“Cultivating the Dao is inherently defying the will of Heaven. How can you succeed if you are so timid and hesitant?” Li Daoyi said.

Chen Tuan blushed immediately.

"You should have heard what the Black and White Impermanence said. This is, after all, the mortal world. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is simply insufficient to guarantee your unrestrained cultivation. Otherwise, you would not have chosen to fall into slumber."

“Now you are over four hundred years old. With your cultivation level, you will suffer the five signs of decay in a hundred years at most. At that time, you will fall into the underworld and suffer the pain of having your bones ripped out and your heart gouged out,” Li Daoyi threatened.

"What?" Chen Tuan was so shocked that he stood up immediately.

At this moment, he was no longer the otherworldly figure he had been before; he quickly took a step back and knelt down.

"Please, immortal, have mercy on me."

“Fine, considering how difficult your cultivation has been, I’ll show you the right path,” Li Daoyi sighed.

Chen Tuan raised his head, his face full of longing.

"Leave now and go to the Upper Realm. Since you were able to cultivate to this level in the mortal realm, it won't be too difficult for you to go to the Upper Realm. You will still have the opportunity to ascend to the Immortal Realm and achieve immortality in the future."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tuan took a deep breath and then nodded.

"yes."

The two continued their conversation, and Li Daoyi learned some things from him. It turned out that Chen Tuan and Xiaoyaozi were good friends who sought the Dao together. They had been searching for immortality for more than ten years without any results. Later, they accidentally went to Dali and entered a place called Changchun Valley.

In Changchun Valley, the two found a cultivation technique called Changchun Gong, and they also discovered a spring. The spring water, when combined with the technique, could slow down aging. From then on, the two began to cultivate in Changchun Valley.

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. The spring dried up, and the spiritual energy in Changchun Valley was exhausted. The two had no choice but to leave.

Later, Xiaoyaozi founded the Xiaoyao Sect in the outside world and took in several exceptionally talented disciples. However, Xiaoyaozi was eager to seek the Dao, and his cultivation could not make any progress. One day, he found Chen Tuan, who was cultivating on Mount Hua, and told him that he wanted to leave this world.

It turns out that the Changchun Gong contains a formation that can open the Heavenly Gate. It seems that someone accidentally came to the mortal world through the Heavenly Gate back then.

Li Daoyi basically knew what happened next: the other party successfully left the place, but Chen Tuan was afraid.

"This is the Changchun Gong." After saying that, Chen Tuan took a book out of his pocket.

The book was not made of paper; it was made of some unknown material, perhaps some kind of animal hide.

"Ding, the advanced human-level martial arts technique Changchun Gong has been detected. Do you wish to add it to your database?"

A system notification sounded.

"Included".

Then a beam of light swept across Changchun Gong.

"Inclusion successful. Congratulations, host, you have gained 50,000 points."

"Alright, this technique must have originated from the Upper Realm. Don't reveal it casually when you go there in the future." Li Daoyi returned the book.

"Yes, thank you for the reminder, Great Immortal," Chen Tuan replied quickly.

With Li Daoyi's encouragement, Chen Tuan finally made up his mind to leave this world. In fact, this was Li Daoyi's deliberate act, just so he could see what that world was like.

Soon, Guo Jing and his companions returned, accompanied by Wanyan Lie. Wanyan Ping was overjoyed to see her father unharmed and wept tears of joy.

"Alas, this time we owe it all to the immortal. The Jin Kingdom deserved to be destroyed, and it was a good thing they were destroyed," Wanyan Lie sighed. Guo Jing and the others had already told him about the current outcome on the way.

“Brother Wang, the Jurchen people will depend on you and me from now on,” Wanyan Chenglin said.

“Of course. Before coming here, I had already announced the situation in the capital. Although the people were surprised, fortunately, no trouble was caused. It is clear that the court has long lost the support of the people,” Wanyan Lie said with a sigh.

"Immortal, what should we do about the Song Dynasty now?" Guo Jing finally asked the question that had been on everyone's mind.

Li Daoyi thought for a moment and then slowly said.

"The Song dynasty was no longer suitable for ruling China."

Everyone's pupils constricted sharply, especially Guo Jing, Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi, and a few others, who were citizens of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Then what should we do, immortal?" Guo Jing asked in a deep voice.

"Establish a new ruler."

"A new emperor?"

"who?"

The crowd asked.

"Guo'er".

"What? Guo'er?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then looked behind them. Not far away, Yang Guo was practicing martial arts with Wanyan Ping, while Xiaolongnu stood quietly to the side, occasionally giving them pointers.

"Immortal, Yang Guo is too young. What if he does this?" Guo Jing heard that the immortal wanted Yang Guo to be emperor. Naturally, he would not object, but he was worried about Yang Guo's young age.

“I didn’t say he should be in charge right now. He’s still young and has a lot to learn. I’m giving the Song Dynasty ten years to transfer power, and I’m also giving Guo’er ten years to grow up,” Li Daoyi said slowly.

"Yes, that's fine. Ten years is enough." Huang Yaoshi nodded.

"Father-in-law, you are well-versed in the various schools of thought. I will entrust my son to your tutelage from now on," Guo Jing suddenly said.

“That’s right, Huang Yaoshi, it would be a real waste if you didn’t use your extraordinary skills to govern the country and its people,” Hong Qigong quickly said.

"Haha, my daughter seems to really like Yang Guo. I think we can have her marry this guy in the future," Wanyan Lie laughed from the side.

“That’s right. If Ping’er can marry Yang Guo, my Jurchen people are willing to submit to the new ruler,” Wanyan Chenglin said hastily.

