"Immortal Dragon Palace?"

Wait! This is different.

"Are there multiple paths leading to the Immortal Dragon Palace?" Gu Qinghe asked.

Saint Yue nodded. She explained that the Immortal Dragon Palace was one of the Five Great Immortal Palaces across the universe.

She added that by becoming an envoy of one of the Great Immortal Palaces, they would gain enormous and dominant cultivation opportunities, as well as access to many of the strongest secret techniques possessed only by the envoys.

"If you travel to another star and display those techniques, your status could even surpass everyone there."

Saint Yue extended her hand while looking at Gu Qinghe. "Right now, you have a great chance to become an envoy of the Immortal Dragon Palace."

Throughout my life, I’ve only heard the names of the Great Immortal Palaces. But I never had the chance to find one of them.

Maybe... I can walk a new cultivation path even stronger than before, beginning with the Immortal Dragon Palace.

With a heart full of determination, Gu Qinghe bravely stepped forward and climbed the thousands of golden stairs once more.

Saint Yue smiled brightly. She was about to witness the cultivator she had chosen become an envoy of the Immortal Dragon Palace, powerful and respected throughout the universe.

She had never imagined that in her lifetime, she would witness the magnificence of that place. She had only heard about it in stories and never seen it with her own eyes.

The higher Gu Qinghe climbed, the closer he got to the peak. Streams of golden qi flowed steadily and refreshingly, comfortably brushing against his face.

His steps stopped on a vast platform before the Golden Palace floating above the white clouds.

Gu Qinghe and Saint Yue arrived there and witnessed the grandeur of the palace up close.

From within the palace, streams of golden qi spread outward and continuously radiated with overwhelming dominance.

Gu Qinghe could feel the golden qi flowing into his meridians and removing the pain in his body.

The golden qi from the palace was different from ordinary qi.

The moment they arrived, the doors of the golden palace opened majestically.

A powerful gust of wind and golden particles surged forward, startling Gu Qinghe and Saint Yue.

An immortal woman appeared and gracefully walked across the heavenly floor.

Her hands rested before her abdomen, her expression remained flat, and her eyes were fixed directly on Qinghe.

"Those who successfully reach the floor of the Immortal Dragon Palace are the chosen Envoy Masters."

"To become an envoy of the Immortal Dragon Palace carries great responsibility. It requires determination, dedication, and loyalty."

"Are you willing?" the woman asked.

Her voice echoed clearly into Gu Qinghe’s ears. Her expression remained unchanged as she spoke.

Gu Qinghe strengthened his resolve and stepped forward while clasping his hands and bowing his head. "This junior is willing!"

The immortal woman gracefully extended her hand forward.

Her arm, adorned with golden accessories, slowly opened her palm and revealed a qi orb radiating a dominant qi pressure.

She guided the qi orb forward until it floated directly before Gu Qinghe. He accepted it with one hand.

Gu Qinghe knew what he had to do. He directed the qi orb toward his forehead and felt a powerful and abundant golden qi flowing through every joint, blood vein, and especially throughout his meridians.

The veins across Gu Qinghe’s body glowed with bright golden light. Saint Yue watched the moment with confusion in her eyes.

Even so, Gu Qinghe’s expression remained calm, as though he could fully control the violent qi surging from the golden orb.

Gu Qinghe spread his arms and let out a low shout. An explosion of golden qi momentum erupted and spread throughout the area, accompanied by qi waves and powerful gusts of wind.

Saint Yue raised her hand to shield her eyes. She felt as though the qi explosion was supplying natural qi to her as well.

Slowly, the qi radiating from Gu Qinghe’s body faded and disappeared.

His eyes opened, glowing with brilliant golden light, while a tattoo-like mark appeared on his forehead, forming the shape of an abstract dragon.

"Congratulations! Primordial Qi has fused with your body."

"Welcome, Master Envoy!" the immortal woman said while clasping her hands and bowing her head.

"You succeeded, Qinghe."

Gu Qinghe turned and gave a slight nod. Saint Yue looked at the dragon tattoo on Gu Qinghe’s forehead, a simple sign that he was now an Envoy of the Immortal Dragon Palace.

The immortal woman’s projection vanished into golden particles. Gu Qinghe invited Saint Yue to enter the golden palace with him.

They flew past the gates. Numerous buildings stood within, dominated by white and gold colors.

Dragon statues and carvings were the most prominent decorations throughout the place.

It clearly marked the place as the Immortal Dragon Palace.

They flew low beneath the clouds, observing the palace’s silence and emptiness, with no signs of life anywhere.

The place was so vast that Gu Qinghe had no idea where to begin.

"Look! That’s the technique hall, Qinghe," Saint Yue said.

"Let’s check it out."

The two of them turned in flight and arrived before the closed doors of the technique hall. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Gu Qinghe extended his hand to open the door, but he was startled by the sudden appearance of a golden rune array.

"An array? But who placed it here?" Saint Yue asked.

Gu Qinghe had dealt with complicated arrays his entire life. Yet for some reason, the rune array on the technique hall door felt far easier.

He formed hand seals, creating another golden rune array before pressing it against the existing one.

Light burst intensely from the overlapping rune arrays before both were destroyed simultaneously.

An explosion of golden qi erupted as the golden rune array before the door slowly faded away.

The doors began to open, revealing countless technique scrolls neatly arranged on shelves inside.

Some techniques were already missing, likely taken by other envoys hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Saint Yue happily flew forward, looking through and reading the techniques one by one.

"Choose techniques you think suit me, Yue."

"I will, Qinghe."

Beside Yue, who was searching through the shelves, Gu Qinghe also walked past the rows of techniques, his eyes scanning and reading every title.

Most of the techniques there ranged from King-grade to Heavenly-grade.

King-grade techniques were comparable to Nascent Soul, while Heavenly-grade techniques matched the power of Soul Formation and Soul Transformation.

Gu Qinghe’s steps suddenly stopped when his eyes caught sight of a technique buried beneath several stacked scrolls.

That technique... had the exact title he needed to deal with the dual soul problem inside his dantian.

"Abnormal Soul Purification Technique?"

He reached out and took the scroll, opening it by using the qi orb from the Immortal Dragon Palace mark before briefly reading through it.

"This technique... can help me resolve the dual soul issue."

The technique had originally been used by cultivator souls who had seized the bodies of other cultivators.

It was considered taboo, but apparently there were no such restrictions within the Immortal Dragon Palace.

Its method was simple: fuse the weaker soul into the stronger one.

In Qinghe’s case, he could fuse Nascent Soul Gu Qinghe’s soul into Yun Tian’s Primordial Soul.

I have to try this technique.