Under the ladder of Longzu, there was a girl with a sad face, the girl had bright eyes and bright teeth, wearing a short-sleeved yellow shirt and a Yunying pleated skirt. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info has a good appearance, but he looks at the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder and sighs.

The girl's cultivation is not in the early stage of the Demon Saint, and her breath is vain, and she has obviously just broken through the Demon Saint not long ago. Her name is Gui Yanxue, and she is the daughter of the patriarch of the Laurel Demon Clan.

The Yuegui clan does not have a demon immortal-level master in charge, and it is one of the last demon clans in the True Spirit Realm. This time, her father spent a lot of money to get a chance to enter the demon realm from a certain big demon clan.

"I can't waste the opportunity my father got in exchange, I must climb this Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder, feel enough imperial energy, break through the demon immortals, and revitalize my clan!"

Gui Yanxue bit her lips and jumped up the first step of the half-human ladder in one step, but her body was rushed by the emperor of the ladder, and she was unsteady on her feet and fell down the first step.

"Fail, how can you fail... How could I let my father down..."The girl gritted her teeth and climbed the ladder again, only to be rushed down by Diwei again.

The Dragon Ancestor Ladder can indeed comprehend the emperor's qi, but not everyone can climb it. For ordinary demon clans, with a few emperor qi, they can climb a few steps. And for the demon clan with special means, even if they can climb a few more steps, it will not be too much. This girl of the Yuegui clan couldn't even climb up to the first rank, just because she didn't even have an imperial qi in her body, and she didn't have any special means.

The son of the big family is willing to gamble with the emperor's qi, but those low-end demon clans can't even make up enough for the patriarch to break through the emperor's qi of the demon immortals.

The girl wiped her tears unwillingly, she couldn't lose, she couldn't waste this precious opportunity to enter the demon realm. After breathing, the girl wanted to continue climbing the ladder, but was blocked by several armored guards of the demon clan of the family.

"Little girl, this is not a place for you to climb, get out of the way! Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder, our 'Four Holy Clans' and 'True Spirit Nineteen Clans' are now requisitioned!"

These guards were naturally sent by the previous team of young men from the family. Those young men were all focused on Sun Shao, and they really wanted to see how many steps Sun Shao could climb. And unrelated people, like Gui Yanxue, the demons of the small clan, were directly driven away by the guards sent by the Qingjun of the family.

On the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder, there were dozens of children of the middle demon clan who were comprehending the emperor's qi, and among those people, many of them had been comprehending the emperor's qi for several years, and some of them were even about to get a wisp of imperial qi, but they were all driven down by the family guards.

After years of hard work, it was ruined! They had resentment in their hearts, but when they saw the young men of the True Spirit Clan such as Mocking Wind on their side, they all gritted their teeth, beat their anger out of their teeth, and swallowed it into their stomachs. Whether it is a peak demon clan like the Four Holy Clans of the True Spirit, or a first-class demon clan like the Nineteen True Spirit Clans, it is not something that the children of these medium demon clans can afford to provoke.

They didn't dare to resent the family, but they dared to resent Sun Shao. When the guards drove people, they all said that the reason why they cleared the field and drove people was all so that Sun Shao, the demon saint of the monkey clan, could climb the ladder to the sky and show it to the children of the family.

The Dragon Ancestor Ladder was not far away, Sun Shao frowned slightly, he didn't expect that he had not yet climbed the ladder, so he caused such a big commotion. Turning his gaze, he glanced at the children of the family in the distance, with innate eyes and innate spiritual sense, Sun Shao naturally knew that this commotion was caused by this team of young people from the family. His eyes swept over the three princes of the True Dragon Mocking Wind, Sun Shao took a deep look at the Mocking Wind, and then looked away with a little water, but his heart moved.

"Are you from the True Dragon Clan... Unexpectedly, just after entering the demon realm, it attracted their attention. That real dragon Qingjun has a somewhat similar appearance to Jairus, and most of them have a bit of blood relationship. It is impossible for him to pay attention to me for no reason, the reason for paying attention to me, or because I am pregnant with the Dragon Whale Clan's Dragon Whale Eight Secret Techniques, or through some means, he knows that I killed Jairus..."

