This is not how immortals cultivate

Chapter 497 I am the Taoist Master!
Guanyin Bodhisattva has a great reputation, so mutual affection between them is impossible, let alone master and disciple.

Putting aside their concern for their reputation, in terms of moral character and cultivation, they have truly achieved a state of being free from worldly desires.

How could such a deity or bodhisattva have an affair with a pretty boy?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Unlike some fairies who claim to have severed the seven emotions and six desires, but in reality they haven't severed what should have been severed, and have cleanly cut off what shouldn't have been severed in no time.

I say what I mean and never indulge anyone. Even if my master comes, I'm still a lowly servant.

Xiang Yuan spoke the truth, but no one believed him, earning him a barrage of eye-rolls. Everyone present dismissed Shang Qingmeng's words with sarcasm, calling it wishful thinking, delusional, presumptuous, and unrealistic...

Can Xiang Yuan endure this injustice?
No way! He just killed a Heavenly Emperor and was feeling triumphant. He still wants to continue speaking the truth loudly.

Unfortunately, fate didn't give him that chance. The gate to the Thirty-Sixth Heaven opened, and the Origin of Heaven extended an invitation. He had had enough of Ji Wuzhou, that stinky salted fish, who wouldn't do this or that, so he sent Xiang Yuan over to lend a hand.

Heavenly Dao: I would like to invite you to a meeting regarding the order of the Three Realms.

Xiang Yuan heard a faint voice from the Heavenly Dao, raised an eyebrow, and informed those present of the matter, asking them for their opinions. He suggested that if they were interested, they could join the roundtable discussion.

Xiao Lingyue: Is it really appropriate for you to appoint relatives and friends to such a momentous event that could change the world?

Chan'er: Let Chan'er see!

Shang Qingmeng: Hmph, not a single kind word. Why should this fairy help you?
Compared to the arrogance or coquettishness of these three, Bai Wuyan and Su Ran Sword Master's expressions were much more solemn.

The younger generation doesn't understand, but they are very clear about the benefits and risks of taking this step.

The benefits are obvious: directly acquiring original shares ensures that once the order of the Three Realms is stable, one will not be controlled by the Heavenly Emperor, truly achieving liberation from the Three Realms.

The risks are more obvious. Leaving the place where Yan Xuanhe passed away and facing the origin of the Heavenly Dao, if Xiang Yuan has any thoughts, he can stamp them on the spot and do whatever he wants afterward, and they will be powerless to resist.

Neither Bai Wuyan nor Sword Master Su Ran spoke, their faces expressionless as they weighed the pros and cons. Both were proud and arrogant, gambling their future on a pretty boy...

It’s not impossible!
Having risked their lives together several times, it wouldn't hurt to trust them, but given Xiang Yuan's perfunctory attitude, wouldn't it seem like they were offering themselves up for no reason?

That won't do!
Xiang Yuan didn't speak, perhaps thinking of something happy. A slight smile appeared on his lips. Without looking at Bai Wuyan and Su Ran Sword Master, he invited Xiao Chan to discuss the matter and then casually picked up the unconscious Xiao He.

Although he's a goofy, troublesome guy with a knack for stirring up trouble, he's actually quite clever. He was quite accomplished in his previous role as an outer sect elder and inner sect steward of the Heavenly Sect. Bringing him along might just lead to some brilliant ideas.

Seeing Xiang Yuan leave without looking back, Bai Wuyan's face darkened with anger. When she saw Su Ran Sword Master quickly following behind, her expression became even more unpleasant.

You lowly servant, you actually dare to believe him!

Then Bai Wuyan followed.

The White Palace Master meant that she didn't trust Xiang Yuan, but what if she actually saw a ghost? If Sword Master Su Ran gained something while she gained nothing, wouldn't she suffer a great loss?

I wouldn't let this lowly servant get away with this!
……

Daluo Heaven.

Here there is no heaven or earth, no past or present, only the manifestation of the origin of the Heavenly Dao. The principles of the Heavenly Dao are like countless golden threads, weaving into a net in the void.

Ji Wuzhou stood in the center of chaos, his figure seemingly both real and illusory, his robes transforming into a flowing river of stars, and countless Dao traces hanging from his hair.

The Way of Heaven takes Ji Wuzhou as the pivot of Heaven and Earth, and uses him as its concrete representative. Through his thoughts, will, and judgment, it restores order to the Three Realms from chaos and disorder.

