305: Chapter 305 Crossing Realms and Crushing the Dao Ancestor with One Hand

Inside the Zhaixing Courtyard, it was so quiet that even the echo of an ice needle condensed from Spiritual Qi hitting the ground could be heard.

Zhou Wannian's slender, fair right hand reached out extremely calmly toward the black hole where the Grand Void Dao Ancestor had fled. His movement did not stir any violent astral winds, possessing a nonchalance akin to a Mortal reaching out to pluck a flower.

However, it was this plain and simple reach.

At this moment, the self-contained and flawless inner universe rules of the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art boomed across the vast and boundless spatial dimensions of the Grand Void Firmament.

Countless billions of miles away from the Grand Void Central Divine City, at the edge of the Eternal Origin Sea filled with turbulent flows of time and space, the Grand Void Dao Ancestor was riding that Grand Void Chaos Giant Whale, frantically plunging into the darkness. In just one more breath, he could completely vanish into the barrier of the Origin Sea.

But the violent, surging spatial turbulence around him suddenly fell into absolute stillness at the same time.

The Grand Void Dao Ancestor looked up in utter horror. Above his head, an invisible giant hand with a translucent glazed texture, large enough to hold dozens of galaxies in its palm, condensed out of thin air. The fingertips of the giant hand were entwined with the power of Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration and spatial collapse. Like an eagle catching a chick, it firmly enveloped him and the Chaos Giant Whale within its palm.

"This is impossible! You can actually project the power of your inner universe directly across the endless Grand Void!" the Grand Void Dao Ancestor screamed in despair, desperately burning his Eternal Dao Fruit in an attempt to break free.

Inside the Zhaixing Courtyard.

Zhou Wannian's expression was as composed as ever. Without any hesitation, he gently clenched his right hand, which was extended toward the void.

"Extinguish."

Crack.

Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound that seemed to make the entire Grand Void Firmament tremble, that ancient Dao Ancestor who had lived for countless eons, along with the Chaos Giant Whale, exploded with a boom at the edge of the Origin Sea like crushed dry leaves, disintegrating into the most basic dust of the world.

Deep in the heavens of the Grand Void Firmament, a muffled wail echoed. The Heavenly Dao Origin vibrated at the fall of a top-tier Dao Ancestor.

In the elegant courtyard, Star Child and Pure Shadow watched Zhou Wannian's slowly retracting right hand, their breathing completely stopped. They knew that in that casual clench just now, another Supreme combat power of the Grand Void Firmament had fallen.

Zhou Wannian did not sit back down at the tea table. He casually flicked his green sleeves and looked deeply at the spatial black hole that had not yet completely closed.

Zhou Wannian's tone was easygoing, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance: "The rules of this Grand Void, I might as well break them all clean today. Keep the tea warm; I'm going to see those old bastards hiding underwater."

Before his voice had even faded, he did not use any teleportation Divine Ability but simply stepped forward. His green figure was like a phantom, instantly stepping into the spatial black hole leading to the Origin Sea.

When Zhou Wannian's figure reappeared, he was already in the absolute forbidden land of the Grand Void Firmament—the depths of the Eternal Origin Sea.

There were no stars or purple-gold seas of clouds here. As far as the eye could see, there was a viscous ocean of chaotic grayish-white. This was not water, but the 'Initial Origin' of the Grand Void Firmament at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, which had not yet evolved into all things.

Here, the concepts of time and space were completely stripped away. If an ordinary powerhouse fell into this sea area, they would instantly be assimilated into a pool of gray water by this heavy Initial Origin.

But Zhou Wannian walked as if on level ground. The inner universe within him emitted a faint halo of Chaos, isolating all the grayish-white seawater that tried to erode his Physical Body.

The moment he stepped into the Origin Sea, the entire grayish-white ocean suddenly boiled violently.

The sea surface split frantically from the middle to both sides, and an infinitely large ancient divine temple, woven entirely from materialized Heavenly Dao chains, slowly rose from the seabed. The temple emitted a terrifying pressure that suppressed all ages; it was the ultimate power center of the Grand Void Firmament—the Eternal Palace.

"Anomaly! You actually dare to step into the Origin Sea in person!"

Three grand and cold voices sounded simultaneously from all directions. Three majestic Dharma Idols, ten thousand feet tall and shrouded in endless Chaos halos, slowly condensed above the Eternal Palace.

The Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor in the center had eyes like lightning, staring fixedly at Zhou Wannian, his eyes full of wariness and greed: "No wonder you could easily wipe out the Grand Void Dao Ancestor. Your body actually contains a completely independent inner universe system that is even more perfect than the Grand Void Firmament! This is a Supreme fortune sufficient to cross eternity!"

The Silver-Robed Dao Ancestor on the left sneered, and the surrounding Origin Sea water instantly turned into billions of ice blades capable of cutting through the Great Dao: "There is a road to heaven but you won't take it; there is no door to Hell but you barge in. Outside, we might be somewhat wary of you. But in this Origin Sea, we are the Creator Gods of the Grand Void! No matter how strong your inner universe is, it will eventually be completely assimilated by the Initial Origin of the Origin Sea!"

Facing the fanaticism and killing intent of the three ancient Dao Ancestors, as well as the boiling Origin Sea water that wanted to swallow him.

Zhou Wannian stood with his hands behind his back, his green robe flapping in the chaotic astral winds, his demeanor still as relaxed and composed as ever.

Zhou Wannian looked at the three high-and-mighty Dharma Idols, his tone steady, as if he were looking at three frogs at the bottom of a well who didn't know the height of the heavens.

Zhou Wannian said indifferently: "Using this pool of dead water to assimilate my Major Thousand Worlds? Your understanding of power is so meager it's pathetic."

He did not sacrifice any Magic Treasure to resist; instead, he slowly opened his arms.

"Since you like devouring so much, I'll let you see whose appetite is bigger."

Boom!

At this moment, the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art completely released all its shackles.

Inside Zhou Wannian's body, a brilliant divine light erupted, illuminating the entire Origin Sea. One hundred and eight groups of time dao patterns rose into the sky like one hundred and eight suns at the same time.

His inner universe, centered on his Physical Body, began to expand outward frantically without reservation!

The phantom of the heavy grandmist mother earth continent spread beneath his feet, and the deep great sea true water whipped up monstrous waves, crashing fiercely against the grayish-white Origin Sea water!

This was a cosmic-level dimensional backlash. It wasn't the Origin Sea assimilating Zhou Wannian, but Zhou Wannian's perfect inner universe opening its abyssal maw and beginning to frantically devour and decompose the core Origin of this Grand Void Firmament!

The fanaticism on the faces of the three ancient Dao Ancestors, who were originally confident of victory, instantly froze, replaced by unprecedented extreme terror.

At this moment, the grayish-white chaotic seawater completely lost its former deathly silence and steadiness that suppressed all ages and contained everything.

This absolute forbidden land known as the Eternal Origin Sea had been quietly lying in the deepest part of the Universe since the creation of the Grand Void Firmament. It was the source of all Laws in this high-dimensional world and the ultimate destination of all life. For ten million eons, countless brilliant Origin Dao Lords had tried to penetrate this place, only to eventually turn into an insignificant speck of dust in this grayish-white seawater.

However, today, this high-and-mighty sea of Origin faced its first and last true fear since its birth.

Zhou Wannian's slender and upright body floated in the center of the boiling Origin Sea. He did not manifest any earth-shaking Dharma Idol, nor did he chant any obscure Great Dao mantras. He simply and naturally opened his flawless inner universe outward without reservation.

Boom.

This was not an ordinary collision of Dharmic power, but the most primitive and cruel mutual devouring between two Universe systems of different dimensions and levels.

Beneath Zhou Wannian's feet, the heavy phantom continent evolved from the grandmist mother earth extended frantically in all directions with an unstoppable and arrogant posture. Those grayish-white chaotic Origin Sea waters, upon contact with the grandmist mother earth, were like encountering the driest sponge in the world, being frantically absorbed at an incredible speed.

The Initial Origin of the Grand Void Firmament was so heavy that even a single drop of water was enough to crush a lower Major Thousand World. But before this grandmist mother earth continent, these extremely heavy Origin substances became the finest fertilizer. After devouring the grayish-white seawater, the continent became more vast and solid, even faintly emitting a purple-gold luster that transcended the Grand Void's Heavenly Dao.

Above the heavens of the inner universe, that sky-blotting chaos jianmu let out a joyful long cry that shook the heavens. Countless emerald roots, as thick as ancient mountain ranges, completely ignored the distance of space and stabbed fiercely into the deepest part of the Origin Sea.

