Immortal Emperor Feng Jiebing, First of His Name, First of His Line, Conqueror of Five Continents, Ruler of the Human Lands, The Frostshaper, The Everlasting Blizzard, Immortal Patriarch of the Everlasting Gale Sect, The Dual Dao, The First Immortal, and Divine Unity Cultivator, is a name known nearly half over the Ring. In his nearly three thousand years of life, he progressed in cultivation faster than any known human in history, founded a kingdom that rose into an empire, and became the first mortal to enter the Immortal Layer of cultivation, the ninth and final layer of cultivation. He became the first mortal to reach Divine Unity, the ninth and final level of the Immortal Layer. He became the first human to finish his final nine Qi compressions, and pass his final nine Tribulations. Tribulations said to be dangerous enough to destroy a continent and crack one of the moons.

  It was here, at the end of his cultivation journey, that he received a Revelation from the Heavens. That the journey does not have to end here. He could choose to live out his life as an immortal emperor, ruling mortals and cultivators alike. Or, he could willingly undergo reincarnation, being reborn again, as a stronger baseline. It turns out that reaching the end of cultivation is truly only the first step in cultivation.

  He would not have been the first cultivator in history to become an immortal if he was the type of cultivator to stop and stagnate.

  His many children and most loyal followers even pleaded with him not to. No one knew what this type of reincarnation would entail. Would he keep his memories? Would he be the same person? Would he be reborn into this world, or into a higher realm? It could, for all intents and purposes, to his family and friends and even to himself, be akin to suicide.

  And yet, would he be a cultivator if he willingly stagnated on his path?

  Besides, it was time to hand the crown off to the Crown Prince, and let the younger generation of cultivators lead. His best friend and trusted general, the Grand Commandant, wasn’t far off from entering the Immortal Layer himself, so maybe he wouldn’t be alone wherever he goes for very long.

  And so, after spending a final few years getting his affairs in order, Immortal Emperor Feng Jiebing entered closed door cultivation for a final time.