This is an extremely abstract and profound process.

From a mortal's perspective, one sees the chaos churning, with earth, fire, water, and wind quietly arranging themselves, the thirty-six heavens of the celestial court solidifying, the mountains and rivers of the human world slowly unfolding, and the netherworld emerging from illusion—all unfolding in an orderly fashion.

It's a good thing to take your time and do things meticulously.

The problem is that it's too slow!
In the chaos, the evolution of all things is like the slow, shuffling steps of a tortoise or a snake. Even the simplest reshaping of mountains and rivers takes hundreds of years for an ordinary person.

In the eyes of Heaven, this is a stinky salted fish that only flips over after a long time; if you don't whip him a couple of times, he won't even move.

Heaven, having reached its limit of tolerance, decided that the Sect Master and Heavenly Emperor were useless and that the Young Sect Master was far more reliable. It made a decision that defied the law and sent out an invitation to Xiang Yuan to attend a meeting.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a violation of the law. Xiang Yuan possesses the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, which carries significant weight. He is qualified to create heaven and earth, to determine the order of the Three Realms, and even more qualified to divide the divine positions.

Therefore, after Xiang Yuan accepted the invitation and stepped inside with Xiao He in his arms, the Heavenly Dao...

I just don't understand!
Why did you bring so many people here?
This is the Great Luo Heaven, not a vegetable market, nor your backyard. This is not any other heavenly realm, nor is it a place that the Three Realms can reach. Rather, it is the place where the origin of the Heavenly Dao manifests, the supreme place!

Get these idlers away!

The Heavenly Dao clearly expressed its dissatisfaction, and Xiang Yuan also clearly replied that he was willing but unable to do so. He could not possibly work; he only wanted to copy the Heavenly Dao's principles and had no interest in trivial matters such as the order of the Three Realms and the division of divine positions.

When the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up. Although a broken sampan may not be good at this or that, it is still the best among the short ones. At first glance, it is still quite tall.

If stinky salted fish were so capable, Heaven wouldn't have bothered with Xiang Yuan. Seeing his resolute attitude, Heaven made another decision that went against the law and agreed to let Xiang Yuan leave behind a group of irrelevant people.

That being said, not just anyone can do it. Xiang Yuan possesses the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, making him fully qualified. Bai Wuyan and the other women have Xiang Yuan's aura on them, so they can barely be considered as one of their own. Xiao He...

What kind of place is this for a meeting?
Fork out!
This is the last stand of Heaven's will; the supreme realm cannot be desecrated, and the threshold cannot be lowered any further.

After some haggling, both sides eventually compromised, allowing Bai Wuyan and the others to observe the principles of Heaven and participate closely in the re-establishment of the Three Realms order. Xiao He, however, was kicked off the conference table on the spot for not engaging in dual cultivation with Xiang Yuan.

Standing outside the door.

Xiao He: “…”

Ji Wuzhou did not have the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed, and his mastery of cultivation methods in the small world was far inferior to that of Sword Venerable Su Ran. It's not that he lacked talent; as the reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, no matter how lazy he was, his talent was still among the best. Even though he had been decadent for many years, as long as he made a little effort, he could immediately reach the upper three realms.

Ji Wuzhou's mastery of the Small World Techniques is no match for Su Ran Sword Master. It's purely because Su Ran Sword Master is able to live. He was old and his lifespan was about to end, but he was rejuvenated and his life was extended.

Xiang Yuan possessed the Heavenly Emperor's Dao Seed and was not lacking in the methods of creating small worlds. He took on the important task of re-establishing the order of the Three Realms and soon discovered that the so-called re-establishment of a new order from chaos was similar to the creation of small worlds.

However, the Qianyuan Realm is stable enough that there will be no situation where the deduction reaches its end, everything returns to the beginning, and we have to start all over again.

In other words, even if he makes a lot of changes, the margin for error is there, so there's no need to worry about ruining the Qianyuan Realm.

Good thing!

This is outrageous!

Having experienced the Celestial Realm and witnessed the merger of the Celestial and Divine Firmament Realms, Xiang Yuan was very clear about the future trend of the Three Realms and knew what the Heavenly Dao needed. Therefore, he took decisive action and made ruthless changes to the landscape of the human world, shattering the original structure and establishing the Four Great Continents.

