The Sect Master had already entered seclusion.

After drawing this conclusion, members of the Annihilation Sect subconsciously believed that His Majesty Shennong had rewarded Wu Wang for his merit.

—After all, Wu Wang had made significant contributions during the battle in the Southeastern Region.

Soon, the Grand Elder took Yang Wudi and called for Miao Cuijiao to leave the small building, heading to the residence previously allocated to him by the Benevolent Emperor Pavilion.

This residence was also maintained by Immortal Soldiers on ordinary days, with an elegant environment, and neighbored by Transcendent Realm experts—an excellent place for cultivation.

After waiting for a few days without seeing Wu Wang, Xiao Jian Daoist excused himself to attend to some official business.

With the Human Domain triumphant in the great war, the mere task of conferring rewards based on contributions required substantial manpower for coordination and verification. Not to mention, there were issues related to the stability of the ecosystem in the Southeastern Region and evaluations of the military families' performances. Consolation for the dead and wounded Immortal Soldiers and Cultivators, as well as subsequent internal and external propaganda, also needed to be handled.

Although Xiao Jian Daoist no longer held the title of 'Pavilion Master Successor', the responsibilities he bore had actually increased, allowing him to be involved in all aspects.

In the first month of Wu Wang's seclusion at the main pavilion of the Human Emperor Pavilion, the entire Human Domain was in an uproar.

His exploits ranged from the case of the Four Seas Pavilion's main pavilion to the counterattack against Heaven Palace in the northeast of the Human Domain. This was followed by the Lin Family's rebellion and the grain reserves case of the Southeast Division of the Benevolent Emperor Pavilion, all culminating in the great victory in the Southeastern Region.

The name 'Little Golden Dragon Wu Wangzi' of the Human Domain had been thoroughly established.

People praised his achievements and extolled his 'youthful talent'. Young heroes regarded him as a role model, and young Fairy Immortals found their hearts stirring with tender feelings.

Many people even began to collect portraits of Wu Wang, and the business of the Annihilation Sect's chain of magic treasure shops was booming like never before.

By the way, it wasn't just female Cultivators who were collecting Wu Wang's portraits.

When this news reached the Annihilation Sect, the entire sect was jubilant, and the old Sect Master's tomb shone even brighter.

Once Lin Suqing heard about this…

"Oh no," Lin Suqing said with a worried tone. "Now there might be even more girls who want to become the Young Master's wife."

"Don't worry. They can't even get close to Young Master. Fairy Ling is so accomplished, yet she and Young Master haven't made it official. Why are you worrying about this?"

Immortal Mu swayed her little feet, lying in a wooden chair with a delicacy from the Human Emperor Pavilion in her mouth. Two books depicting little figures—very serious ones, of course—floated in front of her.

This little devil muttered,

"Instead of thinking about that, we might as well think about where to stroll around later. You have a guard detail from the Human Emperor Pavilion whenever you go out now. If you don't make a show of it, once you return to the Annihilation Sect, you'll only be in charge of three maidens."

Lin Suqing couldn't help but purse her lips and frown. This was purely her basking in reflected glory; there was nothing in her that was worthy of praise.

"I might as well think about how to make a few more clothes for little Shui."

Lin Suqing pulled out a piece of fabric and started to get down to work. To make clothes for an Innate Spirit, one needed the skills of a true sewing master.

Suddenly, there was a THUD THUD of knocking at the door.

Before Lin Suqing could stand up or Immortal Mu could make a move, the Whispering Serpent had already appeared behind the door, addressing the outside with a chilling tone, "Who goes there?"

The two old men outside, dressed in brocade robes, felt their Dao Hearts tremble and their bodies turn cold.

"We, we come by command, to deliver rewards from the Human Emperor Pavilion to Wuwang Palace Lord."

The Whispering Serpent looked back at Lin Suqing.

Her Dao Heart thumped wildly as she hastily nodded.

The Whispering Serpent stepped back half a pace, blending into the air, and the wooden door was subsequently pulled open.

Lin Suqing's delicate brows furrowed slightly, thinking, 'Do all experts like to be so elusive and mysterious?'

The two old men outside were also startled by the ferocity of the Whispering Serpent, peering into the loft before tentatively stepping inside.

"Please come in," Lin Suqing said gently. "The Whispering Serpent is our Young Master's personal guard. If there was any disrespect, please forgive us."

"No problem, no problem at all."

"Miss Suqing, this is the ceremonial reward given to Wuwang Palace Lord by the Human Emperor Pavilion."

