Chaotic World Book

The grand ceremony lasted for a day and a night.

Huangfu Yongxian engraved the meritorious achievements of everyone on a stone at the mountain top. He then left his son beyond the border for a hard life and led thousands of troops to continue suppressing the various tribes and assisting Ba Tu in establishing a vassal state, with the rest gradually returning to their posts.

Well, it's hard to say if it's a hard life or being a local tyrant, let's just call it a hard life. Everything is hard at the beginning. But as long as it's done well, Huangfu Shaozong can truly dominate the grassland and become the most solid spear and shield of the Great Han's northern land.

Huangfu Qing, who got married and squeezed the man dry for a whole day, had no regrets, and did not cling anymore, but instead, gleaming with vitality, led her troops back to the court first. She's a bit eager to show off to Tang Wanju... Even that sharp-tongued maid would surely be flushed with anger this time.

Accompanying her was Yue Hongling, who wanted to visit the Four Symbols Sect headquarters to see if the White Tiger Scripture truly suited her.

Everyone accomplished what they wanted and tacitly gave San Niang, who had endured months of sand beyond the border and achieved first merit, a bit of alone time.

Mainly because the mystical power of faith here wasn't much use to Yue Hongling, as that wasn't her focus. For Huangfu Qing, it was useful but not obviously so. Although she possessed power of faith, she didn't solely rely on it for cultivation, using it only as an aid. Therefore, staying here for cultivation had little value for them.

But for San Niang, the energy here was like sweet rain.

Due to the presence of the Sea Emperor's status, she was the most typical in terms of power of faith, even more so than Zhao Changhe by several times. Her ability to cultivate to the point where even Zhao Changhe considered her the best in the world couldn't be separated from the endless faith of countless ocean inhabitants.

This time, Zhao Changhe was severely injured and still hasn't fully recovered, and San Niang was similarly heavily wounded. The two of them secluded themselves in the Secret Realm to absorb the power of faith for dual cultivation and healing.

This time, both of them completely understood how to use their avatars.

Not only use them, but also deeply study and train the feeling of having two bodies exist independently, even cultivating separately.

Since they are cultivating separately... of course, dual cultivation must also be split. So it's not that we're playing with the concept of avatars, it's a necessary step in cultivation, rest assured.

If Yue Hongling saw this, she'd probably retort—how can you criticize others for Vermilion Bird Burn when you're doing this?

The man stands there, with a bewitching snake body tightly coiled around him, legs wrapped firmly around his waist, moving on top by itself.

Never mind the difficulty of the pose, just the heat from this would not be something many could handle.

This isn't a Xuanwu at all; it's clearly an enchanting snake, with mysterious and dangerous light in its eyes that makes the heart tremble to witness it, confirming why she is the Demon Sect Venerable.

Meanwhile, another San Niang sprawls naked on the ground, eyes rolling, appearing already knocked out, yet the snake body is grudgingly avenging Guigui...

In fact, whether Guigui was knocked out or just lazily napping, even the snake body isn't sure.

The path of avatars thus becomes increasingly mature.

The charming and lively Turtle and Snake dual nature of San Niang, once considered by Zhao Changhe as the most complicated, is now not so complex since they can be separated.

The vast and pure power of faith transforms into energy, continuously circulating through the Spirit Gathering Array and dual cultivation technique into both bodies, back and forth, as Zhao Changhe almost feels that San Niang's Imperial Realm Second Layer is within reach, only one step away.

"What's missing?" After the event, Zhao Changhe lays on a thick cloud, two Guiguis draw circles on him synchronously, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

"I don't know what's missing either." The main Guigui lazily remarked, "Maybe it's the old cliche, you can't breakthrough relying only on dual cultivation?"

"Probably not, those are because of insufficient understanding. Just like how relying on dual cultivation or popping pills alone can't help with comprehension. I see that your two sides are quite distinct now, and can be used as two separate people without lowering combat power… indicating your comprehension might be adequate, but what's lacking is the accumulation of energy in cultivation. Logically, as long as you reach the threshold, you should pass directly. So what exactly is the missing link?"

"This suggests you simply haven't done enough." The snake body mischievously hugged him, "Are you still up for it?"

"Hey, hey, hey..." Guigui fumed: "Sassy hoof, you've gone overboard!"

The snake body also angered: "Lazy turtle, do you know how much I've done for you, and now you're ungrateful!"

"Do I need your help? It's you hanging around wanting to eat!"

"I'm talking about helping you act sassy, would you do those poses yourself?"

"I... I would if you joined in."

"That's because of my factors, not because of your lazy turtle self?"

"I'm the main body, show some respect."

"Wanna fight? Let's see who's the main body and who's secondary!"

"Bang bang pop!" The hands drawing circles on the man's chest began to fight.

Zhao Changhe stared dumbfounded at the two San Niangs arguing and fighting, feeling his brain wasn't sufficient to comprehend.

He could also split his soul, but the soul split was entirely under his control, merely two tasks handled at once, never independent thoughts arguing and even fighting. Looking at Guigui, this was not an act, but truly two minds arguing. Who would believe she hasn't already reached the avatar threshold, why not break through directly?

Could it really be that dual cultivation wasn't enough?

"Bang!" The agile and versatile snake form was completely countered by the steadfast Guigui, not breaking the defense, but instead being rebounded, hands going numb.