Tian Dao was overjoyed, thinking he hadn't chosen the wrong person. But when he looked at Ji Wuzhou again, he was even more disgusted.

What is this garbage? How could someone like this become the Heavenly Emperor?

Seeing that Xiang Yuan understood everything, Tian Dao, adhering to the principle of using whatever was useful to the extreme, poured out a large amount of Tian Dao principles. After being sorted through by Xiang Yuan's small world, these principles, starting from the Great Luo Heaven, descended layer by layer, affecting the entire Qian Yuan Realm and the Three Realms.

The illusory images of the thirty-six heavens flickered like a revolving lantern, sometimes intact and sometimes disintegrating, the heavenly palace being demolished and rebuilt, built and demolished again...

The netherworld rises and falls, the flowers on the other side of the Yellow Springs bloom and wither...

The most direct and easiest to observe phenomenon is in the human realm, where shattered continents drift like duckweed, colliding to create towering mountains and giving rise to numerous previously non-existent lands...

At the same time, with the expansion of the Three Realms, the perfection of the laws of heaven and earth, and the abundance of primordial energy, the Qianyuan Realm ushered in a systematic dimensional upgrade, and the Upper Three Realms were no longer blurred.

The debts that Qianyuan Realm owed to the cultivators were repaid today as well.

Across the land, the joyful sounds of breakthroughs could be heard everywhere, all condensing into one sentence: "I've succeeded!"

This is a benefit brought about by the world's dimensional ascension. The overall cultivation level of the Qianyuan Realm has been directly raised to a higher level. Originally, cultivators at the Innate stage have directly entered the Nascent Soul stage thanks to the gifts of the dimensional ascension of heaven and earth. Those with deeper foundations can even be discussed with the Tongyou Grandmaster.

Take distant acquaintances as an example.

Zi Ping of Jianxinzhai was meditating with a bitter face when she turned her head and realized she had reached the Integration Stage. Looking at Qin Zhaorong next to her, she also realized she had reached the Integration Stage.

The Daoist Wangji of the Benxin Dao was just lying in the Netherworld, grumbling and cursing the Benxin Dao for being such a rip-off, only digging pits for its own people to fall into. But as he was cursing, he realized that his realm had broken through and he could undergo tribulation to be struck by lightning. So he decisively shut up and changed his tune, praising the Benxin Dao.

Even the word "cowardly" contains the character for "heart," so isn't it also a kind of inherent nature?

The Qingyang Sect Leader, who was in charge of supervising the prisoners, was also entering his tribulation period. Because the order of the Three Realms was not yet perfect, the higher-ups had not yet reached a conclusion on whether the lightning tribulation was light or heavy, how it should be struck, and how many methods there were. Therefore, he could not be struck by lightning at the moment.

Chan'er, Shang Qingmeng, and Bai Wuyan believed that the tribulation of lightning represented the might of heaven. Since it was the might of heaven, the difficulty could not be too small. Only by going all out could the majesty of the heavenly way be shown.

Of the hundred people undergoing tribulation, only one survived. The result was bewilderment and mental strain, but the intensity was just right!

The three crazy women were all ruthless, and Xiang Yuan just rolled his eyes and ignored them.

Xiao Lingyue and Su Ran Sword Master believed that the tribulation of lightning represented the might of Heaven, and that rewards and punishments should be measured. The intensity of the tribulation of lightning should be calculated based on individual merits, so as to show that Heaven's way of rewarding and punishing is clear.

It can also serve as a positive example of encouraging people to do good!
The two righteous women spoke to Xiang Yuan's heart, but agreeing with them would offend the other three, so he rolled his eyes and ignored them.

At this moment, Xiang Yuan sat cross-legged in the void, with yin and yang fish spreading out beneath him, connecting with the principles of the Heavenly Dao above, inheriting the deductions of the small world in the middle, and witnessing the great changes of the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers below.

Several women sat cross-legged around the area, observing and helping to organize the newly formed laws of heaven and earth, so that the original one-on-one dual cultivation was no longer restricted by the number of people.

Those who know, this is a joint deduction of the small world, discussing the future of the Qianyuan Realm; those who don't, would think this is a silver party!
I must say, it really works. Many hands make light work, and with men and women working together, it's much more efficient than Xiang Yuan studying alone.

