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It is human nature to reciprocate gifts; if one gives a plum to another, one will naturally return the favor with a peach.
Compared to the two top-grade spiritual treasures, this defensive spirit tablet is also of extraordinary value. It can be said that each has its own merits. The former can be used continuously, but its power is not as good as the latter, while the latter, although precious, can only be used as a trump card.
Meng Xiaochi looked at Yi Shuihan with a questioning gaze. Yi Shuihan nodded slightly, and Meng Xiaochi then accepted the spirit tablet and thanked him politely.
The gate in the void began to flicker, a reminder of the time.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Thus, the group stepped through the void gate and entered the world of creation.
While traveling, Yi Shuihan chatted and discussed philosophy with Fufeng, and they got along quite well. On the other side, Meng Xiaochi was surrounded by Xue Lingran and Hong Ming, who asked him all sorts of questions.
"Little Red, is your martial uncle really the Chaos Emperor? Why is he so young? He seems even younger than me!"
After entering the cultivation world, it is easy to maintain a youthful appearance. However, the longer one lives, the more one will be affected by the passage of time. This can be used to roughly determine one's age. Xue Lingran found it hard to believe that Yi Shuihan was already a Chaos Emperor because she could see that Yi Shuihan was young.
“Of course, my master is the Chaos Emperor, and his comprehension of the Dao reached the ninth level of the Tower of Babel eight hundred thousand years ago.”
"That's amazing! The Tower of Babel has nine levels, doesn't that mean he can become a great enlightened being like his master as long as he finds his own path?"
Xue Lingran was shocked again. She had thought that Yi Shuihan was someone who had only recently entered the Chaos Emperor realm, and she never expected that he was already close to completing the first stage of the Chaos Emperor realm.
"How can there be such an extraordinary being?"
As Meng Xiaochi recounted some of Yi Shuihan's stories, Xue Lingran grew increasingly shocked, especially when she heard that Yi Shuihan had broken through two levels from the seventh to the ninth level of the Tower of Babel in just ten thousand years; she was practically dumbfounded.
Xue Lingran knew the difficulty of the Tower of Babel. Her Dao comprehension was also at the fifth level of the Tower of Babel. It took her more than ten thousand years to break through from the fourth level to the fifth level, which was incomparable to Yi Shuihan.
Xue Lingran was devastated, but she quickly recovered because she had completely excluded Yi Shuihan from the scope of comparison. Comparing herself to such a monster would be asking for trouble.
Unlike Xue Lingran, Hong Ming was inspired by Yi Shuihan. Of course, he didn't want to compete with Yi Shuihan, but because he knew about the existence of Yi Shuihan's cultivation speed, he secretly made up his mind to work hard to cultivate. He halved his original breakthrough time and set a more difficult goal.
Fu Feng, who had been keeping a close eye on his disciple, naturally noticed the changes in him and secretly nodded in approval, pleased with the outcome.
"Fellow Daoist Fufeng has taken in two excellent disciples!"
"Not at all, they are only of potential."
He was clearly very satisfied, but he insisted on being modest and saying that she was worthy of being cultivated. He also said that he was being somewhat hypocritical with Fufeng. Yi Shuihan did not point it out, because in fact, it was not wrong to compare Xue Lingran and Hong Ming if the comparison was with Yi Shuihan.
A few minutes later, they finally arrived at the main hall for receiving guests. Fu Feng did not receive the same treatment as Yi Shui Han, as Salama, the Great Dao Emperor, personally greeted him.
The person who received Fufeng was Yi Shuihan's ninth senior brother, who was also Meng Xiaochi's master. Of course, there were several others accompanying him as well.
"Fufeng greets fellow Daoists."
Fu Feng maintained a very upright posture and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, seemingly treating everyone as equals.
"With such confidence, it seems his background is not weak either. He may also be a disciple of a Great Dao Emperor, otherwise he wouldn't feel he can communicate with his senior brothers on an equal footing."
Yi Shuihan was merely a guide; once they arrived here, he was no longer in charge. Therefore, Yi Shuihan stood aside, observing as a guest.
After some pleasantries, Fu Feng finally explained his purpose: he had come to invite people to the advancement ceremony. In his sect, a Chaos Emperor had successfully broken through to the third realm and achieved the Dao Creation, so he invited various forces to come and celebrate.
It is precisely because the world of Yi Shui Han is under the protection of a Great Dao Emperor that Fu Feng would not have come in person; he would probably have simply sent an invitation remotely.
Chapter 1369, Manifest Dao Sect
As Yi Shuihan listened to the conversation between the old Taoist Fufeng and his senior brother, he gradually understood Fufeng's background and also gained some understanding of the Chaos Emperor who was about to hold his ascension ceremony.
