In a new masterless cave domain, Great Yu cultivators steadily unpacked furnishings from their storage rings, decorating their new grotto. Even a palace was retrieved from the storage ring, its opulent halls towering in the barren cave domain.

Beside the palace was an unassuming thatched hut—the Imperial Preceptor’s dwelling.

As the Imperial Preceptor considered himself a mountain recluse, his abode was deliberately austere. Crouching on a low stool, his eyes were as deep as wells, displaying the image of an ascetic expert.

“Now we’re safe. The Dao-Seeking Sect forced us to relocate—what utter humiliation!”

Who am I? The second imperial preceptor of Great Yu, the successor and promoter of Great Yu’s golden age, and mentor to several virtuous Yu emperors revered by the people.

The first imperial...