Sun Shao was not afraid of that mocking wind. With his current three-in-one means, in the face of Da Luo Jin Immortal and Taixuan Demon Immortal, although he can't win, he has more than enough self-preservation.

"Hehe, little monkey brother, you seem to be in big trouble, that dragon clan is handsome, but the third prince of the real dragon clan - mocking the wind. This person's methods are ruthless, but whoever provokes him, none of them will end well. Tut-tut, you're just a little demon saint, provoking the three princes of the True Dragon, it's not good..."

Qingxu was happy to see Sun Shao in trouble, his voice paused, his eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "You give me the innate law, and I will help you settle this trouble." ”

This sentence is the voice of the true monarch of pure and void morality. Speaking of which, he just wanted Sun Shao's eyes.

"Mocking the wind... It's okay, I'm not afraid of him. Sun Shao ignored the Pure Void Moral True Monarch and strode to the foot of the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder.

Although those demon clans who were driven down the ladder were wronged, Sun Shao was not related to them, and he would not sympathize with them.

Passing by Gui Yanxue's side, Sun Shao suddenly stopped his steps and looked straight at the girl's pink neck. Such a naked gaze made Gui Yanxue's cheeks rise with shame.

What a frivolous monkey demon, such a light gaze, it's really annoying!

It was because of him, because of him, that he lost the opportunity to climb the ladder! He failed his father and the whole family!

The girl's gaze hid a trace of imperceptible resentment. But after thinking about it, what qualifications did he have to resent Sun Shao? He couldn't even climb the first rank, and even if there was no commotion caused by Sun Shao, he wouldn't be able to climb the ladder and feel the emperor's spirit.

Besides, this Sun Shao didn't know what the origin was, so he could let the people of the Four Holy Clans and the Nineteen True Spirit Clans send people to clear the field for him, this kind of person, although he was a little lighthearted, it was better not to provoke him. In case you offend this person and affect the Laurel Clan...

The resentment in the girl's eyes gradually subsided, turning into a sigh, for the sake of the whole clan, endure humiliation, this is also the duty of the young patriarch, isn't it?

Without blaming Sun Shao, the girl subconsciously covered her chest with her hand, turned around and hurried away, for fear of getting involved with Sun Shao.

"Wait..."

Sun Shao waved his hand and blocked the girl's way. The girl only thought that Sun Shao stopped herself in order to scare herself, and she showed a shy and angry gaze.

What did he want to do when he stopped me? Could it be that he fell in love with me and wanted to marry me by force? Legend has it that many children of the family took a fancy to a woman, and they directly robbed it, but it is not possible that this rumor is true!

A sad smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth, if Sun Shao really wanted to marry him, could he resist? The other party seemed to have a deep background of the Four Holy Clans and the Nineteen True Spirit Clans. If you disobey him, I'm afraid it will cause the Yuegui clan to be wiped out.

Yes, from him...

When the girl was thinking nonsense, Sun Shao said in a soft tone,

"Girl, you seem to have misunderstood something. I stopped you, and I didn't mean to belittle you, but I wanted to ask you, can you give me this necklace?"

Sun Shao would not have said good things to this strange girl, but the girl's sad eyes made Sun Shao recall a woman named Ao Yu. Stubborn, proud, but forced by fate and helpless eyes, the two daughters, how similar.

Ao Yu didn't know what to do, she hadn't traveled west yet, so she hadn't been asked to cut her hair as a nun.

The reason why Sun Shao is interested in this girl is not because of the girl's beauty, but because of the necklace around the girl's neck.

On Gui Yanxue's pink neck, she wears an emerald green necklace. The necklace was threaded with the law and was wearing a dark cyan lotus seed. Worn around the neck, it is crystal beautiful.

When Sun Shao walked past Gui Yanxue's side, the mysterious lotus seed that he had forgotten suddenly came out with a resonant voice in the silver wrench.

As soon as the Dao sound came out, Sun Shao's Dao Heart, which was originally close to consummation, actually took another step towards consummation. At this moment, Sun Shao was slightly startled in his heart, and immediately stopped his steps, and when he looked around, he found a strange girl beside him, also wearing a lotus seed necklace around his neck. The lotus seed in the wrench is probably the lotus seed on the girl's neck.

