It turns out, they were the main characters.

"But how am I supposed to test the sect leader? Should I bring the Heavenly Dao Qi to her for tea, then summon it and ask her to cooperate with me...?"

Yuanlu thought for a moment and smiled faintly, "Hmm...it doesn't seem like a bad idea."

Mu Zhian sighed, "Are you hoping I'll die?"

Yuanluo smiled and said, "How could she possibly want you to die? If you die, I won't be able to live either. Even if Shang Yanfei knew that you suspected her identity, she wouldn't say anything. Besides, she couldn't possibly know that you were looking for her to confirm her identity."

Mu Zhian looked at Yuanluo's pure and pretty face, but remained silent for a moment.

That's true. The sect leader doesn't have mind-reading abilities. If he just inadvertently summoned the Heavenly Dao Qi when he went to see her, it's because he didn't know how.

When the time comes... confirming that Shang Yanfei is indeed the one who has ascended to the Immortal Realm would be a good outcome. Even if it turns out that his and Yuanluo's conjectures were wrong, the Sect Master will not have any doubts.

After all, he simply summoned the Heavenly Dao Qi in front of the sect leader sister, without doing anything to test her.

"At that time, I will check Shang Yanfei's movements inside your body to see if she will do anything to you when you summon the Heavenly Dao Qi."

After Yuanluo finished speaking, she paused slightly and continued, "However, the day to see her may have to be postponed a little longer."

Seeing that Mu Zhian seemed a little confused, Yuanluo sighed softly, pointed to her slightly pale lips, and said softly, "I am too weak right now. I need to rest in the Heavenly Court for a few days to replenish my spiritual energy."

"Although my spiritual energy is inexhaustible as the new Heavenly Dao, when I transform into a human, I will replicate everything about them, including the furnaces within their bodies."

Mu Zhian looked at her suspiciously: "Can't you enter my body in your original form? You mean that ball of light..."

"what?"

Mu Zhian noticed that Yuanluo's red eyes were momentarily stunned, with a subtle expression that seemed to say, "Is this guy an idiot?" He glanced at him with disdain and said, "The current maintainer of the rules and order in Kyushu is the Heavenly Dao. If I were to descend upon Kyushu in the form of the light sphere you mentioned, I would be declaring war on it."

"When someone seriously violates the rules of heaven and earth, the Heavenly Dao can directly descend and rule over the nine provinces."

"I thought you would understand such a basic thing, but it seems that all you care about now is my current attitude, and nothing else matters?"

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment: "Did you learn your sharp tongue from someone else?"

Looking at the girl's pure face and elegant demeanor, it would be hard to reconcile the sharp-tongued person with this pure and pretty young girl if one hadn't heard it with their own ears.

Yuanluo rested her chin on her hand, crossed her left leg over her right, and the white silk under her white skirt tightly hugged her slender legs. She let out a soft hum: "Do you like it? I copied it from Wei Mengrou and Mu Zhi. If you like it, I can scold you more."

"I don't mind."

Mu Zhian shrugged and turned his head, saying, "By the way, could you change your shoes next time? I think Luo Tan's white ankle boots go really well with your outfit... Of course, you look great as you are now too. Your body proportions are already perfect with white stockings!"

Yuanluo glanced at him, a hint of disdain flashing in her pure, innocent red eyes: "After all that talk, do you want to try it yourself?"

As expected of a combination of fish, she appears pure and lovely on the surface, but as soon as she opens her mouth, you can tell she's a seasoned driver. I imagine she's at least thoroughly familiar with and can recite the book "The Way of Taming Shepherds".

Mu Zhian smiled and said, "I don't mind... but if I really did something, it wouldn't just be a taste."

Are you mentally prepared?

Yuanluo glanced at him with a slightly unnatural expression: "I don't mind, but are you sure no one else will come in to watch your performance later?"

His words carried a hint of threat.

As the new Heavenly Dao in the Heavenly Court, although he does not have the authority to allow other women to enter the Heavenly Court, those who hold a position in the Heavenly Court can freely send their spiritual consciousness in and out of the Heavenly Court.

