After Lu Qing took in Bai Ze, there were no storms or disturbances for some time.

But they were of the same clan by origin.

In a certain mountain wilderness.

An even more sacred Auspicious Beast, filled with an aura of auspiciousness, raised its head high and looked towards the Continent in the southwest direction.

There was a trace of an extremely distant connection there.

This Bai Ze was likewise a Bai Ze, but it was destined to be a Bai Ze that emerged to support Humanity.

"Stupid fellow, lacking any drive for progress and wasting a whole body of Bai Ze bloodline!"

"Humph, this generation's Bai Ze is destined to rise in my hands. Just wait, you will regret it."

The Bai Ze of Humanity thought proudly.

Giving up great Merit right in front of oneself without taking it was simply not the style of a Bai Ze.

"It is a pity that the fate of the six paths is currently too mixed and chaotic. Those fellows of the Spirit Dao, humph humph, actually even want to occupy the position of Humanity—keep dreaming."

The Bai Ze of Humanity looked coldly at the firmament. The clear and clean universe, falling into its pair of Heavenly Eyes, became streams of fate surging like a Dragon, while countless other fates were like dust and smoke, quickly dissipating and gathering again.

Just like a wave crashing ashore, there were bound to be tides rising and falling.

"The Human Sovereign."

Its eyes wandered among these fates in the firmament, trying to discern those subtle buds of Humanity.

Only Humanity would give the Human Sovereign Bai Ze the strongest guidance.

That was a born sovereign of Humanity.

"Unfortunately, it cannot be glimpsed yet. Has the variable not truly appeared yet?"

Without seeing that trace of fate being born.

The Bai Ze of Humanity was not discouraged either.

If Humanity were truly so easy to appear, then after antiquity, it would not have fallen to the point of concealment.

Among the six paths of antiquity, the Demonic Path, which plummeted from glory into the dust, could still survive in the current world and occupy a region of the Four Directions Land.

Yet Humanity vanished without a trace.

It truly makes one wonder what exactly happened during that final catastrophe.

The Human Sovereign disappeared, and Humanity went into concealment.

In Lu Qing's Daoist sanctum.

There was a pure Spirit Beast slowly and delicately chewing on a crimson-red spirit fruit; the juice was sweet, and Spiritual Qi overflowed.

Taking a large bite, Bai Ze's eyes were almost shedding tears.

"Delicious, too delicious!"

"As expected of Boss White Crane, the fruit you personally planted is simply unparalleled in the heavens and earth!"

It heavily flattered the White Crane Boy.

On the other side, Mountain Tiger showed an unkind expression, and the green snake raised its head, greatly shocked in its heart, "What a cunning Spirit Beast."

"To actually squeeze into their inner circle within just a few months of coming."

This made the five Spirit Beast stewards—Mountain Tiger, the green snake, the fox, the ape, and the spirit sparrow—all feel that their positions under their bottoms were in precarious danger.

"Detestable."

"Too treacherous, a glib-tongued brat!"

The ape acted disdainfully, casually flexing the big muscles on its arms.

Unfortunately, Bai Ze considered itself a Bai Ze who had roamed the Cultivation World, preferring to use its brain.

There was no reason to bully these Spirit Beasts who had stayed in this mountain range since birth and were eventually incorporated here at the spirit field.

After all, in Bai Ze's view, it was the third smartest person here.

The first was that terrifying master of the Daoist sanctum, and the second was the White Crane Boy before it. There was no help for it; although the other party was pure, the treatment by Lu Qing's side could not simply be summarized as that of a spirit pet.

Clearly, Bai Ze did not think the relationship between the White Crane Boy and Lu Qing was a simple spirit pet relationship.

"Rather than say that, it is more like friends?"

A Cultivator and a Spirit Beast making friends?

Although such things were rare, they were not completely nonexistent.

Therefore, Bai Ze could only lower its own status a bit, dropping to the third position.

"Mm, your planting skill is also very high. If you like eating them, eat a bit more."

Everyone, whether human or ghost, loved hearing pleasant words.

The White Crane Boy had no particular thoughts about these Spirit Beasts. In the past, it had always been carefree and leisurely by itself, occasionally going out to forage for food, and it still frequently did so now.

However, with the talisman given by Lu Qing, it did not need to worry about being coveted by others.

