Poison Hand Mo Shen and the alluring corpse Cui Ying, after causing chaos in the Illusion Wave Pool for many days, held a grand wedding and even invited Xuanyuan Dharma King to join in.

To others, Saintess Jiayin's Illusion Wave Pool with its Five Escapes Restriction was extremely perilous. One careless moment could lead to being trapped inside, shattered to pieces, with both body and soul destroyed. Especially for men, afflicted by the Heavenly Demon Curse, this place was fraught with various accidents and misfortune, with outcomes even more tragic than for women.

But for high-level cultivators of the realm such as Xuanyuan Dharma King and Ji Nan, these were not problems at all.

In the original work, with someone else controlling the Array, Ji Nan still managed to easily traverse through the five caves in a very short time and nearly collapsed the entire Illusion Wave Pool with a loud shout that almost caused it to sink into the ground.

The Two Qi Rings, a Protective Dharma Treasure given to his beloved wife Sha Hongyan, activated automatically during her moment of danger. It enveloped her in a bright-colored sphere, not using any designated exits or passages, but instead forcefully took a straight line, blasting a huge hole from the bottom of the rocks and flying away to the surface...

If not for one of the two elders of the great wasteland, Lu Yu, taking control just in time, aided by the seven elders of Lishan remotely exerting secret control, and several high-level cultivators covertly casting spells to influence the situation, Ji Nan alone would have broken through the Illusion Wave Pool!

Xuanyuan Dharma King's Divine Power was also at the same level as Ji Nan. What Five Palace Restriction, what cycle of mutual generation and overcoming, what objects sealed by the Five Palaces within the Illusion Wave Pool—no matter how formidable—none of these were significant in the eyes of Xuanyuan Dharma King. If Poison Hand Mo Shen and Cui Ying could navigate through fifty percent of the Illusion Wave Pool, Xuanyuan Dharma King could freely pass through over ninety-nine percent. The only exception was the spot where Saintess Jiayin's Primordial Spirit sat in solitary meditation at the very bottom of the pool.

The Emei Sect, upon seeing the old monster visiting the Illusion Wave Pool in person, knew that they could not delay any longer. If he spent some time breaking through Jiayin's solitary meditation spot, not only would the Illusion Wave Pool be completely seized by the opponent, but Jiayin could also fall into demonic possession. Even if she didn't end up in his hands, she might fall into those of the past Great Demon.

Therefore, the entire Emei Sect mobilized for battle. In recent years, the Emei Sect had suffered severe casualties, especially during their last encounter in the Star Constellations Sea, which had heavily drained their Primordial Qi. Among the deceased Elders, some managed to preserve their Primordial Spirits for reincarnation, while others' spirits could not be located. Not only had the sect's internal manpower sharply decreased, but many Magical Treasures that they should have been able to acquire were now out of reach. Many loose cultivators, who would normally come groveling for favors in the original work, were also nowhere to be seen.

The backbone of the Emei Sect was still the three immortals and two elders—the Mysterious True Master, Qi Shuming, Bai Guyi, Zhu Mei—and instead of the Ascetic Monk who had reincarnated and was now in seclusion at Fishing Rock, Lady Miao Yi Xun Lanyin stood in as a substitute. The five of them used the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain to attack Xuanyuan Dharma King's lair, blasting his cave domicile to ruins.

Yet Xuanyuan Dharma King stayed inside the Illusion Wave Pool and did not come out. He had anticipated this move in advance and brought all his remaining disciples and followers, as well as the dozens of Demon Humans from the fringe paths who had been summoned earlier, all under his command. He planned to settle down in the Illusion Wave Pool thereafter!

This turned into Xuanyuan Dharma King using the Illusion Wave Pool for defense, setting up layers of his sect's Arrays and Restrictions on top of the existing Five Escapes, in order to fend off the Emei Sect's attack.

Mysterious True Master selected the auspicious time and was the first to enter, seizing the moment when the Demon Humans were coming and going and the Water Gate of the Illusion Wave Pool was open. He infiltrated immediately afterward with the Invisible Sword Escape, directly entering and lying in wait within the East Cave Wood Palace.

Following that, the remaining members of the Emei Sect launched a large-scale attack, bombarding the Water Gate with Taiyin Divine Thunder and using Water Escape to move the water of the pool away, pretending to launch an assault. Xuanyuan Dharma King led his demon disciples out to engage in a duel with the people of the Emei Sect. Mysterious True Master seized the opportunity to strike, killing the demon disciples guarding the Wood Palace and then rapidly traversed the five caves, slaying any demon disciples he encountered.