"By His Majesty's instruction, we were asked not to disturb Wuwang Palace Lord, so we didn't invite Wuwang Palace Lord to the recent celebrations. Please don't take offense."

"We will leave these things here. Farewell."

"Farewell."

After finishing their words one by one, the two elders put down the tray, bowed to Lin Suqing, then turned their heads and hurried away, their figures somewhat inelegant.

"A reward?"

Lin Suqing stepped forward, lifted the red silk with golden patterns that covered the tray, and saw two storage bracelets placed underneath.

The bracelets were exquisitely made, with fine patterns. The prohibitions carved on them were as thin as strands of hair, filled with the rhythm of a complete Dao.

"These bracelets alone are extraordinary," Lin Suqing laughed and said, "I wonder how large a thank you gift the Human Emperor Pavilion has given the Young Master this time."

Immortal Mu gently tapped the storage bracelet and whispered, "Perhaps the bracelets themselves are the entire reward."

Lin Suqing laughed without saying a word, looking up at the location of the quiet room on the second floor.

"I wonder when the Young Master will be out of seclusion."

「Thus, another month passed by.」

Not only was there no sign of activity from Wu Wang's place of seclusion, but they couldn't even sense his Dao rhythm anymore. They could only faintly feel a vigorous vitality that kept gathering at the quiet room.

Miao Cuijiao had to oversee the affairs of the Treasure Hall and had already gone back to the Annihilation Sect on her own.

This top-ranked seductress of the Demonic Sect, now almost turned into a mercantile merchant, had to deal with accounts every day and manage the flow of every spirit stone.

Yang Wudi muddled his way back to the Punishment Hall, following several high-ranking officers in their daily case investigations and even went on a few business trips.

The Punishment Hall had started to consider whether it was time to resume issuing Yang Wudi's salary.

In reciprocation, Yang Wudi also proposed several points regarding the investigation of the first main hall of the Ten Evils Hall, analyzing their style of action and their objectives.

If the first main hall of the Ten Evils Hall could be eliminated, one of Heaven Palace's eyes on the Human Domain could be dug out.

However, due to three consecutive failures, the Ten Evils Hall had become even more low-profile, to the point that not a trace of them could be found throughout the entire Human Domain—a rather astonishing development.

As for Mao Aowu, who went to the Southeastern Region with Wu Wang for an adventure but became even less noticeable, he also obediently returned to Floating Jade City, taking charge of one city's power, leisurely pursuing his own path as an immortal.

Within these two months, news kept arriving from the Southeastern Region.

The Lin Family had just been demoted to the Southeastern Region when a major battle erupted, presenting many challenges and causing substantial losses, but it also brought many benefits to the Lin Family.

Lin Qi returned to the Human Domain for a visit, waited here for half a month, and seeing no sign of Wu Wang coming out of seclusion, he could only leave in a hurry.

He had many affairs to attend to.

The Human Emperor Pavilion had given the dirty and tiring tasks to the Lin Family—mainly the covert influence over the Hundred Races, the kind of business that couldn't be openly discussed.

Thus, the Lin Family once again received the earnest attention of the Human Emperor Pavilion, and naturally, opportunities for the future opened up.

Even though they had left the Human Domain, both the Lin Family and Lin Qi were inevitably marginalized. However, compared to being entirely wiped out, this was already a decent retreat.

「No one expected that this time Wu Wang's seclusion would last a full six years.」

The Blue Bird also disappeared for six years. At first, Lin Suqing and the others thought it was accompanying Wu Wang in the quiet room.

Even so, Lin Suqing had mentally prepared for the possibility that "the Young Master would come out of seclusion with Jingwei and a few little Blue Birds."

But by the third year of Wu Wang's seclusion, when the Blue Bird suddenly returned, flapping its wings, both Lin Suqing and Ling Xiaolan, who had arrived earlier, breathed a sigh of relief.

During these six years, the Human Domain underwent drastic changes within and without.

Within the Human Domain, the Human Emperor's systematic reform was in full swing.

The jade talismans left by Wu Wang proved immensely useful. His proposals, which seemed novel to the Human Domain yet 'feudal and outdated' in Wu Wang's eyes, became the 'guiding stars' for internal reforms.

Of course, Wu Wang only played the role of a guide.

How to implement the details and how to integrate them with the actual situation of the Human Domain still required the group of old cultivators of the Human Domain to explore and build step by step.

The situation outside the Human Domain was even livelier.

