“Oh… I will follow Master’s orders.” Hugging her head, Ji Qianfan pouted and nodded, but after a moment of thought…

She still couldn’t help speaking up, “Master, I really don’t have the confidence to forge a Gold Spirit Sea, but I could still try to push the Purple Spirit Sea…”

Chen Ye lowered his gaze, finding Ji Qianfan’s question slightly amusing, then his tone grew somewhat stern, “Push? Push what? Your head? Your hands? If you can’t secure the Gold Spirit Sea, then don’t even think about it.”

As his words fell, three muffled thuds rang out. Ji Qianfan felt pain on her head, rubbed it and gritted her teeth, “But the Gold Spirit Sea is really difficult, isn’t it impossible to do…”

“So little confidence, huh?”

Chen Ye shook his head. He did not approve of his disciple’s thinking; this was clearly a sign of insecurity.

He then paused and said, “Since you have had the chance to restart your foundation, it means your future path is very long, something others might think of but cannot obtain.”

She pouted. Since her Master said so, what else could she argue? She had confidence, but the difficulty of the Gold Spirit Sea was truly immense and even the Purple Spirit Sea already felt precarious.

So she teased herself and said, “Master, what if I accidentally forge a Spirit Sea…”

Immediately, she saw her Master’s pitch-black pupils grow meaningful, making her whole body tremble involuntarily.

Chen Ye smiled faintly, pointing to the gates of the Dao Palace main hall, “Then get out of here. Only come back when the day for your trial begins.”

Ji Qianfan’s heart trembled at his words and she forced a smile, “How could your disciple dare…”

She obediently continued to sit cross-legged, no longer acting recklessly.

Chen Ye shook his head. This future Human Emperor still needed to grow. Ji Qianfan was only sixteen. Although she had experienced some hardships, it was still too little when looking at the bigger picture.

But for Chen Ye, it was like a seasoning, adding some flavor to his otherwise bland life, making it less dull.

The girl remained as lively and spirited as ever, full of aura, able to act coquettishly and showing the innocence appropriate for her age.

For Chen Ye, who had lived hundreds of thousands of years, it felt like ‘my daughter… oh no, my disciple has grown up.’

After all, raising a disciple is a skill. Although Chen Ye had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and met countless people, he had never actually raised a disciple, since traveling through the multiverse rarely allowed him to stay in one place for long.

The Dao is endless. Even when Chen Ye’s strength reached extreme levels, he never stopped advancing.

Thus, learning is power!

Flowing against the river of time and space, binding with the system, disrupted his original plans.

Raising future multiverse elites did not hinder his cultivation.

The Dao encompasses all things. So even if the Dao is nowhere, it is everywhere.

* * *

A few days later.

On a bare mountain peak, incongruously, a grand and magnificent Dao Palace emerged and two figures walked out.

Ji Qianfan was full of energy, feeling fulfilled, though the suppressed desire to forge a Spirit Sea and breakthrough caused some torment.

The Dao Palace’s aura was far too dense. If she accidentally immersed herself in cultivation and entered the Spirit Sea Realm, forging a Blue Spirit Sea…

She felt she might be thrown out by her Master the next second.

“Finally out…”

Ji Qianfan took a deep breath. The outside air carried natural breezes and although it could not compare to the Dao Palace’s aura, she quite enjoyed this natural feeling.

“I thought you’d suffocate staying inside the Dao Palace.” Chen Ye’s gaze was indifferent, glancing at Ji Qianfan.

The slightly annoyed tone made Ji Qianfan press her lips together and laugh awkwardly, “It’s mainly because I have to suppress my cultivation desires inside… and Master, you won’t let me break through the Spirit Sea, so it’s really difficult.”

She rolled her eyes and quickly changed the topic, “Master, are we going to that place for trials?”

During these days in the Dao Palace, although she could not cultivate, Ji Qianfan had been using the aura to continuously refine her body. Now, though she was at the Foundation Ninth Level, others of the same realm were no match for her.

At Foundation First Level, one has ten thousand jins of strength. At Ninth Level, it is ninety thousand jins. The power of Dao One Derivative Scripture had already pushed Ji Qianfan’s strength past ninety thousand jins, reaching several hundred thousand jins.

A single stomp could shake mountains and split the earth.

Yet since her retraining, she had not yet used her power, longing to fully demonstrate her skills.

Chen Ye ignored her for the moment. With a wave of his sleeve, the Dao Palace vanished into his sleeve and the mountain peak returned to its original appearance.

He then turned and said lightly, “We are still within the Xuanyuan Imperial Court’s territory. Taking you out for trials is also a fortune, but this fortune has attracted many people.”

Ji Qianfan narrowed her eyes, a flicker of emotion passing through her gaze and asked, “So… the Imperial Court will send people too?”

“That’s right.”

* * *

To the eastern region of the Xuanyuan Imperial Court, within the borderlands’ diplomatic area, there stood an Ancient Human Emperor Tomb.

It was the burial site of the ancient Human Emperor. Every fifty years, the tomb underwent changes and vast divine light would pierce the clouds, declaring its opening.

Each opening attracted various forces in the Human Emperor World, with prodigious elites gathering and entering the tomb.

Legend said treasures existed within the tomb, yet no one had discovered them. Instead, few who entered the tomb ever emerged alive.

Some said it was a test by the ancient Human Emperor, to see if the descendants were worthy of his inheritance.

But so far, no one had passed.

If anyone had obtained the inheritance, the tomb would have long since collapsed and fallen into eternal silence.

It was rumored the ancient Human Emperor was the founder of the Human Emperor World, though no answers had been confirmed.

The treasures, secrets and inheritance in the Ancient Human Emperor Tomb drew the attention of elites far and wide.

And this time, due to certain events, it seemed even more bustling.

A hundred li away from the tomb lay a city named Human Emperor City.

Forces from all over the world settled there. Within the city, Hidden Sanctum Realm elites maintained order and no one dared act recklessly.

Here, everyone must follow the rules.

Outside the city’s largest inn, a Daoist in a black Dao Robe led a veiled girl wearing a bamboo hat inside.

In just a moment, Ji Qianfan felt countless gazes sweep over her.

The noisy commotion continued and their arrival did not cause much surprise.

Although there were many people, the inn was large, with empty tables still available and they found a place to sit.

Then Chen Ye heard from the next table the unrestrained, wild laughter, “Do you think the Xuanyuan Imperial Court will send people to the Ancient Human Emperor Tomb this time? I heard their Ninth Princess still hasn’t been found—how miserable.”

Ji Qianfan twitched her mouth and clenched her fists, wishing she could punch the person speaking.