After dazzling the Illusion Tree, Zhao Xing lifted the Divine Turtle Transformation.

"The Yueluo illuminates all directions, the Great Dao also has its bounds~"

The eviction order appeared again, and Zhao Xing's figure vanished from the Shangluo Daoist School.

...

At the same time, at the exploration base of the Yuanhai Ancient Country, on the Tianji Star Land, within the grand and magnificent Tianji Mansion.

"Heavenly Jiao King, you were originally the 'Emperor of Reincarnation' elder of my East Extending Ancient Clan. In the fifty-seventh year of the third epoch of the Desolate Domain, one of our tribe's outposts was discovered by the Reincarnation Temple, and to protect our clan members, you voluntarily reincarnated."

A man in a black robe sat across from the Heavenly Jiao King, his voice melodious, seemingly with some magical power.

"You, are you Dong Yanhai?" The Heavenly Jiao King frowned at the person in front of him, as fragments of 'past events' really appeared in his mind.

"Correct." Dong Yanhai nodded.

"Why am I only awakening my reincarnation memories now?" the Heavenly Jiao King asked.

"Because your Reincarnation Soldiers were shattered by people from the Reincarnation Temple." Dong Yanhai stroked the table with his hand, and a black broken spear appeared. "We only managed to retrieve some of your Daoist Soldier fragments."

When the black broken spear appeared, the surrounding light seemed to warp, the spear's tip like a black hole devouring all light, including the Heavenly Jiao King's gaze.

"Boom~"

The Heavenly Jiao King's face changed, as he felt a shudder from his soul, as if this weapon was truly one he used before.

He instinctively reached out.

"Clang!"

The black broken spear fell into the Heavenly Jiao King's hand.

"It truly is my treasure..."

The Heavenly Jiao King's eyes turned vacant.

"Elder, what do you need me to do?" The Heavenly Jiao King asked.

Dong Yanhai's lips curled into a slight smile.

After two epochs of preparation, the famous Heavenly Jiao King of Yuanhai Ancient Country has finally become 'one of us'.

"The Spiritual Domain Conference will be held in the Yuanhai Ancient Country, and at that time, the Yuanhai Country Master will host the Heavenly Star Pavilion Master, the Taiyue King, and other Reincarnation Realm experts from various ancient countries. By then..."

Dong Yanhai's voice became nearly inaudible.

...

"Zhao Xing, you made it out." Scholar Du Wen looked at Zhao Xing, who walked out from the Cold Pond area. "This time took a while."

"Yes, I ran into some trouble." Zhao Xing said.

"Both You Yitian and Fan Qing have come out, it seems you've gained quite a lot." Du Wen smiled.

"I must thank the Pavilion Master and Sir, as well as the care from the exploration team." Zhao Xing said.

"Off you go, the Pavilion Master is at the usual place."

"Yes."

After Zhao Xing flew away, Fan Qing and You Yitian emerged from the Enlightenment Realm just in time.

"Does the Pavilion Master value Zhao Xing this much?" You Yitian felt puzzled. "The Pavilion Master is receiving distinguished guests."

Freely entering and exiting the Pavilion Master's place of cultivation isn't a privilege generally extended to ordinary guest elders like Zhao Xing.

"Given the significant gains this time, it makes sense for the Pavilion Master to be courteous." Fan Qing said. "Truly enviable."

...

Capturing the Illusion Tree took a hundred years, now it's already Shixin 1315.

After Zhao Xing came out, he directly went to Du Yun's guest hall.

At this moment, besides Du Yun, there were two others in the guest hall.

One was wearing peculiar armor, covered in countless vines, as if clinging to his torso. His eyes emitted a ghostly green glow, and just a glance at Zhao Xing was enough to make one's mind tremble.

The other was entirely silver, with blurred features, like a humanoid liquid metal sitting on a chair. Zhao Xing vaguely saw shooting stars, thunder, and flames flickering in the liquid, as if his body contained a galaxy.

In comparison, Du Yun appeared more normal, at least his expression resembled a human. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"The man in the green armor on the left is the Minister of Agriculture of the Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm, and I can't discern any information about the person on the right, so that should be an automaton clone." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Greetings, Pavilion Master," Zhao Xing addressed Du Yun as Pavilion Master in front of outsiders.

"Zhao Xing, you're back just in time."

Du Yun pointed at the silver liquid and introduced, "This is my senior Zhan Ze from the Primordial Heavenly Palace."

"Senior excels in artifact refining; my Original Divine Weapon, Dusk Cloud Armor, was created by Senior Zhan Ze's teacher, and Senior Zhan Ze was also involved."

"Du Yun, you're too kind." Zhan Ze waved his hand, "I was just an assistant, I can't craft an Original Divine Weapon."

"Greetings, Senior Zhan Ze." Zhao Xing saluted.

"Mm."

Du Yun then pointed at the man in the green armor and introduced, "This is my friend, Huan Feng, from the Ancient Hill."

"Greetings, Senior Huan Feng."

Huan Feng nodded slightly.

Du Yun clearly had a close relationship with these two, to the point of inviting them to the Daoist Canon place, sharing such a secret isn't the norm between ordinary relations.

However, Zhao Xing didn't understand Du Yun's purpose for having him meet these two, seemingly in waiting for this moment.

"Zhao Xing, the Daoist Canon is almost completely excavated now." Du Yun whispered to Zhao Xing:

"As initially estimated, it's about 15 trillion Red Star Coins."

"The items are difficult to sell off quickly, and I can't produce 1.5 trillion Red Star Coins for you now."

"If you have other needs, that would be best; if you need money, that would require waiting for a while."

1.5 trillion Red Star Coins can buy a lower-grade Original Divine Weapon!

Du Yun didn't have that much money, and selling off the precious items unearthed from the Daoist Canon couldn't be done immediately unless at a discount.

Even though Du Yun was formidable, he didn't stockpile that much cash.

Huan Feng from the Ancient Hill, Zhan Ze from the Primordial Heavenly Palace, were brought over by Du Yun to settle debts, as both owed him favors.

"Though I can't let you directly join the Ancient Hill, I can have Huan Feng accept you as a disciple. He is the Minister of Agriculture of the Earth Advantage Sect in the Yin Yang Dao Domain Realm, and if you're willing, he can accept you immediately."