Asura Emperor Venerable

Shi Hao stood at a high place and could see everything clearly.

Hmm, familiar faces, and more than one.

In the front row area, there were the Second Prince Jia Jianan, the Fourth Prince Jia Kangshi, and the Ninth Princess, along with other princes and princesses. In the adjacent area were representatives sent by other Jade Immortal forces.

Shi Hao saw Wen Nianyao, Chi Murong, Qu Qien, and Mao Yuhao, the big-mouth. This guy was indeed carefree, cozying up to Wen Nianyao saying something that made her face black but unable to act out.

For the Guishui Lineage, if Wen Nianyao could marry directly into the Iron King Palace, it would naturally be of great benefit.

Therefore, for Mao Yuhao's arrival, Guishui Lineage was extremely welcoming, and Wen Nianyao couldn't act out, which surely made her very unhappy.

Chi Murong and Qu Qien also looked quite displeased. In their view, each of them was ten times, a hundred times stronger than this incompetent Mao Yuhao, but because they were just one of the Jade Immortal heirs, they couldn't measure up to Mao Yuhao, so they were treated differently by Guishui Lineage.

Of course, this was also because Master Heitie was too strong. Among the Jade Immortals in the Hongwu Immortal Domain, his strength was definitely in the top three levels; otherwise, Guishui Lineage wouldn't care so much.

There were certainly more Jade Immortal forces, but Shi Hao wasn't familiar with them, so he skipped over.

Beyond this area were the Golden Immortal forces.

Shi Hao saw Zhu Feiyu, as one of the beauties in the Rankings of Beauty, she naturally drew a lot of attention, surrounded by a crowd.

Also there was the Taibai Sect, with the Sect Leader personally bringing people along.

Hmm, the Taibai Sect suffered heavy losses, so the old Sect Leader naturally came to curry favor, stabilize the situation, or else it would be easy for other Golden Immortal forces to target them, finding excuses to provoke and force the Taibai Sect to relinquish some strategic resources.

Further back, there was the Heavenly Water Pavilion, and farther back were the three great sects, who were purely spectators, receiving no attention whatsoever.

The whole scene was bustling.

Finally, night fell, and the entire Imperial Palace was brightly lit, adorned in a dazzling array of colors, exceedingly magnificent.

The current ruler of Mirror Lake Country, the Seven-Star Jade Immortal Jia Baiji finally appeared. He looked no more than twenty or so, younger than many princes, full of vigor, with a mark between his eyebrows that looked like an ice blade.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up and saluted this powerful Jade Immortal.

Even the envoys were no exception. Jade Immortal, the strongest existence below Immortal King, especially Jia Baiji, was already at the Seven-Star level. With his talent, he was bound to reach Nine Stars within ten thousand years.

And Jia Baiji decided to abdicate the throne within ten thousand years because of this; he wanted to focus wholeheartedly on ascending to the position of Immortal King.

But, being so exceptional, wasn't he afraid of being suppressed by Summit of the Stars?

There cannot be two tigers on one mountain—would Hongwu Immortal King allow a second Immortal King to appear under his reign?

Indeed, some Immortal Realms do have two or even three Immortal Kings, but they are the minority.

Jia Baiji slightly raised his hand, indicating that everyone should forgo formalities.

He took the main seat, and only then did others dare to sit down.

The birthday feast officially began; the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive because Jia Baiji hadn't said a word from beginning to end, as if this wasn't his birthday feast, just attending for the fun of it.

After a while, it was time for the gift-giving ceremony.

This was also a kind of honor; those who could present gifts, apart from Jia Baiji's children, were representatives from various Jade Immortal forces; even Golden Immortal did not qualify.

The gift-giving adhered to certain rules: Jade Immortal forces first, but they naturally wouldn't give overly precious gifts, just a gesture, mainly about the sentiment, being present was already a show of respect.

Then it was the turn of the princes and princesses, in order of age, from youngest to oldest.

Thus, Jia Kangshi was placed towards the back.

He certainly didn't mind; in fact, he wished to be the last to appear, presenting the finale treasure, overshadowing everyone.

One by one, people went forward, and finally, it was Jia Kangshi's turn.

He carried a wooden box as he appeared, coming before Jia Baiji and offering it respectfully, saying, "This son wishes Father Emperor immortal longevity."

"Hmm." Jia Baiji lifted his hand slightly. For these children, he still held great expectations, so he didn't mind being a bit kinder at this moment.

Jia Kangshi opened the wooden box, revealing ten pieces of Raw Stone inside.

"What, Raw Stone?"

"Hiss, is this Fourth Prince out of his mind?"

"Yeah, no matter how expensive Raw Stone is, at most it's worth a few hundred Immortal Stones; ten pieces combined wouldn't exceed ten thousand Immortal Stones."

"Such a gift, he dares to take it out?"

Many people shook their heads, feeling that Jia Kangshi was too perfunctory.

Although Jia Baiji was a powerful Jade Immortal, who hasn't seen precious treasures? He didn't really care how valuable the gifts were from his children, but presenting ten pieces of Raw Stone as a birthday gift was excessively stingy.

Jia Baiji was also slightly taken aback, but he didn't mind, just looked at Jia Kangshi.

"These ten pieces of Raw Stone are carefully chosen by this son, Father Emperor, please open them, surprises surely await." Jia Kangshi said confidently.

"Alright." Jia Baiji nodded, but with Jade Immortal strength, he certainly didn't need a Stone Dissolving Knife, just used his finger to knock on a piece of Raw Stone, with a pop, and it cracked open.

Inside... was a piece of Immortal Stone.

What the heck, a piece of Immortal Stone?

No matter how high the quality of this Immortal Stone is, what could it be worth?

Jia Kangshi's face changed instantly. Did Shi Hao slip up?

Pop, Jia Baiji knocked on the second piece of Raw Stone again; it also cracked open immediately, revealing... the second piece of Immortal Stone.

Damn!

Jia Kangshi had no more delusions, knowing he'd been played by Shi Hao.

Bang, bang, bang; Jia Baiji opened all ten pieces of Raw Stone, none contained any Exotic Treasure, and three were even waste stones, with not a hint of Immortal Stone.

At this point, Jia Kangshi was trembling with anger and fear.

Shi Hao had tricked him; he would surely dismember the opponent to vent his anger, but his performance today surely disappointed Jia Baiji, even made him lose all favor, which was what terrified him the most.

"The gift is quite unique; you may step down." Jia Baiji said indifferently.

Before everyone, he spared his son some face.

Jia Kangshi wanted to explain a few words, but seeing Jia Baiji's expression, he had to swallow his words back down.

Shi Hao, just you wait, just you wait!

His whole body was filled with anger, ready to erupt at any moment.

The gift-giving ceremony continued; after all, there were still the Third Prince, the Second Prince, the Great Prince, and a few princesses.

When the gift-giving from all the princes and princesses concluded, Jia Baiji also prepared to leave, as his interest was cultivation; attending the birthday feast was entirely wasting time in his perspective.

However, as he just stood up, he froze, looking up at the sky.

"Summit of the Stars congratulates Your Majesty Jia Baiji on fifty thousand years!" The sky suddenly filled with starlight, and a woman appeared stepping on the starlight, dressed in snow-white attire, her ethereal, elegant, noble presence beyond any description.