Because Heaven poured all the laws and principles onto Xiang Yuan, Ji Wuzhou had nothing to do, and like a salted fish wanting to turn over, he stepped forward, wanting to study with Xiang Yuan.

Bang!

The door was closed; entry was not permitted.

Xiang Yuan meant nothing by it; it was purely a personal grudge. Just now, the Heavenly Dao kicked his people out of the game, so now he's kicking out the Heavenly Dao's people. It's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?
The one kicked out by Heaven was Xiao He, who was his brother-in-law, his brothers, his closest relatives and friends. No amount of money could save him. All these years, he'd been the one taking the blame for everything in the martial world. What? Ji Wuzhou was his master?

It's different. In this context, Ji Wuzhou is the Heavenly Emperor, the spokesperson for the Way of Heaven. These are two different things. The two sides are not part of the same group and cannot be generalized.

Without Ji Wuzhou causing trouble, Xiang Yuan was able to work more efficiently with the help of men and women, copying the laws of Heaven with great speed, making rapid progress in the laws of the small world, and also experiencing an improvement in his own strength.

However, his operations were too extensive, and even after obtaining a complete set of Heavenly Dao principles of the Qianyuan Realm, he only barely reached the peak of the Integration Stage.

Unlike Bai Wuyan and Su Ran Sword Master on the side, who went a step further on the basis of True Immortal and broke through to the next realm.

The benefits of the world's dimensional ascension have nothing to do with them, as they are already immortals. Their breakthrough lies in facing the origin of the Heavenly Dao, learning a large number of Heavenly Dao principles, and having original equity in their accounts, which allows them to preserve themselves in the Three Realms and not become puppets of the Heavenly Emperor.

Although the Heavenly Emperor of the Broken Sampan was not highly regarded by the Heavenly Dao itself, who considered him incomplete and unable to speak with the same absolute authority as other Heavenly Emperors...

Having benefited from the world's dimensional ascension and directly confronted the origin of the Heavenly Dao, Xiao Chanshang has gained immense wealth and power. At this moment, he is only one tribulation away from achieving the status of a true immortal.

Moreover, he is not an ordinary True Immortal; the specific outcome will depend on what happens after the tribulation.

There's no such thing as a tribulation of lightning. We're all on the same side. Heaven turns a blind eye, then another. It just sparks a flame, refines the true essence into magical power, and that's the end of it.

Cultivating immortality, that's how some people above do it.

Xiang Yuan looked at everyone with red eyes. He had also benefited from the world's dimensional ascension and copied the most Heavenly Dao principles. However, because the Wuxiang Seal Technique had spread too far, he was still a Cricket Fusion Stage cultivator.

If you want the tribulation to be just a formality, you must first find a qualified outer world.

Turning his head to look at the human world, good heavens, You Rong has already reached the Integration Stage!
Once upon a time, Xiang Yuan was at the Nascent Soul stage, and Qin Zhaorong was at the Nascent Soul stage; Xiang Yuan was at the Tongyou Grandmaster stage, and Qin Zhaorong was at the Nascent Soul stage; Xiang Yuan was at the Fusion Grandmaster stage, and Qin Zhaorong was still at the Nascent Soul stage.

Currently, Qin Zhaorong is at the Nascent Soul stage, while Xiang Yuan is at the Body Integration stage; Qin Zhaorong is at the Profound Realm Grandmaster stage, while Xiang Yuan is at the Body Integration stage; Qin Zhaorong is at the Body Integration Grandmaster stage, while Xiang Yuan is still at the Body Integration stage.

Xiang Yuan never expected that all his hard work and sweat would lead him to the same cultivation realm as You Rong, a carefree cultivator who just wanted to relax and enjoy life.

I despise Zhang Tianyang, I understand Zhang Tianyang, I become Zhang Tianyang. I feel that Old Zhang had it too hard, he must have died with regrets.

We can't delay any longer. Once the order of the three realms in Qianyuan Realm is stable, we should go to the Desolate Ancient Realm, where the inner and outer worlds will merge, and we should transcend the tribulation and become immortals as soon as possible.

Otherwise, not only would he be ridiculed by You Rong for not working hard enough in his cultivation, but he would also find it difficult to hold his head high in front of Xiao Chan and the other two fairies in the backyard of the Overlord's Mansion.

