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For a moment, she felt like a small animal being eyed by a hungry wolf, completely unable to move.

"Remember this~"

"One must not pry inside Qian Si Garden."

Yi Chen pinched Fen Die's jade-like cheeks with his large hands, licked his lips, then walked with large strides towards the garden.

Upon entering the courtyard, Yi Chen suddenly halted. He couldn't help but reminisce about the Carefree King's actions that day, and the imposter 'Yi Chengzi' impersonating him. He felt as if a colossal net was descending upon him from the heavens.

"Strange and copious amounts of various raw materials, virgin boys and girls, human bones, hearts and livers of prisoners filled with evil deeds."

"Carefree King, are you truly a demon in human form?"

Yi Chen was highly skeptical, wondering if that 'friend' the Carefree King mentioned was actually himself.

And with the Carefree King's mad behavior, he couldn't help but suspect that the man was using himself as bait to set up a shocking scheme.

Of course, it was also possible that the man was indeed well-connected, which allowed him to behave so arrogantly.

After much thought, Yi Chen couldn't deduce the man's intentions and could only head towards his room.

He had driven away the surveillants outside the garden in order to conceal his movements and sneakily dig a large tunnel underground to escape with Abbess Shuiyue. If he could just delay the Carefree King's men from discovering them for a bit, the chances of escaping safely with Abbess Shuiyue would greatly increase.

Unless the Carefree King instantly realized what was happening, Yi Chen wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to slip away.

At worst, he'd just discard his guise as Gui Zhongdao.

If he would depart tomorrow with Abbess Shuiyue still untouched, anyone would realize with their backsides that something was amiss. After all, he couldn't really go through with it tonight.

After all, Abbess Shuiyue was someone who had once offered him a chicken leg and shown kindness. She had taken good care of him before and was considered an old acquaintance. It was truly a pity~

"I might as well discard this guise of Gui Zhongdao. With the Carefree King acting so wildly, it's a good time to withdraw and stay away from this vortex of trouble. After all, there aren't many Deep Red Points left to collect."

"Even if the Carefree King is a true demon, with my current strength, killing him is absolutely impossible."

"At that time, I'll write a letter of farewell, reporting everything that happened here to the Jiangnan Circuit's Peace Bureau. That way, I'll have cleared my own conscience."

"What Daoist cannot resist such a temptation of beauty?"

Yi Chen, looking at the fragrance on his hands from Abbess Shuiyue, twitched his nose. After taking three deep breaths, he pushed the door open and entered,

His appearance gradually reverted to his true form.

As soon as he entered, Yi Chen was shocked.

Underneath the red candles, Shui Lingyue was already half-disrobed, revealing the red yuanyang undergarment beneath.

Below the lamplight, a beauty as lovely as jade sat with her legs crossed.

"Abbess, listen to me…"

"You don't need to say anything, Yi Taoist. Though you are astonishingly talented, ranked fifth on the Dragon and Tiger List, and I don't know how you practiced such a transforming secret technique, you can't defeat people like the Carefree King."

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"I acknowledge your good intention, but if Ling Yue's chastity causes you to take such a huge risk, I would feel uncomfortable in my heart. Besides, today I've discovered that the slow progress in my cultivation is due to the hereditary Yin Scale blood."

"I… Anyway, I don't dislike you, Yi Chengzi. After tonight, let's pretend nothing happened, as if it were all just a big dream. You don't need to take it to heart. Consider the Yin Scale blood as a parting gift for saving me."

"No need to argue further. The Carefree King's men are not fools. If Ling Yue is a virgin, we can't fool them; we would both die here then."

Suddenly, a finger slender as a trimmed green onion touched Yi Chen's lips.

Shui Lingyue's robe sleeve swept, and the red candle was extinguished at the sound.

"Abbess, please listen to me…."

Out of nowhere, Yi Chen felt someone grab his wrist.

"Hiss!"

"What Daoist can withstand such a test?" Yi Chen exploded with force, shedding his disguise and scooping up Shui Lingyue in his arms, heading straight for the bed~

It was the third watch of the night.

The east wind unfurled a thousand trees' worth of blossoms, while stars fell like rain.

The fragrant trail of luxury carriages filled the streets, the sound of phoenix flutes stirred, the light from the jade pot swirled, and for one night, the Fish Dragon Dance ensued.

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The third watch of the night, the great capital, Imperial Dragon Pavilion.

The height of the Imperial Dragon Pavilion is unfathomable, as if by extending one's hand, one could pluck stars from the sky.

