Junior Uncle is too cunning.

The Golden Immortal realm relies on enlightenment. Once one's supernatural powers are cultivated to their peak, one can then seek an opportunity to refine the Dao Fruit and advance to the Great Luo realm!

Both acquired and innate supernatural powers are essentially seeds of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. Only those who cultivate to the peak of supernatural powers have even a sliver of a chance to explore the Great Luo Dao Fruit.

Someone like Li Shundao, who has cultivated one of the supernatural abilities to the ninth level, is actually what people often call a Great Luo Seed. As for cultivation level and magical power, as long as he eats more spiritual fruits, he can always improve.

Li Shundao looked at the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, who were both glowing, and his heart skipped a beat. It seemed that they were about to ask for the peaches back!

Fortunately, Li Shundao didn't say much, leading the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother to believe he only possessed one supernatural power that had reached the ninth level. If they knew he had three other supernatural powers that had reached advanced levels, they probably would have dissected him on the spot!

Sometimes, when a disciple is too outstanding, it can be quite tiring for the master. Fortunately, the Jade Emperor has powerful connections.

"uh-huh!"

The Jade Emperor coughed lightly, his voice softening slightly, and slowly said, "Since you became my disciple, I haven't had a proper chance to teach you the Dao. Today, since I have some time, I'll start by explaining it to you."

Upon hearing this, Li Shundao nodded repeatedly. The Jade Emperor was at least a quasi-saint, and now he was being given special instruction—this was an incredible opportunity.

Li Shundao sat cross-legged on the jade ground, looking at the Jade Emperor not far away.

The Jade Emperor didn't say much, and went straight to the point: "The Way of the Dao cannot be spoken of."

In the ultimate Dao, there is nothingness, and the spirit's function is boundless; so too is the mind. Originally, the mind's essence is rooted in the Dao, but as the mind and spirit are defiled and obscured, wandering for a long time, they become separated from the Dao. If one purifies…”

The Jade Emperor's voice was not loud, and he was speaking from the "Haotian Scripture," which Li Shundao was very familiar with. However, as soon as each word was spoken, one could feel that an unnamed Dao was contained within it.

This made Li Shundao forget time, forget space, and forget himself; he saw nothing but the God of Wealth Avenue.

Suddenly, a huge sun... I mean, a large copper coin, rose up behind him, shining brightly and exuding a sense of righteousness and integrity.

Although the copper coin stood behind him, he didn't seem to have any trace of greed or materialism. It was as if it were the natural order of things, the way things are in the world.

Occasionally, a hint of infatuation would appear on her face, but she would quickly regain her composure. The Queen Mother, seated above, watched Li Shundao's performance and nodded with satisfaction, as if looking at her future son-in-law, finding him increasingly pleasing to the eye.

As the conversation deepened, the Jade Emperor's voice grew louder, and the Queen Mother's expression gradually became serious, her brows furrowing occasionally as if she were deep in thought.

Slowly, a great sun rose behind the Jade Emperor, its light shimmering purple. Just as the sun appeared, the entire Heavenly Court seemed to gain a ray of light, giving people a warm and comforting feeling.

Gradually, the Jade Emperor's voice echoed from the Lingxiao Palace, resounding throughout the entire Heavenly Court. Every immortal stopped, frozen in place, and listened intently.

Just then, several beams of divine light rose from the four directions of the Heavenly Court, and several figures could be vaguely seen standing within the divine light.

"Ziwei, what's going on with the Jade Emperor? Why is he suddenly lecturing on the Dao today? I remember the last time was at the Peach Banquet five thousand years ago!"

"Who knows? You're asking me? I'm not asking you. Just listen carefully, stop talking nonsense."

"Qinghua, you..."

"Alright, stop arguing, what's there to argue about?"

"Chang Sheng, stop pretending to be a good person. You're the most cunning one here."

"Gou Chen, you mad dog, you bite anyone you can get your hands on! Have I ever schemed against you?" The Longevity Emperor's face darkened, cursing inwardly, "Have I ever schemed against you, or what? You idiot!"

“That’s because I didn’t give you a chance. I’m so smart,” Gou Chen chuckled.