Fufeng is indeed a power with a Great Dao Emperor. This power is called Xiandao Sect. Its original founder was just an ordinary True Saint. At first, it was just an ordinary sect in the myriad worlds. Until one day, an extremely talented disciple appeared in this sect.
That disciple rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the Chaos Emperor. He continued to advance, breaking through barriers until he became the Great Dao Emperor. His story is recorded in countless biographies throughout the myriad realms, making him a true protagonist.
This disciple is now the patriarch of the Xiandao Sect, the Blazing Sun Emperor, a Great Dao Emperor on the same level as Master Yi Shuihan. His strength is not weak among Great Dao Emperors, ranking among the top ten.
With such a Great Dao Emperor presiding over it, the Manifest Dao Sect is considered a rather transcendent sect in the myriad realms, and even top-tier forces dare not easily provoke it.
Old Daoist Fufeng was a disciple of Emperor Lieyang, but the master-disciple relationship between the disciple and Emperor Lieyang was not that deep, because Emperor Lieyang had too many disciples, tens of thousands of formal disciples. With so many disciples, he naturally did not have the energy to take care of them all.
Those who truly gain the favor of the Blazing Sun Emperor must be among the most talented of the tens of thousands of disciples. At that time, Fu Feng's talent was only average among the tens of thousands of disciples. This shows that although he was a disciple of the Blazing Sun Emperor, he did not receive much instruction from him. His current cultivation level was entirely due to his own hard work.
Although Emperor Lieyang valued Fufeng more after becoming the Chaos Emperor, the master-disciple relationship between Fufeng and Lieyang was ultimately not as good as the master-disciple relationship between Yi Shuihan and Lieyang.
Of course, these are all digressions. The protagonist now is neither Fufeng nor Lieyang Emperor, but the Chaos Emperor who recently broke through to the Creation Dao Realm and is known as the Crimson Sun Emperor.
Before his breakthrough, he was quite famous throughout the myriad realms. Before his breakthrough, he was a powerful figure ranked 132nd on the Chaos Ranking. Most of those ranked ahead of him were at the third level of Chaos Emperors, with only a handful at the second level. It can be said that he was among the top in the second level of Chaos Emperors throughout the myriad realms.
Given this past experience, when they heard that it was him who had broken through, Yi Shuihan's senior brothers were not too surprised, but rather felt that it was quite normal.
Fu Feng's main task was to inform people of this matter. After that, he did not leave immediately, but stayed in the Creation World for a period of time. During this time, Fu Feng also sat and discussed the Dao with Yi Shui Han and Yi Shui Han's senior brothers, and they got along quite well.
Three months later, Fu Feng left with his two apprentices, but he still had to send out invitations.
The ascension ceremony will take place ten thousand years from now, in the world where Xiandao is located. The ten thousand-year timeframe is mainly to give everyone time to travel, since it is estimated that thousands of Chaos Emperors will attend this ascension ceremony.
The appearance of a Dao Creation Realm cultivator in the myriad realms is a very sensational event. Usually, the protagonist of such an advancement ceremony will give a sermon to share his experience of breaking through and his Dao. This is very attractive to ordinary Chaos Emperors, let alone True Saints.
Normally, there aren't so many Chaos Emperors gathered together, but in the myriad realms, this advancement ceremony provides everyone with an opportunity. There will surely be a unique debate, with thousands of Chaos Emperors together. What kind of sparks will their thoughts ignite? It's something to look forward to.
As expected, Yi Shuihan was on the list of those attending the ceremony. Accompanying him were a senior brother, a junior sister, and a large group of junior disciples. In total, the group included two Chaos Emperors and dozens of True Saints.
Senior Brother is Meng Xiaochi's master, Yi Shuihan's ninth senior brother, Ye Dongsheng, also known as Senior Brother Ye; Junior Sister is the youngest junior sister, Tantai Yue, whom Yi Shuihan usually addresses as Junior Sister Yue.
As for the group of junior disciples, Meng Xiaochi was naturally among them, and the others were all familiar faces to Yi Shuihan. After all, they had been in the Creation World for so long, and Yi Shuihan knew most of these junior disciples, if not all of them.
As one of only two Chaos Emperors in the observation team, Yi Shuihan was also the team's deputy leader, which meant he bore a heavy responsibility. However, with his senior brother supporting him, Yi Shuihan felt no pressure at all.
A thousand years before the ascension ceremony, Yi Shuihan and his companions set off, leaving the Creation World and Chaos City, stepping into the Chaos Void, and heading towards the Manifest Dao Sect.