Not to mention, Lu Qing did not think that since Ancestor White Crane was so at ease letting the boy leave the Dao Sect, it obviously wouldn't do so without leaving some trump cards on him.

"Many thanks, Boss!"

Bai Ze beamed with joy; it truly liked this place.

At least it was much better than the life of wandering everywhere before.

It also finally understood why the Spirit Beasts here did not practice cultivation much, yet the Qi around their bodies was slowly advancing bit by bit at all times.

If anyone could eat heavenly and earthly spiritual treasures every day, not to mention their Dao practice, at least their cultivation of the physical body would have laid a very good Foundation.

"Hehe."

"Pfft."

The five stewards looked unkind.

But they couldn't do anything either, and could only think sourly in their hearts.

As Bai Ze was eating, its eyes suddenly twitched.

It sensed a trace of destiny's traction.

"That clan brother activated his innate talent, but where is a Human Sovereign so easy to find?"

"There is a saying in the mortal world: once the True Dragon emerges, there must be fierce dragons acting as vanguards for the king. If they were so easy to find, those Old Monsters of heavenly secrets might not necessarily make a move slower than us."

The Human Sovereign was too special.

Unlike ordinary monstrous talents and prodigys, whose fate manifested so that a Dao Lineage could gain first access and lead them back within the Dao Lineage to cultivate and train.

The Human Sovereign emerges from Humanity; when Humanity emerges, the Human Sovereign shall appear.

Is it the Human Sovereign helping Humanity emerge, or does Humanity emerge first before the Human Sovereign appears?

Bai Ze could not distinguish it clearly either.

"When destiny heads in different directions, the Bai Ze lineage should also have different heavenly secrets."

The previous generation's Bai Ze said with an ambiguous meaning at the end.

And walked into the Bai Ze graveyard.

Bai Ze would not stop the other party, just as the other party would not have stopped itself.

Everyone's path and cultivation of the Dao were different, and Auspicious Beasts were the same.

"However, as for that master's fate, had I not failed to sense that purple Qi of supreme nobility belonging to the Human Sovereign imprinted deep within the bloodline, I would almost suspect whether the heavenly secrets I saw were fake."

Lu Qing's entire being gave Bai Ze a feeling of being terrifying and unfathomable.

As everyone knew, the Human Sovereign's cultivation path was not a Dao that could be cultivated through ordinary solitary refinement like any other in the world.

Therefore, it ruled out the possibility that this great master's fate-chart would be that of a Human Sovereign.

The Human Sovereign's Dao was the Dao of heaven and earth.

It was a majestic, brilliant Dao standing amidst the heaven and earth.

Living in seclusion in deep mountains and retreating in a single place could neither bear the grand fortune of heaven and earth nor the Dao of Humanity.

"But even if it is not the Human Sovereign's purple Qi, the master's aura is truly terrifying. Staying here is indeed correct."

This thought flashed through Bai Ze's mind.

The Human Sovereign, bearing the two characters of a sovereign, was destined to be someone accompanied by weapons of war and stirring up winds and clouds.

Lu Qing was tranquil and inaction-oriented, yet he looked like an Immortal in the clouds practicing solitary refinement toward the secular world outside.

The former enters the world, establishing oneself in the secular Humanity and acting as the sovereign of tens of millions of living beings.

The latter seeks transcendence, seeking the great Dao of a solitary person in the boundless expanse, traveling alone to seek the Dao.

"But tranquility is good, tranquility is good; otherwise, I certainly don't want to fight with others."

Bai Ze muttered softly in its heart.

Lu Qing slightly opened his eyes, having thoughts in his heart.

Bai Ze suddenly gave a start.

Suddenly perceiving a trace of connection, it immediately knew this was the Realm of Dao practice where one's heart had perception.

"Master, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Lu Qing's gaze was slightly helpless; this Bai Ze Spirit Monster was extraordinary, and among the simple-minded Spirit Beast community in the mountains, it appeared even more glib and slippery.

However, the other party's intentions were also pure, and Lu Qing naturally had no other thoughts.

With Bai Ze joining, harmonizing the mental state of these Spirit Beasts would also be beneficial.

Lest in the future, if these Spirit Beasts cultivated outside, their mental states would instead be too singular, which might not necessarily be a good thing.