The lotus seed in the wrench finger was snatched by Sun Shao from the Eagle Night King, and just one lotus seed can be used as the secret weapon of the Xuantian Spirit Treasure, which is extremely extraordinary. But Sun Shao only knew that the lotus seed was extraordinary, and Sun Shao didn't know where the lotus seed came from and what its effect was. He tried to devour this lotus seed before, but Sun Shao spent a lot of effort, and he couldn't even break the shell of the lotus seed.

At this moment, Sun Shao found that this strange girl was also carrying a mysterious lotus seed. And when the two lotus seeds meet, a wisp of Dao sound will come out of the lotus seeds, which will go directly to Sun Shao's heart, prompting Sun Shao's Dao heart to march towards perfection.

"If you ask for the girl's lotus seed, with two lotus seeds in hand, you may be able to unlock the secret of this mysterious lotus seed. ”

With this thought, Sun Shao stopped the girl and asked for lotus seeds.

"Do you want my necklace? this, this is the only relic left to me by my mother..."The girl's heart was relieved, and she was glad that Sun Shao did not fancy her beauty. But in an instant, the girl's eyes darkened again.

Sun Shao asked for his own necklace as soon as he opened his mouth, can he not give it, does he have a choice?

The girl took off the necklace and handed it to Sun Shao, she had no choice.

But after listening to the girl's words, Sun Shao shook his head and refused, "Since it is a relic left to you by your mother, I don't want it." ”

Although the lotus seed is extraordinary, perhaps after obtaining the second lotus seed, Sun Shao will be able to know how to take the lotus seed, so as to cultivate to a great progress. But if the price of increasing cultivation is against the Dao heart, then for Sun Shao, this kind of cultivation is not necessary.

The girl's eyes missing her mother once again shook and sublimated Sun Shaodao's heart.

The demon clan cultivates people to win the sky, but the grace of parents is greater than the sky, the demon clan cultivates to disobey the earth, not to obey the sky, but there are some things, even the whole heaven and earth can't compare. Cultivation is not everything.

At this moment, Sun Shao's Dao heart once again took a big step towards consummation. At this moment, Sun Shao's eyes were as deep as the starry sky.

When Sun Shao turned around and left, the moment he was about to step on the ladder of the Dragon Ancestor, that deep look made the girl unforgettable.

The girl suddenly understood that Sun Shao did not mean to be light of himself at all from the beginning.

"Before my mother died, I told me that if I met someone with a Tao in my eyes, I could give him lotus seeds to help him achieve enlightenment, and on this condition, I asked him to protect my Laurel Demon Clan. Because anyone who has the Tao in his eyes will undoubtedly become a powerhouse at the level of the Ancient Demon Venerable. Could it be that this person is the one whose mother said that he has the Tao in his eyes?"

A memory suddenly rose in the girl's heart, her face turned red, and she stopped Sun Shao. Girl, after all, her skin is very thin.

"Wait... This lotus seed can be given to you. But I have one condition?"

"Conditions?" Sun Shao stopped.

"In exchange, I want you, protect my Laurel Demon Clan, and never give up!" The girl's face turned even redder, the girl meant to make Sun Shao the guest elder of the Laurel Demon Clan, but to outsiders, it was as if the girl was confessing to Sun Shao.

"I'm sorry, I can't. I have many things to do, and it is impossible for me to remain in your people to protect you. Moreover, with my demon saint's cultivation, I don't think you can look down on it. Sun Shao shook his head and refused.

The girl gritted her teeth, she naturally understood that it was indeed a bit wishful thinking to let Sun Shao protect the Laurel clan with a mere string of lotus seed necklaces. Moreover, as Sun Shao said, outsiders look at Sun Shao, but they just regard Sun Shao as a demon saint. The Demon Saint may be a top-notch existence in the four continents of the human world, but in the True Spirit Realm, the great realm of the demon clan, the Demon Saint is indeed nothing. The demon saint can't protect a clan.

"Then, I'll give you the lotus seeds, can you take me up the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder. I want to feel the emperor's qi on it, but I can't go up on my own, I want to ask you to take me up the ladder and let me stay by your side to feel the emperor's qi. Three years, no, only two years, as long as you protect the Dharma for me for two years, this chain will be given to you..."The girl said hesitantly. If Sun Shao helped him climb the ladder, he would be able to comprehend the emperor's qi on the ladder. As long as you practice penance on the ladder for hundreds of years, you will definitely be able to gather enough emperor qi to achieve demon immortals, and when the time comes, the laurel clan will be guarded by yourself!