Along the way, we encountered many things, such as natural disasters, cosmic tides, the discovery of Chaos Beast attacks, and several interception incidents.
However, none of this caused any damage. With the two Chaos Emperors, Yi Shuihan and Ye Dongsheng, around, all the problems were easily solved.
Especially Ye Dongsheng, he is a veteran of the Enlightenment Realm, ranked 361st on the Chaos Ranking. He might be the next one to advance to the Creation Realm, at which point the Creation World will become the focus of all the heavens and myriad realms.
……
This is an enormous continent. How enormous? It's roughly ten thousand times the total area of the primordial world.
That's right, this is the location of the Xiandao Sect, and the entire continent is the territory of the Xiandao Sect.
"This place used to be just an ordinary world. It wasn't this big originally. It was only because Emperor Lieyang personally expanded the continent that it became the size it is today."
"Brother Ye explained to Yi Shuihan."
Once one reaches the Great Dao Emperor level, creating a great world is commonplace, and expanding a world is not difficult either. However, creating a new world is easier than expanding it. The reason why Emperor Lieyang chose to expand the world he originally belonged to was because he had a strong sense of belonging to the Xiandao Sect.
Because of the promotion ceremony, countless guests had already arrived. Xiandao Sect was obviously well-prepared, so when Yi Shuihan and his group appeared, disciples of Xiandao Sect came to greet them and escorted them to a place specially for accommodating guests.
The person who received Yi Shuihan and his group was a Chaos Emperor, and a second-stage Enlightenment Realm cultivator at that. This shows the importance that the Manifestation Sect placed on Yi Shuihan and his group, or rather, on the Creation Emperor behind Yi Shuihan.
Chapter 1370, Exchange Conference
"There are still ten years before the official start of the promotion ceremony. Please stay here for now. If you have any needs, please feel free to make your requests, and we will do our best to meet them."
"Fellow Daoist, you're too kind. We don't have any needs at the moment, so please go ahead and attend to your work!"
Yi Shuihan and his group didn't actually arrive early. Even though the promotion ceremony was still ten years away, most of the guests had already gathered at Xiandao Sect, and only a small portion hadn't come.
After all, it was a grand ceremony for someone who had just established a path, so everyone took it very seriously. They all arrived early, some even thousands of years in advance, let alone ten.
After seeing off the Chaos Emperor who had been receiving them, Yi Shuihan and his group were finally settled.
The Xiandao Sect was very generous, providing Yi Shuihan and his companions with an entire immortal mountain as their lodging, complete with palaces and gardens, boasting stunning scenery.
"Senior Brother Ye, is there something you need?"
"Here's the thing, I've received word that a conference for Chaos Emperors will be held here in three days. I wonder if you'd like to participate? If you would, we can go together."
"An exchange conference! Great, I'm free anyway. Come to think of it, this is my first time participating in an event like this."
"Okay, I'll call you then."
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Yi Shuihan and Ye Dongsheng arrived at the location of the exchange conference.
"So many Chaos Emperors, there must be over a thousand, right?"
Upon arriving at the venue, Yi Shuihan felt that the trip had been worthwhile. The thousands of Chaos Emperors represented one-tenth of all the Chaos Emperors in the myriad realms, and it was truly a rare and precious event for them to gather together.
Even in Chaos City, it is rare to see so many Chaos Emperors gathered together.
In the hall, the Chaos Emperors gathered together, forming many circles. Some Chaos Emperors were preaching, their words dazzling and their phenomena spectacular; others were taking out spiritual treasures and pills, their precious light soaring into the sky and their pill energy overwhelming; of course, there were also the relatively peaceful Chaos Emperors who simply gathered together to chat.
The arrival of Yi Shuihan and Ye Dongsheng did not cause much of a stir; the Chaos Emperors merely glanced at them and then paid no further attention.
This is not to say that these Chaos Emperors did not recognize them. On the contrary, many Chaos Emperors recognized Ye Dongsheng. Compared to Yi Shuihan, a newcomer to the Chaos Emperor realm, Ye Dongsheng was quite famous among the Chaos Emperors, after all, he was a Chaos Emperor who had the potential to reach the Creation Dao Realm.
They were all Chaos Emperors after all, and they had their own pride, so they all appeared aloof on the surface and would not deliberately try to please others. At most, they would just smile and express a little goodwill.
Ye Dongsheng was not surprised at all by this situation. He led Yi Shuihan to a small circle where about a dozen Chaos Emperors were gathered.
"Brother Ye, you've arrived. Is this the junior brother you mentioned?"