Those roots were like countless greedy black holes, frantically absorbing the vitality and fortune contained within the Origin Sea. With every absorption, the canopy of the chaos jianmu would expand by ten million miles, and new leaves as large as stars would bloom on the branches, shedding endless divine light of creation to nourish Zhou Wannian's entire body.

The great sea true water whipped up monstrous waves, forcibly suppressing and assimilating the Origin Sea water that tried to resist; the primal geng metal divine iron turned into billions of invincible golden Sword Qi, severing all the ancient Law chains in the Origin Sea; the nine nether earth core lotus burned with the dark sun nether fire that incinerated the void, burning away the hidden Impurities and Death Qi in the Origin Sea.

Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal.

Under the command of the one hundred and eight groups of time dao patterns, the Five Elements Laws turned into a perfectly self-consistent and endless ultimate grinding stone. With Zhou Wannian as the center, this grinding stone was unscrupulously strangling and devouring the Foundation of the Grand Void Firmament.

Above the Eternal Palace, the fanaticism and contempt on the faces of the three ancient Dao Ancestors, who had previously regarded Zhou Wannian as a lamb to be slaughtered, had long since vanished, replaced by an extreme horror originating from the deepest part of their Souls.

They were the companions of this Origin Sea, the strongest parasites on the Grand Void's Heavenly Dao. The reason they could claim to be eternal and immortal, living as long as the heavens, was their deep binding with the Origin of this Origin Sea.

But now, they discovered in utter horror that their connection with the Origin Sea was being forcibly severed by a more Advanced and domineering rule. The boundless Eternal Dao Fruits within them actually began to show signs of depletion.

The majestic face of the Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor in the center was completely distorted, and his eyes, which spat out golden divine light, were bloodshot with terror.

The Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor roared at the top of his lungs: "This is impossible. The Universe in your body can actually devour the Grand Void Origin. What kind of monster are you? Stop! If the Origin Sea dries up, the entire Grand Void Firmament will collapse instantly, and billions upon billions of living beings will be buried with you."

Under extreme fear, this ancient ruler, who once viewed all living beings as ants, actually broke precedent by bringing up the billions of living beings of the Grand Void Firmament as moral blackmail, trying to make Zhou Wannian hesitate.

Facing such a sharp and stern threat.

Zhou Wannian still stood with his hands behind his back, his green robe not showing a single messy wrinkle amidst the violent influx of chaotic Origin. In his eyes, as deep as an ancient well, there was an absolute clarity and indifference that saw through the essence of all things.

Zhou Wannian said with a calm expression and a tone devoid of any emotion: "Using the living beings of this world to pressure me? You have been parasites in the Origin Sea for ten million eons. To maintain your so-called eternity, how many Dao Fruits of Lower Realm Ascenders have you secretly absorbed, and how much vitality from Star Domains have you drained? The Heavenly Dao of this Grand Void Firmament has long been gnawed full of holes by you pests and is on the verge of collapse. My devouring of this Origin polluted by you today is not only not destruction, but rather giving this world a new life through destruction and rebirth. You are merely the most insignificant sacrifices on this altar of rebirth."

This judgment, which ruthlessly exposed their hypocritical faces, caused the hearts of the three Dao Ancestors to sink completely to the bottom.

The Silver-Robed Dao Ancestor on the left let out a screech like a vengeful ghost. The billions of ice blades around her, capable of cutting through the Great Dao, instantly fused into an absolute zero and silent silver heavenly blade ten million feet long.

The Silver-Robed Dao Ancestor roared with a distorted face: "Juntian, Xuan Ye, don't hold back anymore. If this child doesn't die, we will surely be annihilated in body and Soul. Use the 'Origin World-Extinguishing Rite'; even if we risk falling in Realm, we must slay him here."

The Black-Robed Dao Ancestor Xuan Ye on the right did not answer, but his actions were more ruthless than any words. He slapped his chest hard and spat out three large mouthfuls of eternal heart blood shimmering with black ghostly light.

This heart blood burned rapidly in mid-air, turning into a ten-million-foot-tall, terrifying demon god phantom with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes. This demon god phantom emitted extreme malice that destroyed and devoured everything, and each of its hands held an ultimate ominous weapon condensed from the grievances of the Grand Void's living beings.