In this way, it is not considered to have violated his mother's wishes, and Sun Shao can be regarded as indirectly protecting the Yuegui clan.

The lotus seed necklace is a magic weapon at the level of Xuantian Lingbao. It seems silly to exchange a Xuantian Spirit Treasure for a chance to climb the ladder, but the girl understands that this may be her last resort to protect the Laurel Clan. This time, he must not live up to his father's expectations and the expectations of the whole family.

"I don't know what the difficulty of climbing the ladder is, but I think I can still take you up the ladder. But I'll only be on the ladder for three months at most. Protecting the Dharma for you can only be for three months at most. ”

"Three months, can't it be longer?" The girl gritted her teeth, if Sun Shao didn't follow her and help resist Diwei, even if she climbed the ladder, she would be rushed down by Diwei again. Sun Shao will only stay in the Heavenly Ladder for three months, that is to say, he will only have three months at most to comprehend the emperor's qi.

"I'm sorry, I have to leave the Demon Realm in three months. If you don't want to, the deal will be done. ”

"Wait, let me think about it..."The girl held the lotus seed necklace in her palm, hesitating in her heart. In my mind, my mother's dying words echoed repeatedly.

With the Tao in his eyes, can he become a top powerhouse at the level of the Ten Thousand Ancient Immortals in the future? Even if Sun Shao can't be allowed to protect the Yuegui Clan, even if he can't be allowed to protect the Dharma for himself for two years, if he marries a promising master, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing for the Yuegui Clan.

"How should I choose..."The girl looked into Sun Shao's eyes, trying to see some clues from them, but Sun Shao didn't look at the girl at all.

"Three months, just three months... But you have to make sure that at least let me comprehend an imperial aura... Necklace, here you go, you have to treat this necklace well..."The girl sighed faintly.

"This, I'm afraid it's difficult. The ladder was not created by me, and the speed of perception is not something I can control. Whether I can feel an emperor qi in three months, I'm not sure. But I can assure you that if you can't comprehend the emperor's qi for three months, I will return your emperor's qi to you. "Sun Shao is a local tyrant with eight hundred emperor qi, and one emperor qi is nothing.

Taking the necklace in the girl's hand, Sun Shao reached out and grabbed the girl's delicate waist, which immediately caused the girl to exclaim,

"You, your hands, what are you going to do!"

"Don't you need to ask, climb the ladder!"

Sun Shao's transaction with Gui Yanxue did not hide from the eyes of the demons. Everyone's eyes were focused on Sun Shao at the moment, and every word of Sun Shao and Gui Yanxue was listened to by the demons.

Seeing that Gui Yanxue exchanged a Xuantian Spirit Treasure for a mere opportunity to climb the ladder, the demons immediately burst into laughter.

"This little girl of the Yuegui clan is really stupid, if she sells this Xuantian Spirit Treasure, I'm afraid she can get an emperor qi. At such a big price, it was just for someone to take the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder, and it was only for that person to help protect the Dharma for three months. What can you do in three months? I can't even comprehend even half a wisp of imperial energy. This girl doesn't even know if she has suffered a big loss, it's really stupid!"

"Yes, the higher the Dragon Ancestor Ladder climbs, the faster you can comprehend the emperor's qi. It seems that the peak demon saint of our rank, the height of the forty-eighth order is already the limit, and the height of the forty-eighth order, it is not bad to feel a wisp of imperial qi in a year. And this little girl of the Laurel Clan is just in the early stage of the Demon Saint, and without the emperor's energy, I am afraid that she will not even be able to climb to the first rank. The comprehension speed of the first order, ten years may not be able to comprehend an emperor's qi. And even if there is a peak demon saint with her, this little girl may not be able to ascend to the forty-eighth rank. Because, when two people walk together, they can bear twice as much Diwei. ”

"I heard that one and a half million years ago, the gluttonous prince of the True Dragon Clan, with the cultivation of the peak demon saint, six hundred and nineteen emperor qi, successfully ascended to the seat of the seventh hundred and fiftieth order. The speed of feeling the emperor's qi there is only one in three months. If this monkey demon can take this little girl to such a high level, this little girl can't be considered a loss. But you know, it's impossible. Gluttonous prince, that's a pervert of perverts... Only one character comes out in 1.5 million years..."

