Strange, I used to be on good terms with the Earth God. Why have we become somewhat distant recently?
In the Illusionary Realm of life and death, on a white cloud that had temporarily drifted to the edge of the sky.
Wu Wang toyed with the Jade Talisman in his hand, sensing the changes of the Stars in the Small Heavenly Circuit, and began the preliminary run-through of the simplest of the Great Heavenly Circuit Formations—the Thirty-six Small Heavenly Circuit Formation.
Atop the cloud at this moment, only his and the Earth God's figures remained.
The Young Master had temporarily left this Illusionary Realm to prepare the arrangements for what would follow the illusion.
Nu Chou, having transformed into a 'villager,' had begun interacting with Ming within the Illusionary Realm a few years prior and had become her good friend.
In the Illusionary Realm, Ming was already twelve or thirteen years old.