At the pavilion, a handsome young man clad in crimson and yellow robes, radiating nobility, was occupied with rinsing and brewing tea.

This person was none other than the Crown Prince of Da Yue, the top of the Dragon and Tiger List, Yue Mingzhen.

Across from him, a white-haired Daoist in a purple Seven Stars Taoist robe was sitting upright and proper.

"Zhaixingzi congratulates Your Highness on achieving the fruit position of a True Monarch, truly opening your eyes to the world," said Zhaixingzi with a smile, stroking his beard in congratulations as he faced the young man preparing tea.

"Thanks to Master's teachings, Mingzhen has just made a breakthrough, but there is still much that seems like flowers in the fog, unknown to me. You previously said that understanding these things before becoming a True Monarch could do more harm than good. Perhaps today you can enlighten me on the path of cultivation for a True Monarch," Yue Mingzhen said with a smile, the color of triumph on his face.

To ascend to True Monarch at the age of thirty-six was truly a reason for pride.

"All right, since Your Highness has now accomplished great success in your cultivation, Zhaixingzi shall explain it in detail. However, please retract your statement about master; I cannot be the esteemed teacher of a Crown Prince," Zhaixingzi said.

As he looked at the verdant tea leaves floating and sinking in the water, unfurling like ox hair and steeping the water with a pleasant green aroma, Zhaixingzi took a sip of the tea before speaking, "Our Lingxia Realm has a total of five realms, and I imagine that when Your Highness broke through, your consciousness briefly ascended to that place of origin, where you saw those five bubbles."

"We in the Human Realm reside within the green bubble, these secrets Your Highness must already know from the texts."

"Let Zhaixingzi explain the path of cultivation for a True Monarch to Your Highness."

"The path of a True Monarch is long and arduous, comprising four realms."

"They are respectively, the Emerging True Monarch, the Entering True Monarch, the Cutting True Monarch, and the Mastering True Monarch."

"One who initially enters True Monarch perceives the void shadows of the Dao and imprints several illusory Dao traces within the sea of consciousness according to the number of paths perceived. Transformed from the seeds of divine powers, these are the foundation of Dao formation, the beginning of a True Monarch."

"Thereafter, as one's practice deepens, the illusory Dao traces condense into substance, becoming an Entering True Monarch. Practitioners of this realm move in tandem with heaven and earth in every action, and the law manifests with mere thought, a trivial matter."

"Further progression allows one to cut off a segment of the great Dao's power for personal use, reaching a pinnacle among humans, able to summon and wield parts of the great Dao's authority."

"As for that final Mastering Dao realm, perhaps only the elder on Mount Qingping, the one related to Your Highness, has glimpsed some of its secrets."

Upon mentioning the individual on Mount Qingping, Zhaixingzi's expression turned grave, not daring to speak their name outright.

"By the way, Your Highness, although you have entered the Dao, you must not become complacent. The path of a True Monarch is advance without retreat, and every thousand years, there will be a heavenly tribulation, with thunder descending. Failure to pass means death and the destruction of one's Dao," continued Zhaixingzi, advising.

"Mingzhen shall engrave it in my heart," said Yue Mingzhen.

"Your Highness is intelligent; it is the old Daoist who is needlessly verbose. When you were at that place of origin, how many paths of great Dao brilliance did Your Highness perceive?"

Pride was written all over Yue Mingzhen's face as he said, "A full three paths!"

Upon hearing this, Zhaixingzi's face immediately became filled with solemn respect, "To think that Your Highness possesses such a profound foundation!"

"Truly, Your Highness is a peerless genius of this era, with boundless potential."

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…

Now, as the fourth watch of the night approached.

Unbeknownst to them, someone had re-lit the candles in the room.

The room at this moment:

Breath of snow and fragrant cream, stockings stretching high, there came a soft humming and low singing.

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Fourth watch of the night, at Panlong Peak's underground.

The Carefree King stood with hands clasped behind his back in front of a pool of blood, instructing a black-robed elder in a stern voice, "Is everything ready?"

"According to Your Highness's instructions, everything has been prepared."

"Good, haha, those people still want to deceive me, not realizing that I have been playing them all along. If this succeeds, who knows to what realm my cultivation will ascend," said the Carefree King as he looked at the underground pool of blood, arms spread wide, looking up to the sky with an expression of manic fervor.

"Praise to the great black emperor of the four extremes of the cosmos, the supreme sovereign Asna."

The voice echoed in the depths of the earth, resounding long after it was spoken~