The Black-Robed Dao Ancestor Xuan Ye shrieked piercingly: "Myriad worlds sink, the Great Demon descends. Tear apart that ridiculous inner universe of his!"

The Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor Juntian also gritted his teeth and quickly formed hand seals. The void above his head boomed and shattered, and a giant ancient cauldron, emitting endless brilliant golden light and engraved with all the Law inscriptions from the birth of the Grand Void Firmament, suppressed downward from the void.

This Supreme treasure named the "Primal Creation Tripod" is the strongest Innate Spirit Treasure of the Grand Void Firmament. Not only can it suppress the Grandmist Luck of an entire Realm, but it can also refine all Acquired beings into the most primitive Chaos Clear Qi.

Under the ultimate threat of life and death, the three ancient Dao Ancestors completely abandoned all dignity and scruples, joining forces to launch the most terrifying and insane desperate strike since their birth.

A silver heavenly blade severed time.

A thousand-handed demon god tore through the Void Realm.

The Primal Creation Tripod suppressed the myriad Daos.

These three forces converged, forming a sea of destructive light that was multicolored yet filled with absolute deathly silence. Everywhere the sea of light passed, the waters of the Eternal Origin Sea that had not yet been devoured by Zhou Wannian were instantly evaporated to nothingness. Even the Eternal Palace, known to be indestructible through ten thousand tribulations, emitted the sound of overburdened cracking under this pressure.

Facing this world-ending tide that was sufficient to completely reduce the entire Grand Void Firmament to nothingness...

Zhou Wannian finally slowly withdrew his hands, which had been clasped behind his back.

He did not summon any Magic Treasure, nor did he form any complex hand seals. He simply stood in place quite normally, slightly raising his chin, his deep eyes reflecting that howling sea of destructive light.

Zhou Wannian's tone was casual, as if dispersing a thin layer of morning mist, as he calmly spat out four words.

Zhou Wannian said indifferently, "Overestimating your capabilities."

He slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers slightly spread, and facing the world-ending attack pouring down from the sky, he pressed forward plainly.

Buzz.

Accompanying this press of his...

The phantom of the inner universe behind Zhou Wannian erupted at this moment with an absolute sense of reality that transcended all dimensions.

One hundred and eight clusters of time dao patterns operated frantically, forming an invisible yet indestructible Wall of Sighing Ages in front of Zhou Wannian.

The Great Perfection Space Law transformed into countless miniature black holes, densely covering the surface of that Wall of Sighing.

The power of the Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration was like invisible venomous snakes, frantically poking their bodies outward through those black holes.

An incredible scene of despair truly played out in the depths of this boiling Eternal Origin Sea.

The silver heavenly blade capable of severing time, the moment it touched the Wall of Sighing Ages, was like striking an immovable divine iron. Without any deafening sound of collision, starting from the tip of the blade, that extreme Law of Annihilation actually began to retreat at a visible speed under the wash of the reversing flow of time, forcibly being reverted into harmless ordinary water vapor.

That terrifying demon god with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, radiating sky-topping malice, had its ten million arms waving ultimate ominous weapon. Just as they neared within a hundred feet of Zhou Wannian, they were instantly devoured by those dense spatial black holes. Even its massive demon god body, under the great power of the Great Perfection spatial collapse, was forcibly twisted and squeezed into an infinitesimally small singularity, then silently annihilated into nothingness.

As for the Primal Creation Tripod that suppressed the myriad Daos and was known as the strongest Spirit Treasure of the Grand Void...

When facing Zhou Wannian's Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration power, the countless ancient Law inscriptions engraved on its surface were like dry leaves encountering a raging fire, instantly burning and dissipating. Following that, this indestructible Innate Supreme treasure let out a shrill wail like a living creature. The entire tripod body, starting from the base, shattered inch by inch, turning into golden powder that danced in the sky, which was then unceremoniously swallowed in one gulp by Zhou Wannian's inner universe.

In a ten-thousandth of an instant.

The desperate strike launched by the three ancient Dao Ancestors with all their might, even at the cost of falling in Realm...

Under Zhou Wannian's casual press, it completely dissolved like a reflection in water or a flower in a mirror, without even lifting a corner of his green robe.

"This... this is absolutely impossible. We are the Lords of the Grand Void, how could we lose to an anomaly whose Realm we cannot even see through?"