"It's a loss, it's a loss, just now I didn't see that this monkey saint was a peak demon saint, and I bet that he could go up to the forty-fifth step, but I didn't expect that this monkey head would take a little girl to climb the ladder. Now, I'm afraid he won't even be able to climb up to the thirty steps. ”

When the demons were talking, the young men of the family, led by Mock Feng, looked at Sun Shao's gaze and became solemn. They noticed that when Sun Shao grabbed the girl's waist, he unintentionally revealed a momentum, which was almost comparable to a five-grade demon fairy!

This Sun Shao really hides his strength!

And the transaction between Sun Shao and Gui Yanxue fell in the eyes of Qingxu Moral True Monarch, and Qingxu rarely showed a serious expression, no longer like the crazy old man before. In front of his eyes, the figure of the lotus seed necklace before always echoed. In my heart, there are turbulent waves.

"It's, it's... Could it be that the rumors of Hongjun Patriarch's 'Chaos Seed Blue Lotus' are true!"

I didn't care about the chaotic gaze of the demons, nor did I care about Gui Yanxue's embarrassed gaze. Sun Shao took Gui Yanxue in his arms, and stepped on the first step of the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder!

The first order, ten years of understanding an emperor's spirit!

Just stepping on the first step, the rolling emperor came to his face. The first-order emperor power was originally the power of an emperor's qi, but Sun Shao and Gui Yanxue had to face twice as much emperor power at the same time.

The imperial power of the two emperors is like a breeze to Sun Shao, who has eight hundred imperial qi.

Seeing Sun Shao stepping on the first step, the girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't go up on her own. was stopped by Sun Shao and slender waist, the girl only felt that her lower abdomen was pressed by a hot palm, her face was blushing, and she reminded Sun Shao in a low voice,

"The higher the ladder, the faster you can perceive the emperor's qi. You can only protect the Dharma for me for three months, can you climb higher? And your hands, can you not move them? ”

The girl was afraid that Sun Shao would leave her in the first order. Ten years of the first order comprehended an emperor's qi, and he couldn't do anything for three months.

"The first order is just the beginning. My destination is the location of the 3,000 steps... I don't think you're going to lose money on this deal..."

As soon as Sun Shao's voice fell, the group of demons around the Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder appeared in a strange silence for a moment. This silence was shocking, and it was not Sun Shao's cultivation strength that shocked him, but Sun Shao's IQ. In the next moment, laughter spread one after another, and even Xuan Tianhe, after knowing that Sun Shao's strength was comparable to that of a five-grade demon immortal, still laughed and laughed.

"This monkey demon, is it a fool, no, it should be said, it is really a fool! Don't say three thousand steps, in this era when the demon emperor is not out, there is not even a demon saint who can step on the thousand steps. In vain, I came all the way to watch, but I didn't expect that I would come to watch a fool!"

Shrinking in Sun Shao's arms, Gui Yanxue blushed sideways. She doesn't hate people who cultivate to be weak, but she hates people who speak wildly and don't measure their own strength. But at this moment, she shrank in Sun Shao's arms, but she felt an unprecedented sense of security, as if even if there was a Taixuan Demon Immortal in front of her, she would not receive the slightest harm.

Suddenly, Gui Yanxue felt in her heart that Sun Shao might not be speaking wildly!

Second, third... On the tenth step, Sun Shao slowly stepped onto the heavenly steps, lifting weights as lightly. The group of demons in the audience is not surprising, even if the peak demon saint leads a person, it is not difficult to step on the tenth order. The only thing that made them mind was Sun Shao's expression.

Sun Shao's expression on the ladder was too calm. This kind of calmness is by no means a pretended grandstanding, but a real calmness. The tenth order, two people, and the coercion of twenty emperor qi did not pose the slightest threat to Sun Shao!

Eleventh Order, Twelfth Order... At the twentieth order, Sun Shao's face was still calm, but the demons under the ladder had already begun to be a little restless.

