a few words on a jade talisman.

After a while, the jade talisman turned into a butterfly and flew into the nearby flowers.The butterfly fluttered for a long time, and was caught by a slender jade hand that reached out from behind a nearby tree.

The jade hand flipped and danced, and the jade talisman turned into a stream of light, flying towards the northeast...

Afterwards, the jade talisman circled around and eventually landed in the hands of an old man with an immortal demeanor.

It was the master of the Four Seas Pavilion, Feng Yezi.

Feng Yezi carefully examined the jade talisman for a while, then thought for a moment and shook his head with a smile.

"These young people should be at ease by now."

Beside him, an old woman was holding a few jade talismans and said with a smile, "Master, the reactions from various parties have been sorted out. Most of them have accepted it calmly. It seems that the matter of the Yan Emperor's decree held by the Master of the Hall of Unrestrained is already within their expectations. It's just unexpected that the Master of the Hall of Unrestrained would admit it himself. Among them, the Ji family and the Mysterious Female Sect had the most intense reactions. The Ji family has already prepared gifts and plans to present them to the Master of the Hall of Unrestrained after the war."

"Ji Mo's luck is really good."

Feng Yezi nodded with a smile, then said seriously, "If we talk about farsightedness and accurate judgment of people, it's still our Majesty. Those who complain and are dissatisfied, remember to monitor them closely. Lin Nuhao's sudden rebellion without any signs has already made us negligent. Now, due to the matter of the Lin family, the human realm is inevitably in a state of unrest. If there are any clues, we must report them at all times."

"Yes, Master, rest assured, the number of people we have deployed has increased by sixty percent."

Feng Yezi took the few jade talismans, pondered for a moment, and then put them into his sleeve.

This matter still needed to be reported to His Majesty later. However, the information collected at this time was too little, and there were not many valuable pieces of information. They still needed to wait for a while.

...

Spring arrives;

Lifespan;

Living beings wither and die, repeating endlessly;

Reincarnation, life and death.

In the valley, Wu Wang and Ling Xiaolan, who were cultivating together, vaguely sensed the situation outside.

The two sides did not start fighting, which relieved both of them, and they each immersed themselves in their own enlightenment.

Ling Xiaolan was soon somewhat surprised to find that Wu Wang's state today was quite unusual.

When they cultivated together, they relied on the mutual stimulation between the great paths.

In the past, Ling Xiaolan could feel the vast starry sky and the boundless sea of stars within Wu Wang's great path.

But today, Ling Xiaolan found that besides the starry sky, Wu Wang's great path also contained many complex, obscure, and difficult to understand Dao rhymes.

Was he really pondering how to crack the Lifespan Great Dao?

"Was what Brother Wu said before not just to pin the blame on that Deputy Master?" Ling Xiaolan's heart was a little unstable, but she found that she could hardly keep up with the changes in Wu Wang's great path and was pushed out of the state of cultivation.

If she couldn't hold on, Wu Wang would definitely be dragged down.

At this moment, Ling Xiaolan calmed her mind, secretly opened her eyes, and looked at Wu Wang's face, clearing her mind of any distractions.

A wisp of immortal light emanated from Ling Xiaolan's body, enveloping Wu Wang's figure.

The gentleness of water, the subtlety of wind, the warmth of fire, and the rhythm of earth.

In fact, Ling Xiaolan's great path did not belong to the water element. Her great path had been interpreting what was gentle and soft for some time now.

In the state of enlightenment, Wu Wang suddenly felt relaxed and invigorated.

Several difficult problems in his cultivation that he couldn't understand before suddenly became clear.

Using the Star God's great path, he sensed the changes in the Heavenly Palace and realized a series of recent changes in the Heavenly Palace.

Originally, there was no position for the Spring God in the Heavenly Palace.

By the Heavenly Emperor's decree, the position of the Spring God was created in the Heavenly Palace, and it was placed at the very end, even weaker than the weakest regular god.

In other words, the Heavenly Emperor suddenly created this position, and with the Junior Deity of Lifespan going to intercede, it was conveniently placed on the head of the little golden dragon in the human realm.

Wu Wang had to think more.

Why did the Heavenly Emperor do this?

If the Heavenly Emperor was too wary of the Deputy Deity of Lifespan, he could have just taken over directly. There were countless flaws and handles on the Deputy Deity of Lifespan, and most importantly, the Deputy Deity of Lifespan didn't have many supporters in the Heavenly Palace. The vast majority of the innate gods were still asleep, and the awake innate gods didn't have much sense of belonging to the Deputy Deity of Lifespan.

When things are abnormal, there must be a hidden calculation.

Wu Wang immersed himself in the state of enlightenment, his mental power fully engaged, constantly pondering every possible situation that could arise.

He wasn't actually good at doing these things; he preferred to comprehend the great path, galloping and soaring between heaven and earth with the great path, experiencing his own insignificance and the vastness of heaven and earth, and then entrusting himself to it, allowing himself to have a moment of sublimation.