The majestic eyes of the Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor Juntian were completely filled with endless despair and disbelief. His originally tall and grand dharma idol, under the double blow of losing the protection of the Primal Creation Tripod and the frantic extraction of the Eternal Origin Sea's Origin, began to flicker and dim violently, like a candle in the wind.

The Silver-Robed Dao Ancestor and the Black-Robed Dao Ancestor trembled even more. The Eternal Dao Fruits within their bodies had already developed irreversible cracks of collapse in the face of the terrifying devouring power of Zhou Wannian's inner universe.

They knew they had completely lost. They lost to a monster whose dimension completely transcended theirs and who followed no logic at all.

Flee.

This was the only thought remaining in the hearts of the three ancient Dao Ancestors at this moment. As long as they could preserve a sliver of their remnant Souls to escape into the endless lower worlds of the Grand Void Firmament, even if they had to undergo Reincarnation and cultivate again, it would be better than having both their form and spirit completely extinguished here.

The three exchanged glances and, without any hesitation, simultaneously burned all their remaining Origin, transforming into three streaks of light of different colors, frantically fleeing toward three different directions of the Eternal Origin Sea.

Looking at these three rats fleeing like stray dogs...

Zhou Wannian slowly withdrew his right hand from mid-air, a faint mocking curve hooking the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Wannian calmly declared their end: "Since I have already stepped through that door, there is no longer any place for you in this Grand Void Firmament. Dust to dust, earth to earth, obediently become the nourishment for my Universe."

He quite casually formed an ancient seal with his hands in front of him.

Zhou Wannian calmly spat out two words: "Return to Ruins."

Boom.

Following this command of his...

Zhou Wannian's inner universe phantom, which had already expanded to who knows how many billions of miles, suddenly contracted inward, then exploded outward with a tide of devouring and disintegration that was ten thousand times more violent than before and absolutely irresistible.

The entire Eternal Origin Sea completely met its doomsday at this moment.

Those grayish-white Initial Origin waters were no longer slowly absorbed, but were instantly drained like a bathtub with its plug pulled out.

The three streaks of light that had already fled millions of miles away suddenly froze in mid-air.

"No... mercy. I am willing to acknowledge you as master, willing to offer the Grand Void Heavenly Dao..."

The Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor let out the most miserable wail of his life, his once high-and-mighty dignity completely crushed under the shadow of death.

But Zhou Wannian's inner universe showed no mercy, nor did it pause for a moment.

Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

Three extremely crisp sounds of shattering, which caused the entire Grand Void Firmament's Heavenly Dao to wail in grief, rang out one after another in the void of the Eternal Origin Sea.

Gold-Robed Dao Ancestor Juntian, Silver-Robed Dao Ancestor Huanshui, Black-Robed Dao Ancestor Xuan Ye.

These three most ancient existences who had ruled the Grand Void Firmament for countless eons, high and mighty and insufferably arrogant...

In mid-air, they instantly dispersed like soap bubbles being pricked. Their bodies that were indestructible through ten thousand tribulations, and their Eternal Dao Fruits that they had spent countless efforts to condense, were all completely reverted into the most basic Heavenly Dao dust under Zhou Wannian's absolutely relaxed and crushing strength.

Immediately following that...

The Eternal Palace, which had lost its masters and the support of the Eternal Origin Sea's Origin, also emitted a world-shaking boom within that unstoppable tide of devouring. The massive palace collapsed inch by inch, turning into a sky full of Law fragments, and was sucked into Zhou Wannian's inner universe.

Insta-kill.

A complete, all-around, absolute insta-kill that left no hidden dangers.

With the fall of the three ancient Dao Ancestors and the collapse of the Eternal Palace, this once dreaded Eternal Origin Sea completely became an empty void. All the Initial Origin was swallowed clean by Zhou Wannian's flawless inner universe.

Zhou Wannian stood quietly in the center of the void.

After devouring the entire Eternal Origin Sea, his inner universe finally welcomed the last and most grand transformation since he stepped onto the path of immortal cultivation.

The one hundred and eight clusters of time dao patterns completely submerged into the void of the inner universe, becoming the most indestructible river of time of this newborn Major Thousand World. The five great ancient origin divine objects also no longer existed in physical form, but completely melted, becoming five vast Origin grand daos of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth that permeated the entire inner universe from beginning to end.