The Emperor of Immortality rolled his eyes, and the divine light vanished.

……

Fortunately, Li Shundao didn't witness the scene of Emperor Gouchen's verbal battle with the other emperors, otherwise he probably would have collapsed. Emperor Gouchen, who should have been staying at the border between humans and demons, had somehow returned.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound gradually subsided, the sun disappeared, and the Heavenly Court returned to peace.

The immortals felt that they had only been momentarily stunned; only immortals at the Golden Immortal level would have such a slight awareness.

Li Shundao let out a soft breath, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. The previous leakage of his aura was no longer visible at all.

This was all thanks to the Jade Emperor's one-day sermon, which not only eliminated the hidden dangers that would have hindered his rapid advancement but also gave him a completely new understanding of the application of the power of the Great Dao.

This lecture not only resolved some of Li Shundao's misconceptions that had persisted for thousands of years, but also removed the final obstacle to his advancement to the Grand Luo realm.

He felt that he was not far from becoming a Great Luo Immortal. Perhaps in another thousand years or so, but definitely no more than two thousand years, he was confident that he would become a Great Luo Ancestor.

Actually, he has been cultivating for quite some time. He has been cultivating in the prehistoric world for about a thousand years, and with the more than two thousand years he has been cultivating in the Plain Cloud Banner, he has cultivated for a total of three thousand years.

Thinking about it, Li Shundao felt a little amused and let out an inexplicable sigh.

To be honest, at three thousand years old, he's still considered a young man in the Golden Immortal realm.

Leaving aside others, let's take Taibai Jinxing peppercorns for example. According to his understanding, this old guy has lived for about 30,000 years.

He was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. Thinking of this, Li Shundao unconsciously looked down on him. He felt that he had become a bit arrogant lately.

Having honed his magical power to a sufficient level, Li Shundao then took out the second treasure given to him by the Queen Mother: the "lotus" from the lotus pond of the Lingxiao Palace.

Gently opening the seal around the Queen Mother, the lotus flower slowly began to spin, floating out from Li Shundao's palm. It grew larger and larger until it became a large lotus flower with a diameter of about ten meters, spinning continuously inside the hall.

A faint, vibrant fragrance slowly wafted out, refreshing the senses.

A glint of light flashed in Li Shundao's eyes. Luckily, he had sealed off the main hall earlier; otherwise, with this fragrance alone, who knows how many outsiders would have been summoned.

With a light touch of his toes, Li Shundao flew through the lotus petals and landed on its seedpod. He gently bent down, placed his right hand on it, and slowly closed his eyes.

After a long while, Li Shundao opened his eyes again, his figure flashed, and he stood in the main hall, urging the lotus flower with his right hand.

The lotus flower began to spin, faster and faster, until it finally disappeared from his hand.

He touched his chin, surprised that the Queen Mother of the West was so kind as to give him a primordial lotus flower.

The lotus flower in Lingxiao Palace is the first innate lotus spiritual root to grow in the primordial world, and like the Da Hong Pao (a type of red robe), it is of superior quality.

The lotus flower that the Queen Mother gave him was a second-generation product of the first lotus flower. Although it wasn't as high-grade as the first generation, it was still a mid-grade innate spiritual object.

This lotus flower can be used for alchemy, weapon crafting, and is also a top-grade material for refining clones. In fact, Li Shundao made his decision as soon as he got his hands on it.

He has no shortage of offensive methods, but he is indeed lacking in defense. Not to mention that ever since Chen Fusheng destroyed his top-grade spirit robe, he has been wearing a high-grade spirit robe, which is not very good in terms of defense.

He planned to refine the lotus into a natural defensive magic treasure. It would be such a waste not to refine such a good material into a magic treasure!

Just imagining myself wielding the Azure Lotus Sword and standing on lotus flowers... seems a bit effeminate!

For some reason, I suddenly thought of Nezha, riding on his Wind Fire Wheels and wielding his Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon), he's practically a young Ah Q.

Thinking of this, Li Shundao couldn't help but shudder. He couldn't think any further. Anyway, Chen Fusheng hadn't come out of seclusion yet. He'd decide whether to refine the spiritual treasure later.