The pleasure of enlightenment lay in this.

But in the current situation, he had to use the state of enlightenment to think about these issues unrelated to cultivation.

After an unknown amount of time, a flash of inspiration crossed Wu Wang's mind, and he suddenly thought of a treasure.

The Gate of the Netherworld.

Back then, the senior god Shen Nong had taken Jing Wei to search for the Gate of the Netherworld. It was in an ancient battlefield, and the entrance and exit were only in the land of the setting sun.

Later, the senior god turned Jing Wei's remnant soul into a spirit embryo and sent it to the human realm for nurturing, and also gave Wu Wang a fragment of the Gate of the Netherworld.

Wu Wang had been carrying this fragment with him all along, and had even used the remaining aura of the great path on it to disguise it.

At this moment, Wu Wang had already released a wisp of immortal knowledge to wrap around it.

This Dao rhyme...

Wu Wang's mind immersed itself in it, beginning to carefully comprehend and feel it.

After an unknown amount of time, the great paths between heaven and earth began to tremble, and Wu Wang also heard the noisy and distant sounds coming from outside his body.

"The Heavenly Palace is attacking! Meet them head-on!"

"Quick, move this place with the Qiankun Shift, and let the Master of the Hall of Unrestrained go to the rear!""Fellow Daoists, today I shall engage in a bloody battle with the divine spirits of the Heavenly Palace!"

"Enough, enough, enough! This body was but tinder for the flames, why should I lament the presence of fame and fortune."

The tremors of the Great Dao were unceasing, and Wu Wang faintly sensed countless figures rushing from the heavens and the earth towards the north.

The Great Dao of the Deputy Deity of Lifespan emerged once again, closer to this place and with a more intense pressure.

The Great Daos of the mighty ones from the Human Realm soared, and there was the Dao of a Transcendent from the Human Realm, on the verge of self-destruction, ignited by the Great Dao of fire.

A great battle had commenced while Wu Wang pondered these questions.

But soon, it was as if a layer of film had been coated around him, and a slight fluctuation appeared in the cosmos.

It was the Hissing Snake's move, shifting this place directly, making the clamorous noise even more distant.

At this moment, Wu Wang wanted to open his eyes.

But from nowhere, a Voice Transmission sounded, entering his ears and swiftly calming Wu Wang's Dao heart.

"Continue to comprehend your Dao, it is more important than anything else."

The old senior had arrived.

A slight smile appeared on Wu Wang's lips, his spirit returned to himself, to the Great Dao, to nature, and he unfolded the previously retained flash of inspiration before his eyes, carefully contemplating it.

The Great Dao roared;

The heavens collapsed and the earth cracked.

There were divine spirits, condensing supreme divine light, bursting with the essence of heaven and earth, suppressing many mighty beings.

There were beings with mountains in their ribs and rivers in their hands, facing the gods and casting out endless pride.

The armies of a hundred races erupted with fierce battle cries, but the immortal soldiers of the Human Realm had already activated their standard-issue magical treasures, casting a sky full of flowing light.

'How is Lin Qi now...'

Wu Wang suppressed such distracting thoughts from the bottom of his heart and continued to ponder, endlessly seeking.

A new phrase slowly emerged.

The Great Dao of life, the Great Dao of death, the order of heaven and earth, the mysteries of reincarnation.

Suddenly, Wu Wang seemed to hear the rumbling of drums, feeling the turbulence of heaven and earth.

This was completely different from the fluctuations of the Great Dao caused by the fierce battle; it was as if he had pushed open a door, gazing from the sea of stars into a silent world.

There was a faint light twinkling in the cosmos, and Wu Wang 'saw' something.

It was a square table with a wooden plank on it, and behind it sat a young Daoist with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Di Shun.

Was this an illusion he had seen, or was it a projection created by the turbulence of the Great Dao?

"Fellow Daoist, would you like to play a game of chess?"

The young Daoist looked ahead, as if speaking to someone; he clearly looked at Wu Wang, but Wu Wang felt that he was not just looking at himself.

Wu Wang frowned slightly, staring at the blank chessboard, and it took a long time before he had an epiphany.

The rules of the chess game were set by Emperor Di Shun;

The outcome of the chess game was determined by Emperor Di Shun;

If he were to play, what he needed to do was not only to compete with Emperor Di Shun but also to grasp these rules within a limited number of trial and error steps.

Who would win this game?

Could he calculate three thousand moves in one step?

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Wu Wang shook his head, stepped back half a step, and turned to leave this place.

Inexplicably, Wu Wang's footsteps halted.

Fellow Daoist?

Fellow Daoist?!

Wu Wang turned his head and glared at Emperor Di Shun, feeling a chill rising from the soles of his feet, his gaze sharp enough to draw blood from Emperor Di Shun.

Why would Emperor Di Shun leave such a mark within the Great Dao?

Fellow Daoist?

This was not, after all, a title used by cultivators of the Human Realm...