Xuanyuan Dharma King had many disciples, and had now recruited so many more Demon Humans, but only his four greatest disciples from the past could contend with Mysterious True Master. The first two had already fallen. Blood Rock Hermit and Poison Hand Mo Shen were severely drained of their Primordial Qi. The two of them, together with Cui Ying, barely managed to draw a stalemate against Mysterious True Master.

Xuanyuan Dharma King sensed trouble, forcefully drove away the other members of the Emei Sect, and returned to the cave. Mysterious True Master did not engage him in combat and immediately retreated. With thousands of entrances and exits within the Illusion Wave Pool, and Mysterious True Master's Invisible Sword Escape reaching perfection, Xuanyuan Dharma King, unless he faced him directly, was also unable to track his whereabouts.

Just as he was urgently pursuing Mysterious True Master, Qi Shuming, Xun Lanyin, the two old men of Song Mountain, and others all turned around and came killing back into the Illusion Wave Pool. Xun Lanyin seized the South Cave, took control of the Fire Palace, Bai Guyi seized the West Cave, taking control of the Golden Palace, and Zhu Mei seized the North Cave, taking control of the Water Palace.

Qi Shuming seized the Central Cave and started fighting with the occupying Poison Hand Mo Shen and Cui Ying. Qi Shuming's power had surged dramatically over the years; although he had not yet established his own sect, due to the urgent situation, he had already gone ahead to the East Sea to find Yue Yun and obtained the Spiritual Jade Peak.

The Spiritual Jade Peak, the true treasure that stabilized the Emei Sect, originated from the Taixu Immortal Mansion of the Nine Heavens, and could expand or shrink. When small, it resembled a miniaturized bonsai landscape; when large, it became a real mountain.

Before his Ascension, Master Changmei anchored this treasure atop Emei Mountain.

The so-called establishment of the Emei Sect was the time calculated by Master Changmei for the formal founding of the Emei Sect. To be precise, Qi Shuming was the first Sect Hierarch of the Emei Sect, Li Yingqiong was the second, and Shangguan Hong was the third. Master Changmei, along with the three elders of Emei, were the laying the foundations—established from the Eastern Jin all the way to the Qing Dynasty, it was only then that the sect was formally established, accumulating strength over time to eventually render the Emei Sect the foremost Immortal Sect in the world.

Qi Shuming and the other elders usually lived separately, gathered suitable disciples, and brought them all to Emei Mountain when establishing their sects. Those without direct lineage were all considered Qi Shuming's male disciples or Xun Lanyin's female disciples. Master Changmei had already calculated each person's origin, future achievements, the Spells they should inherit, and the Magical Treasures they were entitled to. Qi Shuming followed the instructions left in the letters left by him.

Apart from changes in personnel, there were also preparations made by Master Changmei for Emei Mountain itself. He had set up Arrays in advance that would activate at the right time: volcanic lava would erupt, Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha would intersect, the Five Elements would operate in unison, melting the mountains and rivers, and recasting the landscape. When the time came, the entire interior of Emei Mountain would be hollowed out, transformed into the Taiyuan Five Mansions, the Right Yuan Fire House, the Left Yuan Thirteen Limits, and so forth. Each landscape feature, every room, had been arranged by Master Changmei in his lifetime. In the end, there would be thousands of stone chambers and hundreds of scenic spots, with the internal space reaching over three hundred square miles!

Due to such a transformation impending for Emei Mountain, Spiritual Jade Peak, which had originally sealed the mountain and over time became covered with flowers, plants, and trees, with countless beasts and birds making it their home, began to overflow with Evil Qi and experience geomagnetic changes just before the establishment of the sect's base, causing it to automatically detach and fly toward the East Sea.

At sea, Spiritual Jade Peak was obtained by Shenjun Zhenyue of the East Sea, who recognized this treasure as destined for him, containing many Treasures within. Thinking it should belong to him, he took it and tried to unravel its secrets. Little did he know, despite exerting a lot of Effort and even ruining two Protective Dharma Treasures, he still could not unlock it.

In the end, Shenjun Zhenyue, frustrated, attempted to shatter Spiritual Jade Peak with his own mountain-shattering techniques to retrieve the treasures, but regardless of what he did, the peak remained unscathed.

Xuanzhenzi had foreseen that Spiritual Jade Peak would end up in the hands of Shenjun Zhenyue and predicted that a direct confrontation to reclaim it would inevitably lead to conflict. Knowing that True Master Yue Yun of Yudong owed Shenjun Zhenyue a favor, Xuanzhenzi asked Yue Yun to retrieve it.