“I don’t object to this, but the children need to agree. Right now, the most important thing is to study, to learn how to govern a country.” Li Dao nodded.

And so, Yang Guo's new fate was decided by these adults without him even realizing it.

Chen Tuan left. Setting up the formation required many rare materials, which, according to him, would take at least ten years to gather.

As time passed, Yang Guo and Wanyan Ping grew up. During this time, Guo Jing and his wife brought Guo Fu from Peach Blossom Island. The three little ones got along very well, practicing martial arts and reading every day, and developed a deep bond.

On the Song Dynasty side, after learning about the events in Mongolia and the Jin Dynasty, the emperor immediately chose to abdicate. It must be said that his spineless nature saved his life. Li Daoyi personally went to Lin'an, where the emperor abdicated, a new emperor was to be enthroned, everything else remained the same, and new laws were promulgated, canceling all the previous harsh decrees.

Guo Jing was appointed Grand Marshal. On the day of his appointment, Yue Fei's spirit appeared in the sky above Lin'an City. The people were so moved that they wept bitterly, and their hearts were finally at peace.

Immediately afterwards, Li Daoyi went to Dali and obtained the Six Meridians Divine Sword from Tianlong Temple. Yideng promised that the day Yang Guo ascended the throne would be the day Dali submitted to the Central Plains.

Lin'an, the Imperial Palace.

At this time, all members of the Zhao clan had moved out of the palace and were assigned to Leizhou, where they were allowed to live as idle nobles. Any ministers who wished to leave also left the capital.

At this time, Li Daoyi and others had already moved into the palace. Yang Guo had also been studying here for many years. It must be said that this boy was indeed exceptionally talented. He could learn anything in no time. Now, at the age of twenty, he already had the appearance of a ruler.

"You little rascal, you're getting more and more handsome," Li Daoyi remarked.

"Hehe, Master, no matter how handsome I am, I'm still your disciple." Yang Guo only showed his childhood smile in front of Li Daoyi.

"Good to know. You must remember what your master taught you: power is not eternal, and you must remember that your power is given to you by the people."

"Guo'er knows."

"In addition, we must pay attention to agriculture and industry, and most importantly, we must develop the military. Once we have developed enough, we can go to sea. I have already drawn up the map for you."

"Master, are you leaving?" Yang Guo suddenly asked in a low voice, his tone tinged with reluctance. He was incredibly astute; in fact, everyone had noticed over the years that Li Daoyi would one day depart.

He reached out and patted Yang Guo on the shoulder.

"Cultivate the Changchun Gong and the Xuanyuan Gong I gave you well. Only you have the talent to break through the world's boundaries. Perhaps we, master and disciple, will have the chance to meet again in the future."

Li Daoyi taught the Changchun Gong to everyone, but unfortunately, apart from Yang Guo, Xiaolongnu, and Dongfang Bubai, no one succeeded in cultivating it. Now, the group has entered the Qi Refining stage.

Later, Li Daoyi also exchanged a low-level cultivation technique, Xuan Yuan Gong, for several people, in case the Changchun Gong was not enough to satisfy their cultivation needs in the future.

"Yes, I've got it." Yang Guo nodded.

"elder brother."

Just then, a graceful white figure slowly walked over; it was none other than Little Dragon Girl.

"Auntie." Yang Guo's face immediately lit up with joy.

"Why are you here?" Li Daoyi asked with a smile. Xiaolongnu hadn't changed much in the past ten years; she still had that aloof demeanor, only showing a smile when facing Yang Guo and Li Daoyi.

"Black Egg has woken up," said Little Dragon Girl.

"Gurgle..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the black egg leaped from her body onto Li Daoyi's shoulder and spun around happily.

"Haha, you little guy actually slept for ten years." Li Daoyi happily took the little guy down and examined him in his hand.

"whee…"

The black egg made a sound.

"Huh?" Li Dao was taken aback for a moment.

"You can speak now?"

"Mmm..." the black egg responded in a clear voice, the voice of a little girl, about three or four years old.

Yang Guo also quickly stepped forward and looked at the black egg with curiosity.

"Little guy, what's your background?" Li Daoyi asked hurriedly.

"I don't remember," Black Egg replied.

"Don't you remember?"

"Hmm, I don't remember." The little girl's voice was so cute that the group couldn't help but imagine the innocent and adorable appearance of a three-year-old girl.

"Can you come out?" Yang Guo asked.

"I want points, I want points."

"What points?" Yang Guo asked, bewildered.

"Alright, alright, she's still too young to come out," Li Daoyi quickly stopped her. The mere mention of points gave him a headache.

"Now that you can talk, we need to give you a name. It sounds awful to keep calling you Black Egg." Li Daoyi gently stroked Black Egg and said.

"How about we call it Egg-Born?" He then remembered an animated film he had watched as a child, in which a child was also born from an egg.

"Mengmeng, Mengmeng, my name is Mengmeng."

"Mengmeng?" The three of them were taken aback.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, the sky changed color. Thick dark clouds appeared in the previously clear sky, and lightning flashed and thunder roared, as if the end of the world had arrived. In just an instant, the entire Lin'an was plunged into darkness.

An endless pressure came toward Li Daoyi.

"What? How is that possible?"

The terrifying pressure emanating from him shocked Li Daoyi. Then, his body seemed to be subjected to some kind of pressure, and he swayed.

"Master, what's wrong?" Yang Guo quickly helped Li Daoyi up.

"Brother." Little Dragon Girl quickly came over to help him up.

"Alarm, alarm..."

The system alarm suddenly sounded in Li Daoyi's mind.