Concubines Lead to Strength: The Path to Immortality Begins with Taking a Spouse

As their voices fell, Gu Changge stood at the front of the Flying Boat, nodding slightly to them, "Your Majesty, please help find a place to dock."

Gu Changge wasn't going to be unreasonable, especially since his Wife was about to ascend to the throne soon, so addressing him as "Your Majesty" wasn't a big deal now.

After all, he was his father-in-law!

"We have already prepared a place for the Saint Heir, please!"

Gu Changge's respectful address, "Your Majesty," caught the Northern Territory Emperor somewhat by surprise. During his previous visits to the Northern Territory Imperial City, Gu Changge had not been so courteous.

But then again, his own attitude had been different at the time.

While speaking, the Emperor gestured invitingly and led the way.

A group of Eighth-grade Heavenly Gate Realm Great Powers from the Imperial City guarded both sides of the Flying Boat, silently following as the boat descended.

This scene, witnessed by the cultivators and common folk in the Imperial City, left them utterly baffled.

"Is that His Majesty?"

"His Majesty personally coming to meet them?"

"And with so many of our Imperial City Great Powers escorting on both sides of the Flying Boat?"

"Who could this eminent being be, possibly a Great Power from Central State?"

Uninformed bystanders felt chills watching the scene, exclaiming as if they had seen a ghost.

But most cultivators with some knowledge of realms had guessed the owner of the Flying Boat.

Who else could have the Northern Territory Emperor coming out to meet, if not him?

"Lacking knowledge..."

"This is our Northern Domain's foremost figure today, a prime genius who has risen sharply after eighteen years of quiet accumulation, Young Master Gu of the Gu Family!"

"In recent years, he's joined one of the Four Great Sacred Lands, the Sword Sect, and directly as the Sword Sect's Saint."

"It's said... that he's now the leader among the Sword Sect's Saints!"

"Just a while ago, there were rumors that Young Master Gu, while in Qingzhou, underwent Tribulation and has reached the Sage Realm."

Those who knew about the situation explained with emotion.

Any one of his achievements was enough to make the Northern Domain cultivators envious and awestruck.

Yet all these feats belonged to Gu Changge alone!

As for the rumors of breaking through to the Sage Realm, most believed them.

After all, many had personally witnessed Gu Changge undergoing Tribulation outside Gu Family's main city.

What other reason could there be for his undergoing Tribulation, if not a breakthrough to the Sage Realm?

When the Flying Boat finally came to a slow stop in front of the main hall of the Imperial Palace, Gu Changge then leapt down from the Flying Boat.

The Gu Family disciples likewise contained their excitement and orderly disembarked from the Flying Boat, flanked by the Gu Family Elders.

Facing the Imperial City's Eighth Grade Heavenly Gate Realm figures, many were acquaintances, although their past relationships hadn't been very good; they merely knew of each other.

But today, everyone was indeed politely greeting each other.

Especially the Imperial City's Eighth Grade Great Powers, who, smiling, bowed politely to the Gu Family Elders, clearly attempting to ingratiate themselves.

"Father Emperor," Wang Yue, along with Lord Jun, disembarked from the Flying Boat and first bowed to her father.

"Hmm…"

"Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm…"

"You are far stronger than me. It puts my mind at ease to entrust the Wang Family to you."

The Northern Territory Emperor nodded slightly, his gaze towards her filled with complexity.

He hadn't expected that she had already reached the Seventh Grade Unlimited Realm so quickly—just a few short years since she married into the Gu Family…

But then looking at Gu Changge, he figured it out.

This young man had been unable to practice cultivation initially, but now he was at the same Ninth Grade Annihilation Realm as himself, and his power far surpassed his own!

Perhaps there was another reason behind the rumors of his tribulation.

But now, he didn't care about these things. He simply wanted, after abdicating the throne, to make use of his prior relationship with Immortal Ascension Sect to go to Central State, seek a Tributor position, and have a considerable chance at hitting the Sage Realm!