Wait a minute, where is my master?

After dealing with the Ancestor of White Emperor Pavilion,

Jin Xu didn't return to the surface of the floating ice.

He stood in the air with his eyes tightly closed and then casually cast several flames towards the sea surface, flames which were condensed using the "Fire Condensing Skill."

Having completed these actions, he waited for a dozen or so breaths.

Only then did the young Taoist open his eyes and flash back onto the floating ice.

Before his arrival, some contaminated substances had already spilled out into the area; his recent moves were to use his Spiritual Sense to inspect the surrounding waters, cleaning up those that had already scattered.

Above the floating ice.

As soon as Jin Xu landed, Little White immediately rushed over and began to sniff meticulously at his Taoist robe with her small nose.

After a long while, she suddenly lifted her head.

With a puzzled expression, she asked the young Taoist, "Temple master, did you sneak some chive pockets?"

"...Go play on your own."

Jin Xu knocked on the husky's head with his hand, feeling that he had gained another +1 in merits.

He then strode over to Grandma Yu, who was clearly a bit unstable in her breathing.

"Senior, the evil leader has been eliminated, and the contaminants in the Sea Eye have also been almost completely cleared. We now..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a rainbow light suddenly descended from the sky onto the young Taoist.

Then, a touching melody of fairy music started to play, and countless phantoms of rare and magical beasts, as well as various auspicious and strange phenomena, appeared above this vast ocean.

Jin Xu sensed something unusual and looked around with some confusion.

The awake individuals on the floating ice showed different expressions.

In Yu Yaoer's eyes were clarity and foolishness.

Grandma Yu's gaze held a deep surprise.

Si Yinyin glanced at the scene and then calmly closed her eyes as if it were all normal.

Only Little White, after staring for a moment, suddenly pulled out an unnamed weapon from her storage artifact and tentatively stabbed at the wings of a crane outside the Spiritual Power Shield.

"This is..."

The young Taoist spoke with a hint of confusion in his voice.

"This should be a reward given to you by the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Provinces Realm," the blood-stained Shui Clan Elder spoke softly, answering Jin Xu's doubts.

"Heavenly Dao? Reward?"

The young Taoist looked around and then waved his hand through the rainbow light with a still puzzled look on his face.

"You just slew that mad woman and said you've cleared all the contaminating substances from the Sea Eye. In doing so, you have done a huge favor for the entire Nine Provinces, preventing a vast disaster from befalling the creatures of Nine Provinces.

"The Heavenly Dao is clear in its rewards and punishments; naturally, it would bestow some reward upon you."

When Grandma Yu spoke of the Ancestor being killed, there was a hint of regret in her voice, but it only lasted for a moment before she continued explaining to the young Taoist before her.

"The rewards of the Heavenly Dao are no ordinary items, and they vary, a thousand years ago during the great war between good and evil, those who participated also received different rewards.

"Now, according to this rainbow light, what you're likely to receive is a magic that's directly inscribed into your Divine Soul. However, this magic can only be learned by you and cannot be passed down."

Having said this, she gazed through the extraordinary phenomena toward the not-so-distant pillar of lava that was still erupting.

"A thousand years ago, you were also a beneficiary of the Heavenly Dao's rewards, and now you have become the cause for others to receive a reward. It really is..."

The Shui Clan Elder thought this and felt some complexity in his heart, gently shaking his head and sighing softly.

"A magic imprinted directly into the Divine Soul? If only I had a Pill Furnace that wouldn't explode, how great that would be."

Jin Xu muttered inwardly and closed his eyes, shifting his focus to the area between his eyebrows.

"Hm!? What is this?"

It was only then that the young Taoist discovered that within his Divine Soul, for reasons unknown, a seven-colored halo had also appeared.

The halo continued to revolve around his Divine Soul, occasionally touching it before instantly bouncing off, as if it was trying hard but to no evident effect.

"What is this..."

With a puzzled heart, Jin Xu opened his eyes, intending to ask the Shui Clan Elder in front of him for further guidance on the situation.

However, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the surrounding seven-colored halo suddenly dissipate.

Then, a golden light enveloped him anew, and a piece of Golden Paper, emitting a dazzling light, descended from the sky, slowly drifting in front of the young Taoist's face.

He reached out and caught the paper, and after the light from the Golden Paper gradually faded, he softly read out the six words on top.

"Divine Skills, 'Fatian Xiangdi'?"

Jin Xu looked up at the experienced Shui Clan Elder in front of him and noticed that the Elder was looking at him, with a similarly puzzled look in his eyes.

"In the past, the three individuals who obtained Divine Skills had them imprinted directly within their Divine Souls. But how come the Golden Paper simply descended for the young Taoist?

"Has the Heavenly Dao changed its rules? Or has this person's contributions to the Nine Provinces Realm been too significant?"

Grandma Yu was equally baffled at this moment.

Although she seemed knowledgeable earlier, this was still only her second experience of such an event.

Meanwhile, Si Yinyin, who had previously regarded the seven-colored halo as normal and closed her eyes, now sensed that something was amiss and reopened her eyes.

"The Heavenly Dao of this realm actually bestowed this thing!?"

Others might not know the value of the Golden Paper, but Si Yinyin, who hailed from the Upper Realm, was unusually familiar with this object.

For her, there was one such Golden Paper in the sect she belonged to.

The previous seven-colored halo that directly imprinted magic into the Divine Soul might not be passed down, but for the cultivators of the Lower Realm, receiving a magic granted by the Heavenly Dao was a decent reward in itself.

Moreover, when such cultivators ascended, the tribulation they faced would generally be lessened by the Heavenly Dao.

But this Golden Paper was something entirely different.

The Divine Skills recorded on it could serve as one of the means of inheritance for a sect.

The Golden Paper itself also possessed various magical effects.

It could not only stabilize fate, increase the speed of cultivation, and gather Spiritual Energy from thousands of miles around. It could also be torn into pieces to enhance the sharpness of crafted items, improve the quality of pills, or act as the core of an Array.

It was even possible to directly refine it into an Immortal Artifact.

Si Yinyin's sect had used the Golden Paper to stabilize the entire sect's fate and utilized its properties to construct an exceptionally large Spirit Gathering Array.

"However, logically speaking, cultivators from the Lower Realm shouldn't be entitled to such a reward, right? The founding Ancestor of my sect went through countless hardships and paid a substantial price to get the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Realm to bestow this object.

"Could it be that the item in the young Taoist's hands only looks very similar and is actually not the same object?"

Si Yinyin stared at the Golden Paper for a moment, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Then she spoke out loud, "Jin Taoist, may I take a look at what you hold in your hands?"

As soon as she spoke, the young Taoist had no time to react when the Shui Clan Elder beside him furrowed her brows.

She opened her mouth to speak.

Suddenly.

A pale golden thunderbolt struck down directly from the sky towards Si Yinyin!