The great defeat in the Southeastern Region was seen as a disgrace by many Innate Gods of Heaven Palace. Despite Earth God's strong opposition, many Innate Gods still actively revealed themselves, assaulting the edges of the Human Domain.

The methods of these Innate Gods varied greatly; some were skilled in combat, others in support, each different.

In particular, an Innate God skilled at spreading poisonous miasma appeared out of nowhere. This god turned the Northern Region of the Human Domain into a noxious fog and rendered hundreds of forests into lifeless zones.

The Human Domain suffered many casualties, most of which were low-level cultivators or even mortals without any capacity to fight back.

Consequently, the Human Domain retaliated fiercely. Hundreds of experts stormed the borders of Central Mountain. Using themselves as bait and laying numerous traps, they lured more than a dozen Innate Gods into an ambush and gave them a thorough beating.

After several clashes, Heaven Palace also suffered greatly.

But in recent years, what troubled Heaven Palace the most was not the Human Domain, but those from the Hundred Races of the Great Wilderness who swore loyalty to Heaven Palace.

The great defeat in the Southeastern Region severely damaged Heaven Palace's dignity and credibility. Rumors about Emperor Shun continued to ferment, causing the Innate Gods under Heaven Palace to live in constant trepidation, unable to rest easy.

Seizing this opportunity, coupled with the covert incitement of the Human Domain…

Those factions of the Hundred Races that were dissatisfied with Heaven Palace began to disobey orders in secret, actively uniting, and in the lands of the Eastern and Western Wilderness, they raised the flag of 'neutrality'.

If the Earth God hadn't reacted promptly, abandoning his usual composed style to suppress several tribes of varying sizes with thunderous force, Central Mountain might have already been covered with their banners.

In these six years, many young people from the Human Domain had been placed in prominent positions by the Human Emperor Pavilion, and quite a few elders voluntarily retired, ready to burn their last fire for the Human Domain.

The benefits of the Human Emperor's personal rule became increasingly evident, but comparatively, His Majesty, the Human Emperor, lost some of his sense of mystery.

Wu Wang had been in seclusion and practicing in that quiet room, and that loft had even become a minor attraction in the main pavilion of the Human Emperor Pavilion, always attracting plenty of new faces to pause at a distance, gazing in this direction.

「That day, Lin Suqing was playing chess with Dongfang Mumu by the window to pass time, while three maidens were in the adjacent pavilion newly constructed over the past five years, either idly spacing out or engaging in their cultivation.」

The Blue Bird was nowhere to be found, and Ling Xiaolan had just returned yesterday from a trip to the Xuan Nu Sect to fetch some cultivation scriptures and was waiting for Wu Wang to finish his seclusion.

The afternoon was peaceful and quiet.

'Suqing?'

A sudden call startled Lin Suqing for a moment.

"Hmm?"

Lin Suqing looked up and called out, "Young Master?"

But there was nothing but empty space, not even a ghost's shadow.

An auditory hallucination?

With a hint of confusion in her eyes, Lin Suqing pondered, while Immortal Mu, who was by her side, jumped up alertly, her large eyes filled with vigilance as she scanned the surroundings. She had already enveloped Lin Suqing with immortal power.

"Who's there? Playing tricks like a ghost!"

Immortal Mu yelled with her hands on her hips, "Believe it or not, if I shout, an army will rush in from outside!"

"Ouch!"

Lin Suqing gasped softly, covering her shoulder, and turned her head to glare at the spot behind her.

The space there was still empty, but she had indeed felt as though someone had pinched her, and with a lot of force at that.

Suddenly, she heard a murmuring beside her:

It seems I'm truly not dreaming; I've actually emerged from my meditative state. Suqing's pained expression couldn't be faked.

Lin Suqing stared at the empty space, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Young Master?"

"Yes, it's me."

The voice of Wu Wang continued to be heard, while Immortal Mu's small hand reached towards where Wu Wang was, groping around in all directions.

Amidst a few light laughs, Wu Wang's form slowly began to outline, much like a human-shaped bubble, casting a faint aura of light.

Immortal Mu's mouth hung open. With her exceptional knowledge and years of cultivation experience, she couldn't discern what kind of divine skill Wu Wang was using.

"Cough, don't worry, carry on with your business," Wu Wang said with a smile. "I'm just testing the recently learned art of 'Wandering in Taixu'. It's just a small spell left behind by the esteemed Emperor Fuxi."

"I'm going out for a walk."

