Soon after, Wang Wuxie led a group of disciples out to welcome the imperial procession. 

Zu An carefully observed what was happening. He saw that apart from Wang Wuxie, the Righteous Sun Sect’s peak masters had all come too, clearly afraid of showing even the slightest bit of disrespect. However, the daoist sects’ other eight sect leaders weren’t there; whether it was because they had already left, or some other reason, was unclear. With so many people watching, Zu An couldn't really ask about that either.

When he saw Wang Wuxie, Zhao Han acted extremely amicably. After all, Wang Wuxie was the State Teacher and someone from the daoist sects. The two of them had shared a friendship for several years.

Soon after, Wang Wuxie brought the group to Guidance Palace, located halfway up the mountain. Then, he informed the emperor that the altar had already been properly arranged on Golden Peak.

Zhao Han nodded in satisfaction. Then, he ordered the others to wait at Guidance Palace while he went on to conduct...