Xiang Yuan took a deep breath, put aside his complicated thoughts, and focused all his efforts on deducing the laws of heaven. While strengthening himself, he also perfected his small world, pushing his inner world to its peak.

Once the inner world is perfected, we can follow the natural way and take away the next target – the Ancient Wilderness Realm!

"Even those in the Integration Stage need to devour heaven and earth; after becoming an immortal, what happens when they directly start interdimensional wars and go around extorting and demanding things?"

"Tsk, everything's been arranged perfectly..."

Getting back to the point, this silver party—I mean, this deduction of the order of the three realms—took a very long time, so long that even Xiang Yuan's primordial spirit had been marinated.

He felt it had been about seven or eight years.

Because there is no concept of time in the Great Luo Heaven, a single thought can encompass seven or eight years, and seven or eight years is also just a single thought. Therefore, from the outside perspective, the moment he steps into the Great Luo Heaven, the order of the Three Realms becomes nearly complete.

The restoration of the Three Realms order brought about earth-shattering changes to the Qianyuan Realm. For cultivators, in addition to the overall improvement in their cultivation, there were other changes that brought both joy and sorrow.

For example, the clear understanding of the three higher realms, the significant increase in lifespan, and the anticipated attainment of immortality are no longer just an illusory dream.

For example, cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage could originally teleport, but now, due to the stability of the three realms of heaven and earth, mortal cultivators no longer enjoy this benefit.

Furthermore, due to the new regulations set by those above, even immortals cannot move space at will. They must either cultivate specific supernatural powers or hold original shares. Otherwise, even immortals must obediently ride the clouds when traveling.

The details of the regulations haven't been finalized yet, but based on numerous real-world examples, those in power will have more privileges. After the major update to the Qianyuan Realm, it will gain many new benefits but also lose a large number of existing ones.

Version updates work like this: those with strength get promoted, those without are nerfed, the strong get stronger, and they always stay one step ahead of the version.

The perfecting of the Three Realms order is only the first step in the version update. Next, a series of divine positions will be divided around Xiang Yuan, oops, around the Heavenly Emperor.

With the Heavenly Emperor as the supreme pinnacle, the stars formed the steps, branching out downwards step by step until the entire pyramid framework was perfected.

This patch took even longer, and the higher-ups didn't want to do it, so they decided to hand it over to the Heavenly Emperor and let him handle it himself.

After all, this is the Heavenly Emperor's job, and no one else is qualified to do it for him.

Heaven's Way: Yes.

Once the patch for the supreme godhood is completed and the makeshift organization's framework is in place, the next step should be to consider expanding the Qianyuan Realm.

While capturing beings from the lower realms to fill the vacancies in the divine positions, they also plotted an interdimensional war...

Well, this makeshift team is still too weak. They don't even have a Heavenly Emperor to carry out the Mandate of Heaven. The lack of top-level combat power is equivalent to lacking a flagship product. How can they compete with other Heavenly Courts?

The Heavenly Dao criticized the broken sampan and Xiang Yuan criticized the stinky salted fish, believing that this thing was unworthy of bearing the mandate of heaven and seriously lowered the upper limit of the Qianyuan Realm.

But they didn't realize how precious a Heavenly Emperor who accomplishes nothing is. Among all the heavens, the Heavenly Emperor Ji Wuzhou is unique, like a scorpion spitting out its own droppings. A Heavenly Emperor who cannot bear the mandate of heaven has his own unparalleled personal charm.

Before long, someone will stand up and defend Ji Wuzhou!
……

Now let's talk about the Great Luo Heaven.

Xiang Yuan was still deducing the order of the three realms. Those around him who were supposed to leave left, and none of them were left. Only Ji Wuzhou was left to stare at him blankly.

Xiao Chanshang suddenly encountered a tribulation of lightning, his true essence transformed into magical power, and he became an immortal on the spot, that is, the Void Returning stage. He found a corner in the Thirty-Sixth Heaven and went into seclusion.

Fairy Shang speaks her mind, but she is oblivious to her own limitations. She is arrogant and straightforward, especially when she starts with zero frames of her attack, which makes Sword Master Su Ran look bad and earns Xiao Chan's favor towards her.

Incidentally, Bai Wuyan also had a good impression of him.

Shang Qingmeng was able to gain so much goodwill, partly because of her straightforwardness, but mainly because of Su Ran Sword Master. She was just too powerful; her little mouth could attract a lot of hatred. Despite having a very high moral standard, she was disliked everywhere because of that sharp tongue.