With those words, Wu Wang's faint figure turned and left, completely ignoring the formation restrictions of the place, passing through doors, windows, and walls.

He left Lin Suqing and Immortal Mu staring wide-eyed at each other, taking a long while to recover from their shock.

So carefree as if enjoying the clouds, so distant as if beyond the deepest mysteries.

Wu Wang really didn't expect that Emperor Fu Xi had truly left him a generous gift.

Initially, it was because of an emotional fluctuation, a sudden insight, that he fell into a state of enlightenment, experiencing the changes in his essence, energy, and spirit.

That's how people are, appearing one way when emotions are low and like a completely different person when their spirits are high.

Suddenly, Wu Wang was motivated because there was now a role model ahead.

He aspired to be a person like Emperor Fu Xi, who stood on top of the Heavenly Emperor's head, looking down on the Innate Gods who were born from the Great Dao with contempt.

Only such a life would be worthy of the journey!

Of course, Wu Wang didn't get carried away; instead, he calmed his spiritual mind and made a long-term plan for himself.

For him, the most important realization this time was not the sublimation of his Dao realm, but that he had found a more profound and concrete goal beyond the vague one of 'becoming Transcendent to hold a maiden's hand.'

To be precise, it should be called a dream.

However, just as Wu Wang was sorting out his emotions, ready to end his seclusion, he suddenly felt something pat his forehead.

Before he could react, a mist spread out from the bottom of his heart, from which the truths of Tai Chi, the Eight Trigrams, the Five Elements, and Yin and Yang emerged.

It seemed as if the world had opened its doors to him, bringing the infinite Dao Treasury right to his God's Mansion Immortal Platform!

Among the mist, Wu Wang saw a fleeting figure of Sanxian Daoist, witnessed the confrontation between Fu Xi and the Heavenly Emperor within Heaven Palace, and saw the interweaving of countless Great Daos.

The inheritance of Fu Xi!

Although Wu Wang was not sure how these truths came to be, he indeed received Emperor Fu Xi's inheritance at that moment.

Without any delay or hesitation, Wu Wang's Primordial Spirit rose, made a Daoist salute, and immediately sat cross-legged to meditate, immersed in the endless sea of clouds.

This immersion made him forget the years.

In the blink of an eye, six years had passed.

The inheritance of Fu Xi contained not only the Dao and Truth but also Magic and Spells.

Fu Xi's Great Dao was not the Eight Trigrams Dao. His Dao was far more extensive; it was derived from observing and understanding the Great Wilderness, then deducing a complete world through his own Dao.

It is more appropriate to call it the Deduction of the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

In a sense, Fu Xi was seeking the ultimate question of the Great Wilderness.

—How did this world come to be?

This Dao is profound and vast, its truth obscure and hard to comprehend.

However, from the inheritance left by Fu Xi, Wu Wang was unable to deduce whether the great Fu Xi had found the answer to this question.

Therefore, in these six years, Wu Wang had only memorized the Dao and the Truth, imprinting them onto his Primordial Spirit for future contemplation.

He spent more time pondering over Magic and Spells.

Take, for example, the spell Wu Wang was currently using. It allowed a wisp of his consciousness to ride the wind, wandering freely through the world, enabling him to observe and experience all things more directly.

Dreaming with the world as the dream, and in that dream, I roam fearlessly.

This reminded Wu Wang of the parable of Zhuangzi dreaming of being a butterfly that he heard in his previous life, but the two were fundamentally different.

This wisp of thought floated out of the pavilion, and Wu Wang strolled leisurely through the Human Emperor Pavilion with his hands behind his back.

As long as he made no sound and did not act, no one could capture his whereabouts.

It was a pity, though, that this divine skill could not be used to duel, for if this wisp of thought strayed beyond the range covered by his Immortal Consciousness, it would directly dissipate.

Passing by the Scripture Hall, he saw several young people arguing over a spell. Wu Wang paused to listen for a while, then left with a smile.

Passing the Punishment Hall, he saw Yang Wudi chatting and laughing with two female officers. So, he covertly made a note regarding Yang Wudi's salary in his little book.

He then passed a pavilion and saw Xiao Jian Daoist chatting with someone.

Wu Wang didn't intend to eavesdrop, but their conversation drifted into his ears, causing him to stop in his tracks, his eyes showing a hint of curiosity.

All because Xiao Jian Daoist was muttering, "How strange, has the Heavenly Emperor gone mad? Sending three letters in one year to Wuwang…"

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