Mu Zhian sighed: "If you keep flirting without taking any action next time, I might really have to do something."

Yuanlu tilted her head: "Where did I only flirt and not deal with the issues? If you're willing, I can help you solve some problems right now."

As she finished speaking, a mocking smile appeared on her face: "But with such thin spiritual energy in your natural furnace, you probably don't need me to deal with it, do you?"

Ha, this new Heavenly Dao will one day bully her until she cries...

If you're bold enough, you can even take down the new Heavenly Dao!

Looking at Yuanluo's arrogant yet disdainful expression, Mu Zhian silently made a vow in his heart.

He already had some plans in mind, but he needed to go back and work on them properly.

Bye-bye~

With a smile, Yuanlu waved to Mu Zhian and quietly watched his figure disappear from sight.

The liveliness and brightness in her red eyes gradually faded. She sat on the bed, lowered her eyes slightly, and swung her feet, remaining silent in the vast heavenly court.

……

Niu Mu Zhi'an slowly opened her eyes.

What came into view was no longer the celestial palace radiating soft light, but a rather clean and elegant room.

The room was quiet, with the soft candlelight illuminating it.

Not far from the bed, a maid in a yellow dress stood quietly beside the young master and asked indifferently, "The spiritual energy of your furnace has been completely restored... Did you go to the Heavenly Court just now?"

"Yes, I meditated in the Heavenly Court for two hours, but the innate furnace cauldron was not able to be fully replenished within two hours."

Mu Zhian got out of bed, stretched lazily, and glanced out the window.

In the stillness of the night, not a sound could be heard in the entire palace, except for the occasional rustling of the wind through the woods.

"Why did you come to see me so late today, Mengrou? Is there something important?" Mu Zhian suddenly asked.

Logically speaking, he should have fed the maid well these past few days... Well, not to say well, but at least Mu Zhian spent two or three days with Wei Mengrou, and gave her the last bit of spiritual energy from the innate furnace.

Could it be that Sister Mengrou isn't satisfied yet...?

As if she could see through Mu Zhian's thoughts, Wei Mengrou glanced at him sideways and said disdainfully, "What are you thinking about all day? I just have a feeling that something big is going to happen in the Great Qian Dynasty soon, so I'm just protecting you while you meditate and rest."

As expected of Sister Mengrou, she knows what I'm thinking even without mind-reading... Mu Zhian sighed inwardly at how terrifying Wei Mengrou was, then smiled and said, "Yao Meng and Ruoxi are in the next room, and Lingxuan is here too. Even so, are you still worried about me?"

Wei Mengrou's face showed an unnatural expression, but she gave a curt "hmm" in a nonchalant manner.

However, this scene was naturally seen by Mu Zhian without reservation. Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but reach out and grab her small hand, teasingly saying, "Sister Mengrou is really worried about my safety."

The maid is too proud and aloof. Even if she wants to be with her master, she won't say it directly, just like tonight... she'll just make up an excuse.

The candlelight cast a warm glow on Wei Mengrou's face, while Mu Zhian looked at the maid with a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

Judging from the current trend, it is impossible for the Heavenly Dao to descend upon the Nine Provinces... But in the past, the harbinger of the collapse of a dynasty was that news would spread within the dynasty that its fate was sealed.

And this message has never been wrong even once.

The Great Qian Dynasty remains stable this time... but will it really turn out as he wishes in the end?

And... why is that immortal sleeping in the Heavenly Court?

Wei Mengrou squatted down beside the bed, looked up and asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"

The cool voice pulled Mu Zhi'an back to reality. After regaining his senses, he shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing—"

Seemingly remembering something important, Mu Zhian suddenly asked, "Speaking of which, Sister Mengrou, how much have you heard about that immortal who ascended to the Immortal Realm?"

At first, Mu Zhian always thought that the Primordial Witch was the immortal who ascended to the Immortal Realm, and he thought so even before today.

But today he saw real immortals in the Heavenly Court.

If Yuanluo's judgment is correct, then the woman sleeping deep within the Heavenly Palace is the primordial mother goddess who created all things.

