Chapter 1581: Chapter 1581: Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace

Almost at the same time, Dongfang Rushi, who arrived at the Ice River Sect, also stirred the excitement of countless male disciples of the sect, considering her a heavenly beauty.

However, the personalities of the two sisters determined their differing popularity within the sect.

The charming and sweet-talking Dongfang Ruhua could get along with anyone in the Thunder Cloud Sect, so much so that among its ten thousand disciples, almost everyone liked or even spoiled her.

On the other hand, the aloof and distant Dongfang Rushi in the Ice River Sect was only favored and welcomed by the male disciples, while most of the female disciples felt various envy, jealousy, and hatred towards her.

Nonetheless, Dongfang Rushi’s rapidly advancing cultivation and formidable strength earned the appreciation and praise of the high-ranking members of the Ice River Sect, so no one dared to speak a bad word about her to her face, let alone disrespect her.

Both sisters had learned the high-tier cultivation techniques imparted by Fang Bai, and the reason they joined the sects, living under the protection of others, was first for their personal safety and second to obtain cultivation resources.

Previously, while cultivating in the Three Thousand Minor Worlds, they went through great hardships, and their cultivation resources were almost exhausted. Upon reaching the Three Thousand Great Worlds, without enough cultivation resources, their progress would be greatly hindered, and their personal safety would be even harder to guarantee.

Fang Bai once instructed his dear ones to avoid revealing the cultivation techniques he taught them if they could not ensure absolute safety, as it might bring trouble.

Whether it was Dongfang Rushi in the Ice River Sect or Dongfang Ruhua in the Thunder Cloud Sect, they both remembered Fang Bai’s instructions, practicing the sect-taught techniques when others were around and secretly practicing Fang Bai’s techniques when alone.

With the cultivation techniques taught by Fang Bai and ample cultivation resources provided by the sects, both women’s cultivation levels skyrocketed, astonishing the sect’s high-ranking members, attributing it to their outstanding talent, deeming them prodigies in the Martial Dao.

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Dongfang Rushi and Dongfang Ruhua each found a place to settle, while Xia Chenzhong, Su Linglong, and other women, who entered the Three Thousand Great Worlds from the Three Thousand Minor Worlds through the teleportation array at the same time as them, were transported to different domains like the Heaven Fiend Realm and Great Compassion Realm.

Years ago, there were hundreds of martial artists who entered the Three Thousand Minor Worlds from the mundane world with Fang Bai. The first to successfully establish their foundation were those friends and dear ones with innate spiritual roots.

Those who succeeded in foundation establishment arrived in the Three Thousand Great Worlds before others, while the remaining still had to cultivate hard, waiting for the right opportunity.

Much like Dongfang Rushi and Dongfang Ruhua, those martial artists transported to the Three Thousand Great Worlds either voluntarily or under compulsion joined different sects and powers.

Of course, a few were unwilling to join any sect and chose to embark on the solitary path of cultivation.

For instance, Wu De.

Wu De, with a lazy demeanor, detested being under control. Even with the dangers of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, he was willing to be a loose cultivator, continuing his solitary exploration, relic robbing, and cultivation journey.

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The arrival of Dongfang Rushi, Dongfang Ruhua, and others faintly resonated with Fang Bai, who was far away, filling him with immense joy.

However, the Three Thousand Great Worlds are vast, and it would take an entire lifetime for even the most persistent martial artists to search through them, making it extremely difficult to find a few individuals, like finding needles in a haystack.

Nonetheless, Fang Bai had a plan. After entering the Three Thousand Great Worlds, he befriended many martial artists and established good relations with many sects. He sought out those martial artists and sects to mobilize forces to help him search within the Three Thousand Great Worlds.

Simultaneously, Fang Bai issued a bounty to the entire Three Thousand Great Worlds, promising hefty rewards to anyone who found his dear ones or friends, even for concrete information.

Ten bottles of king-grade spirit pills, one king-grade spiritual artifact, or one Nascent Soul realm spirit beast, choosing any one of the three.

These were the rewards Fang Bai offered; though they seemed few, each was enough to drive the countless martial artists of the Three Thousand Great Worlds mad with desire.

By this time, Fang Bai had made a name for himself while wandering in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, with many martial artists knowing of his multiple identities as a pill master, artifact refiner, and beast tamer, trusting his words without doubt.

Thus, upon the bounty’s announcement, millions of martial artists were moved and began searching for Fang Bai’s dear ones and friends.

Fang Bai believed that with their help, it wouldn’t be long until he reunited with his dear ones and friends.

After traveling the Three Thousand Great Worlds for several years, Fang Bai arrived at the Heaven’s Net Realm and easily located the site of an ancient, desolate palace that had been abandoned for tens of thousands of years. There, he expended tremendous effort to rebuild a majestic palace named “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace.”

The site of this “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace” was originally a palace of the same name constructed by Fang Bai in a past life, which was later destroyed by lightning during Fang Bai’s Ninefold Heavy Tribulations.

Following that, Fang Bai ascended to the Immortal Realm, progressing all the way until he became the Immortal Emperor, never returning to the Three Thousand Great Worlds, leading to the “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace” becoming entirely abandoned, covered in weeds over tens of thousands of years.

Fang Bai initially built this “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace” to inspire himself to “ascend to the Nine Heavens, achieving the Immortal Emperor,” a dream he eventually realized.

In this life, Fang Bai rebuilds the “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace” not only to ascend to the Nine Heavens and achieve the Immortal Emperor but also to eliminate the Immortal Emperors across the eight great heavenly domains, avenging past humiliations and grudges.

The “Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor Palace” is optimally located, rich in the five elements of spiritual energy, and upon completing this grand hall, Fang Bai laid numerous formations both inside and outside, making the entire hall as solid as a fortress, such that even a Soul Severing expert above the Nascent Soul level couldn’t breach it quickly.

When the Immortal Emperor Palace was first established, besides Fang Bai and Lu Liyu, He Wujie, Zhao Wanqing, Lu Dong, and Shui Mo also resided there. Eventually, He Wujie and Zhao Wanqing grew bored with their prolonged stay, and thus rode the Wind Roc to bid farewell to Fang Bai and the others, setting out for further training.

Lu Dong and Shui Mo, after acquiring sufficient self-defense capability, also left together to train and seek opportunities in the three thousand great worlds.

With the departure of He Wujie and the others, the vast Immortal Emperor Palace was left with only Fang Bai and Lu Liyu, who, besides cultivating in seclusion, spent their time atop the mountain beside the Immortal Emperor Palace, enjoying the sunrise and sunset, the clouds drifting by, living quite comfortably.

The affectionate couple, spending every day together, naturally became true Dao partners.

When Fang Bai and Lu Liyu united in the most intimate way, the merging of Prime Yin and Prime Yang was like lightning igniting a fiery interaction, triggering a temporary celestial phenomenon and subsequently, both advancing in rank.

Lu Liyu, from a Golden Core stage, transformed into a Nascent Soul expert.

While Fang Bai advanced from a high-level Nascent Soul stage to the realm of Nascent Soul perfection, just one step away from the Soul Severing Realm.