The speaker was a young man with a temperament very similar to Ye Dongsheng, with long hair draped over his shoulders, and his eyes were filled with obvious goodwill as he looked at Yi Shuihan.
"I never expected your junior brother to be him?"
"Oh? Ghost Mother, you know him?"
"I've only heard of him, and this is the first time I've met him. He's a big celebrity, known as the fastest genius in history to advance to the Chaos Emperor realm, Yi Shuihan."
"It's him! The one who defeated Varus in Chaos City?"
In just a few words, the conversation was completely steered towards Yi Shuihan, making it seem as if Yi Shuihan was the main character.
"The younger generation is truly formidable!"
"I thought it was an exaggeration when I first heard the news, but now that I've actually seen it, I realize it's not only not an exaggeration, but actually quite modest. He's only been a Chaos Emperor for less than a million years! If we can tell, he's already reached the peak of the first realm, right? What a monster!"
A Chaos Emperor suddenly spoke, immediately silencing the surroundings. The Chaos Emperors looked at Ye Dongsheng with questioning eyes, and when they saw that Ye Dongsheng did not refute, they all looked at Yi Shuihan with surprise.
"My junior brother is very much loved by our master. For his sake, our master has personally trained him for ten thousand years. It is thanks to my junior brother's hard work that he has achieved what he has today."
Ye Dongsheng was also very proud of his junior brother, Yi Shuihan, and immediately recounted his great achievements, which caused another uproar.
Such a high-profile manner is somewhat out of character for Yi Shuihan, but since he is his senior brother, Yi Shuihan can only ignore it. Besides, with a master who is a Great Dao Emperor, it doesn't matter if he is a little high-profile, as he can completely cover him up.
Those who can befriend Ye Dongsheng are naturally on the same level, both at the second level of the Chaos Emperor realm. Originally, they regarded Yi Shuihan as a junior, even after recognizing that Yi Shuihan was a Chaos Emperor. But now, after learning about Yi Shuihan's cultivation speed, their attitude has changed immediately. At least they now regard Yi Shuihan as being on the same level as them, rather than as a junior.
In this way, Yi Shuihan smoothly integrated into the elite inner circle of the venue.
There was a small circle of about a dozen people at the Enlightenment Realm, and only two or three of them existed in the entire venue.
The exchange with a group of people at the Enlightenment Realm was indeed very helpful to Yi Shuihan, and he gained some inspiration, which made Yi Shuihan very glad that he came.
……
"Senior brother, I saw some friends and I'd like to excuse myself for a moment."
"Oh, then go ahead!"
"Please forgive me, everyone."
Yi Shuihan's actions were understood by everyone, and they were very tolerant of this talented and well-connected genius.
Having left the small circle, Yi Shuihan walked towards his acquaintances.
“Brother Zhenyan.”
"Yi Shuihan, is that you?"
Zhenyan looked at Yi Shuihan with surprise and a smile appeared on his face.
"Weren't you in Chaos City? Why are you here?"
After the initial excitement of seeing an old friend, Zhenyan asked in confusion.
"That's a long story, it's like this..."
Yi Shuihan slowly recounted her experiences over the past few days. When True Eye Emperor learned that Yi Shuihan's master was the Creation Emperor and that she had come to participate in the advancement ceremony with her senior brother, he was completely dumbfounded.
Before meeting Salama, Yi Shuihan concealed his identity because he was afraid of conflict between Salama and the company, and also because he didn't know Salama's attitude towards him. Now, of course, there's no need to hide it anymore.
"Kid, you've been hiding your true strength! Your background is so impressive, tsk tsk, that's a Great Dao Emperor, and you're actually a disciple of a Great Dao Emperor, and a direct disciple at that."
The True Eye Emperor said with a sigh, his gaze towards Yi Shuihan particularly complex.
Chapter 1371, The Emperors Discuss the Dao
True Eye Emperor represented the United High Schools of the Myriad Realms to participate in this promotion ceremony. He was accompanied by some students, many of whom were acquaintances of Yi Shuihan. However, since this was the Chaos Emperor Exchange Conference, they were not qualified to come along.
Speaking of which, the True Eye Emperor also has his own little circle, but since his friends haven't arrived yet, he was wandering around the venue, which is how the sharp-eyed Yi Shuihan spotted him.
Why do I say "by looking"? After all, the occasion is different. If one were to recklessly use mental power to scan in such a place, it would be disrespectful to the other Chaos Emperors. Before coming here, Yi Shuihan's senior brother had instructed him not to use mental power in the venue.
"Your cultivation progress must have been quite fast lately! Have you broken through to the eighth level of the Tower of Babel?"