This likely means that his previous judgment was wrong.

Mu Zhian knew too little about the Primordial Mother Goddess.

It seems that Yuanluo was born not long ago, and she has always been in the Heavenly Court, so not much is known about her.

But now that Wei Mengrou has merged with the spirits of two witches, she has gained many memories and may know some important information that he is unaware of.

Wei Mengrou thought for a moment, then suddenly asked a seemingly insignificant question: "Do you know why she is called the Goddess of Creation by the cultivators of Kyushu?"

Mu Zhian paused for a moment: "Isn't it because she created all living things and was the first cultivator born in the Nine Provinces?"

"It's not wrong to say that, but it's actually more than that."

Wei Mengrou said softly, "She is an immortal from the Ascension Realm, and the mother of all living things. Her existence is immortal because she symbolizes the past, present, and future."

The Primordial Mother Goddess is a truly immortal being who controls the past, present, and future, and can be reborn even after death.

This is more than just invincible; her existence is practically an anomaly.

Why would such a powerful person be asleep in the Heavenly Palace?

Moreover, we don't know where the spirit has gone...

Seeing that Mu Zhian seemed to be deep in thought, Wei Mengrou suddenly asked, "Why did you suddenly ask about the Primordial Mother Goddess?"

"What happened in Heaven?"

Upon hearing the maid's question, Mu Zhian snapped out of his reverie and then recounted the events that had transpired in the Heavenly Court.

Of course, he chose to skip over the ambiguous things between him and Yuanluo, since they weren't the focus and there was no need to talk about them.

Wei Mengrou frowned slightly, a thoughtful expression on her face: "So you suspect that Consort Shang Yan is the Primordial Mother Goddess?"

Mu Zhian nodded gently and slowly opened his palm: "As long as this thing shows a very intimate or even ingratiating attitude towards the sect leader, then this conjecture can be largely confirmed."

In his palm, a sphere emitting a milky white light appeared in his field of vision.

Wei Mengrou glanced at it twice: "The aura of Heaven?"

Then she extended her palm, and a ball of light appeared in her palm as well.

However, the ball of light in her palm was as black as a lump of coal, faintly emanating an ominous aura.

"I remember the Heavenly Dao Qi wasn't this dark last time we were in the Martial World, was it?" Mu Zhian clicked his tongue in amazement. "The bad luck of the Unlucky Body is truly terrifying... Fortunately, Sister Mengrou's bad luck should only have a little bit left before it can be completely cleared away."

According to Mu Zhian's guess, Wei Mengrou's remaining misfortune could be completely wiped away by the luck of another person with great fortune.

Wei Mengrou glanced at the boy: "Don't you think your gaze is very rude?"

Mu Zhian snapped out of his reverie of admiring Wei Mengrou and smiled, "I was just marveling at how beautiful Mengrou is when she's dressed up; she's more beautiful than anyone else."

He could smell a faint scent of rouge in the air, which clearly indicated that Wei Mengrou had put on light makeup before coming to find him... This was evident from the fragrance emanating from her.

Wei Mengrou pouted and turned her face away, too lazy to pay attention to him. However, the few times she tried to raise her lips but held back, her expression betrayed her true feelings.

Knowing that the beautiful maid was just being arrogant, Mu Zhian couldn't help but smile knowingly. He glanced at her white-stockinged legs and wondered if she hadn't experienced the spiritual energy of the innate furnace much in the past two days, so she wanted to try again tonight. Otherwise, why would she come to 'protect' him in the middle of the night?

Mu Zhian gently pulled the beauty into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her fair and pretty face.

In mid-air, the three strands of Heavenly Dao energy intertwined surrounded the two of them, as if providing them with light.

Seeing the beauty in his arms lower her head shyly, Mu Zhi'an whispered again, "You see, even the Qi of Heaven thinks so—"

His voice suddenly paused, and his slowly widening eyes reflected the stunningly beautiful face of the aloof maid.

And... the Heavenly Dao Qi that was now intimately surrounding her.