Compared to her, Fairy Shang seemed absolutely perfect.

Bai Wuyan and Su Ran Sword Master also went back to seclusion. Bai Wuyan, in particular, not only had to settle accounts with the Corpse Queen Mother, but also had to study the seal of West Kunlun. Her schedule was packed for the foreseeable future, leaving her no time to work on her elixir of immortality.

Furthermore, Xiang Yuan displayed an extremely high status in the Great Luo Heaven, which made Bai Wuyan thoughtful.

Considering that the pretty boy hadn't stamped her seal and could do whatever he wanted to her, she decided to make a small sacrifice and take out the lower realms marked by her Yanfu Sect to strengthen the Qianyuan Realm.

There was no other meaning behind it; after all, she now also had original shares, and the growth of Qianyuan Realm was in her best interest.

With the version update, the entire Qianyuan Realm entered an unprecedented wave of seclusion. Xiang Yuan was also busy, but... the broken sampan was idle and had nothing to do.

“Master, you must be the busiest person in the Qianyuan Realm…”

Xiang Yuan stared with dead fish eyes and complained. As he spoke, he waved his hand and pointed towards the Netherworld, opening a passage and releasing the Qingyang Sect Leader and a group of prisoners.

Incidentally, release the large number of primordial spirits that Chan'er imprisoned in the eighteenth level of hell, allowing them to return to their physical bodies.

The war between the Heavenly Emperors has ended. These are the future servants of the Heavenly Court, and they deserve to be well cared for.

No need for retaliation, just go straight for 007's good fortune!
For example, a certain Daoist Wangji, whose own senior master did not stand with his junior master, but insisted on following his conscience to help the false emperor Zhang Tianyang, was such a traitor... In short, the senior master can be unrighteous, but the junior master cannot be heartless. He values ​​loyalty and righteousness most towards a certain person, and since they are both of the same Daoist, he decided to arrange the greatest blessing for him!

Just you wait, just you wait, the good days are yet to come!
Believe it or not, Xiang Yuan's search actually uncovered quite a few acquaintances, such as Elder Qu Kuan and Shui Xianghui from the Yu Yang Sect.

Actually, there were other acquaintances, such as Bai Shumo, the former leader of the Five Poisons Sect, and an undercover agent planted in the Southern Frontier by the Jade Sun Sect.

But Xiang Yuan had already forgotten this person. If it were the cult leader's wife, Ana Heiyan, he would definitely remember her clearly.

Xiang Yuan had nothing to talk about with these people. He sent a telepathic message to the Qingyang Sect Leader and Qu Rou. The former led the Qingyun Sect to the East Sea, a land of scattered cultivators, to finish off the remaining remnants of the false emperor, while the latter conveyed the Demon Emperor's decree to give the demon race, who were having a miserable time, a break.

"My worthy disciple, the Heavenly Court is short of people everywhere right now. Do you have any ideas?"

“Master, you are the Heavenly Emperor, you can make the arrangements as you see fit.”

"..."

Before you speak, could you please put down the principles of Heaven and the law you hold in your hands? Otherwise, trying to cover up everything with one hand is not very convincing!
Ji Wuzhou was speechless. Some dilapidated boats were nominally Heavenly Emperors, but in reality, they were not favored by Heaven. There were also some Heavenly Kings who, in front of Heaven, effectively sidelined the Heavenly Emperor.

The most outrageous thing is that Heaven did not refute it!
Fictional settings are great!

Ji Wuzhou had little interest in the so-called Heavenly Emperor and didn't care if he was sidelined, but since Xiang Yuan had sidelined him, he should take responsibility instead of just shrug and let him make all the decisions.

It makes it seem like he's in charge!
“My dear disciple, if you put it that way, then I will certainly make arrangements accordingly.”

"That's only right. It's my duty as your master. Hmm... Once you've made the arrangements, bring me the list. I'll take a look and see if there's anything that needs to be added."

Xiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and said solemnly, "Also, Master, you are now the Heavenly Emperor, so you must refer to yourself as 'I, the Sovereign'!"

"Ah, you don't address yourself as 'I'?"

"I'll pass. Master, you know I have no ambition to become the Heavenly Emperor. I only want to be a powerless and carefree immortal."

"..."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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