Yue Yun was a nominal disciple of Lianshan Daoshi and, although technically of the same generation as Master Changmei, he did not dare to assume the position of a senior in front of the two remaining Immortals of the Three Sages of Shu Mountain.

Firstly, Lianshan Daoshi had deviated from the Mysterious Sect to cultivate the Left-Handed Path, and what Yue Yun learned was not the orthodox teachings of the Mysterious Sect, making him naturally inferior to the Emei Sect, much like a child born out of wedlock meeting a legitimate offspring.

Secondly, as merely a nominal disciple, not even an adopted child but a godchild.

A godchild born out of wedlock encountering the legitimate grandchild cannot presume to be the elder… It was necessary to distinguish their respective statuses.

In fact, Lianshan Daoshi recognized Yuan Yun's extraordinary constitution and comprehension, and although he was temporarily on the side path, he was different from other Left-Handed Paths. Lianshan Daoshi foresaw Yuan Yun would eventually convert to the Orthodox teachings of the Mysterious Sect and thus only took him as a nominal disciple, teaching him the more upright side-path Immortal Laws. It was predetermined that he would eventually formally convert to the Orthodox teachings of the Emei Sect. Both Yue Yun and the two remaining Immortals from the Three Sages knew about this, so they usually addressed each other as fellow Daoists.

Yue Yun retrieved the Spiritual Jade Peak, and together with Qi Shuming and others, they kneeled before it to pray to Master Changmei, especially Qi Shuming, who admitted his lack of talent and virtue, failing to stop his third senior brother from leaving and unable to protect his junior brothers and sisters, resulting in their tragic deaths. Now, with the sect facing an unprecedented crisis, he earnestly requested his kind master to activate the Spiritual Jade Peak in advance so that he could obtain a few items to confront Xuanyuan, the old freak. If the Taixu Immortal Mansion was taken by Xuanyuan Dharma King, the Emei Sect would fall behind, and from then on, they would be at a disadvantage, eventually even risking the annihilation of the sect...

Speaking of which, Qi Shuming was genuinely moved, remembering those brothers and sisters who had died, his tears pouring down like rain, until he wept loudly.

As he wept, the others were also unable to hold back their tears, weeping together and repenting before the spirit of their compassionate master, Master Changmei.

As they wept, Spiritual Jade Peak shone brilliantly and indeed opened up!

Hidden within Spiritual Jade Peak were Magical Treasures collected over a thousand years by the elders of the Emei Sect down to Master Changmei. Qi Shuming did not take them all out but consulted with the eldest brother, Xuanzhenzi, and took only the items that were immediately useful, sealing the rest within Spiritual Jade Peak.

Among the items he retrieved was the Emperor Mansion Heavenly Seal Taixu True Decree, which was originally intended to be obtained only after establishing the base. After cultivating it, his Mana surged, surpassing Xuanzhenzi in a single bound...

In fact, he should not have received it so early. In Daoism, the decree is used by the Immortals, often shouted "Order, quick!" during Spell-casting to command ghosts and gods.

This Emperor Mansion Heavenly Seal Taixu True Decree was a command and reward given by the Heavenly Emperor of Taixu Immortal Mansion to Qi Shuming, the founding Sect Leader of the Emei Sect.

In the original text, by the end of the novel, Shu Mountain and basically the entirety of the Orthodox Mysterious Sect had joined the Emei Sect. Even Mr. Zhong from the Kunlun Sect recommended his disciples to join the Emei Sect after performing Soldier Disintegration. The great prosperity of Emei represented the flourishing of the Orthodox teaching, with the whole Righteous Path under one name, that is Emei. The Emei Sect was essentially equivalent to the Orthodox Mysterious Sect, representing the orthodox Daoist lineage in the Human World. The Heavenly Emperor appointed him as a Heavenly Official and let him, on behalf of the Heavenly Court, maintain the Daoist lineage and guard the rightful path while warding off evil; it was the culmination of a thousand years of virtue accumulated by Master Changmei, not for himself, but for the transmission of the Emei Sect lineage.

Qi Shuming should have waited until the sect establishment was complete and both his Inner Strength and Outer Skills were perfected before opening the decree. At that time, it would have been proper, but now that it was opened ahead of time, the inscribed enfeoffing had changed. Originally, he could have become a Heavenly Master, but now it was changed to the rank of a Heavenly Official Assistant…

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