Donghua Prefecture.
After Zhong Shenxiu's marriage, his days were filled with drinking, merry-making, and the pleasure of painting eyebrows, seemingly leisurely and unconcerned with court or sect affairs.
This attitude left the Unity True Monarch of the court and the Nine Spirit Dragon Mother Primordial Monarch speechless but also somewhat reassured, believing that Zhong Shenxiu was wholeheartedly devoted to cultivation and would not abuse his status to interfere with the Imperial Family's internal affairs.
However, these two True Monarchs were soon tied down by the warfare that consumed half of the realm and could no longer afford the distraction of other concerns, even occasionally having to secretly leave Emperor City Changluo to request Zhong Shenxiu's help in suppressing the Imperial Palace.
Since the disappearance of the Corpse Dissolution Immortal, the Imperial Family's strength had dwindled to its limits.