Twenty steps, two people, that is the coercion of forty emperors. Forty Dao Emperor Might, other peak demon saints can also resist, but it will never be as easy as Sun Shao!

The thirtieth, fortieth, and forty-eighth steps, Sun Shao's face has never changed, but the audience has become a mess.

Sun Shao was able to lead people to stand in the position of the forty-eighth order, and he could still be so calm, there was only one explanation, his body contained at least ninety-six Emperor Qi!

Ninety-six Emperor Qi, even if it is the Qingjun generation of the Nineteen True Spirit Clans, it is nothing more than that! This monkey demon can never be a nameless, why have you never heard of a trace of rumors about him before!

"He must not be able to step on the forty-ninth step, the forty-ninth step is completely different from the forty-eighth step. If you set foot on it for the first time, you will have a 'Shadow of Killing Karma'! Resisting the Emperor's power on the one hand, and dealing with the 'Shadow of Killing Karma' on the other hand, is extremely dangerous. If one is not very good, he will be shocked out of the ladder by the emperor, and if he is negligent, he will be taken away by the 'Shadow of Killing Karma'!"

The forty-eighth order, a year to understand an emperor's spirit!

Standing on the forty-eighth step, Gui Yanxue only felt that all this was like a dream. It's one thing to believe in Sun Shao, but when trust becomes reality, she still feels a little surprised.

"That's enough here..."

"It's not enough, I said, I'm going up to three thousand steps!"

Sun Shao didn't know what the shadow of killing karma was, he had no intention of staying, and stepped on the forty-ninth step in one step.

The shadow of killing karma arises from a trace of cause and effect in the heart. The seat of the forty-ninth order, the shadow of killing karma that appears, is the first mortal enemy in the life of the person who climbs the ladder.

In front of Gui Yanxue, a phantom of a monster man from the first realm appeared. That monster man, when Gui Yanxue was a child, coveted Gui Yanxue's beauty and shot at Gui Yanxue, but was killed by Gui Yanxue backhanded.

Looking at the phantom of the monster man, Gui Yanxue blushed and recalled the events of the year. If I hadn't been careful back then, I'm afraid I would have been defiled by this monster man.

"What is this?" Sun Shao asked Gui Yanxue in his arms.

"This is the shadow of killing karma, and it is rumored that when you climb the forty-ninth step, there will be a phantom of the first mortal enemy in life. Gui Yanxue didn't dare to look at Sun Shao.

The first mortal enemy in life is the first realm monster, which is not surprising. Everyone has a period when they are young, and they have a period when their cultivation is low, and most of the mortal enemies they have formed at this time are also weak people.

The demons in the audience didn't pay attention to the monster man phantom in the first realm. Their attention was all attracted by the phantom in front of Sun Shao.

Unbelievable, hard to let go, incomprehensible!

Because what appeared in front of Sun Shao would be a master of the seventh realm! Could it be that when Sun Shao first debuted, he was intercepted by a master of the seventh realm!

However, why did the little demon who had just debuted dare to provoke the masters of the older generation, and how did he destroy the masters of the seventh realm!

What kind of ruthless person, but when he just debuted, he destroyed the old monster of the seventh realm!

"Yao Gonglin!"

Sun Shao looked at the unforgettable phantom in front of him, the man who had just cultivated the demon and killed him for the sake of the wind extinguishing pearl.

Back then, he was in the hands of Yao Gonglin, and he didn't even have the power to escape. If it weren't for the wind extinguishing bead in his hand, he would have died in the hands of Yao Gonglin!

But now, Sun Shao didn't even need to use mana to destroy Yao Gonglin in this seventh realm!

In the unbelievable eyes of the demons, Sun Shao raised his hand and palmed, and under the power of 50,000 palms, the corners of Yao Gonglin's eyes shrank, and the phantom shattered!

He is no longer afraid of Yao Gonglin! He is no longer the weak little monkey demon he was back then!

Even if this Dragon Ancestor Heavenly Ladder will reproduce his life's killing karma!

(The pleated skirt, also known as the Liuxian skirt, has a history of 1,700 years in China, beginning with the allusions of Zhao Feiyan and Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty.) Having said that, a new volume begins. ）