At this moment, his inner universe was no longer an illusory Cultivation Technique projection, but a real Major Thousand World that was completely equivalent to, or even surpassed, the Grand Void Firmament in dimension and quality.

And he, Zhou Wannian, was the only, Supreme Creator True God in this perfect world.

All Laws and all auras were restrained to the extreme at this moment.

He still looked like that ordinary youth wearing a green robe with a casual and relaxed temperament. But if any living being dared to look directly into his eyes at this moment, they would be instantly shocked, or even have their Dao Heart collapse, by the sight of the endless, circulating Universe Reincarnation within his eyes.

Zhou Wannian slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath of turbid Qi.

He casually dusted the sleeves of his green robe, looked at the empty void, and a faint arc hooked the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Wannian's tone was soothing, carrying a free and easy attitude of having completely seen through everything, as he whispered to himself: "The water was a bit deep, but the fish were still unable to withstand a single blow. This highest point of the Grand Void Firmament only has this much scenery. However, that pot of tea brewed with the primal divine spring is somewhat worth remembering."

He did not stay any longer.

Zhou Wannian took steady and soothing steps, treading on that void space whose Origin he had completely drained, and took a step quite normally.

The Great Perfection Space Law circulated beneath his feet.

His figure was like a breeze, instantly penetrating endless distances and dimensions, disappearing from this once forbidden land.

Grand Void Central Divine City, Lanxing Pavilion, the 999th floor, Zhaixing Courtyard.

The air here was still in a state of extreme, frozen deathly silence.

Star Child and Pure Shadow still maintained their five-point prostration posture, not daring to move even a single finger. Their foreheads were covered in fine beads of cold sweat, and their hearts were beating violently in their chests, as if they would jump out of their throats at any moment.

Since that Supreme Senior left, less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn had passed.

But in this short time, Star Child's keen Divine Sense had sensed three consecutive terrifying wails from the depths of the Grand Void Firmament's Heavenly Dao. Those were the celestial weeping phenomena representing the fall of the three most ancient Dao Ancestors.

He did not know what earth-shattering things that Senior had done in the Eternal Origin Sea; he only knew that the sky of this Grand Void Firmament had been completely crushed into powder by that Senior's two feet.

On the warm jade tea table...

That small purple clay stove radiating a soft astral spirit fire was still burning steadily. In the purple clay pot on the stove, the water of the primal divine spring made a very slight gurgling sound, the water temperature controlled precisely by the Formation Pure Shadow had set before leaving, without the slightest error.

Just as Star Child was feeling uneasy, not knowing when that Supreme would return...

The spatial barrier around the Zhaixing Courtyard suddenly rippled with a gentle wave like water.

There was no violent astral wind, and no roar of tearing through the void.

That handsome figure in a green robe, with hands clasped behind his back and taking leisurely steps, walked out from the ripples with composure.

His clothes were still as neat as new, and his expression was still as casual and relaxed. It was as if he had just gone for a walk downstairs, rather than going to the deepest part of the Grand Void Firmament to wipe out the highest Dominators of this world.

Star Child and Pure Shadow trembled, their heads pressed tightly against the ground, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Star Child's voice was hoarse, carrying endless awe and fanaticism, as he shouted loudly.

Star Child said loudly, "Welcome back in triumph, Supreme. Your Divine Might is unparalleled throughout the ages."

Zhou Wannian ignored their exaggerated praises. He walked to the warm jade tea table and sat down steadily in an extremely comfortable posture.

His long, fair fingers lightly lifted that warm purple clay pot and slowly poured a full cup into the white jade tea bowl in front of him.

The pale purple tea water rippled slightly in the bowl, emitting a refreshing and ethereal tea fragrance.

Zhou Wannian picked up the tea bowl, gently blew away the froth on the water's surface, and unhurriedly took a shallow sip.

The tea entered his mouth warm and moist, its Dao charm long-lasting, without the slightest bit of sourness or bitterness from the passage of time.

Zhou Wannian set down the tea bowl, his eyes as deep as an ancient well looking at the two people kneeling on the ground, a faint smile that made one feel like they were in a spring breeze appearing on his handsome face.

Zhou Wannian's tone was steady, revealing an absolute relaxation from his very core, as he said softly, "The heat was maintained well. The temperature of this tea is just right."