Nanny Ai walked for a little while and stopped at a door, opened it and walked in. Jake followed behind her and walked into a spacious courtyard, similar to the First Elder’s rooms.

“On the left is the washroom and bath.” Said Nanny Ai turning to Jake. “In back is the bedroom, and the courtyard is for cultivating. There is a small formation there to help cultivators.”

“Thank you nanny.” Said Jake looking around with a big smile. “I am happy to have such great rooms. I have missed you as well in the past while, as well as your treats.”

“I am sorry for that Little Jake.” She said sadly. “The First Elder forbid me talking or getting in touch with you. I thought of you often however. I am so glad you can cultivate and rejoin our family.”

She grabbed Jake and gave him a big hug.

“If you need anything just contact me.” She said with a smile. “I will see you tomorrow for breakfast.”

Nanny Ai walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.

Jake looked around and then walked into the bathroom. There was a toilet, bath and many toiletries available. Nanny Ai was looking after him. He walked over to the bedroom and pulled open the door. There was a pallet there as well as a wardrobe. He walked back to the courtyard and sat down to think.

I think I should go through and arrange the rings and gear I obtained, thought Jake. He reached into the ring and pulled out the other rings; and put them in front of him. He took out the pile of clothes and lay the dirty robes to one side. I will get Nanny Ai to take care of these tomorrow, he thought. He soon had a pile of robes, cooking utensils, sleeping bags, food, water and other useful items. He put everything but the clothing into a ring and put the ring to one side. He put the clothing and toiletries into another ring and lay it to the side.

Ok, now for the goodies, he thought. He took out all the weapons, the swords, spears, knives and some bows and arrows, put them in a ring, and lay it to the side. He took out the armours, helmets and gloves as well. He decided to put them in another ring and lay that to the side as well.

He looked into the ring to see what was left inside. There was a pile of spirit stones and that corroded piece of metal. He decided to leave the stones there but took the piece of metal out. He remembered taking it but could not think of why, but he had been attracted to it for some reason. He could not see what it was as it was covered in grime. As he looked at it, he went into a meditative state.

Unknown to him, as soon as he took out the ring a wisp of black smoke came out of his dantian and up his arm and went into the metal. This had caused him to go into the meditative state. Flakes of rust and grime fell off as the smoke enveloped it. What was left was a shiny piece of metal covered in strange writing. It soon began to glow and levitated off his palm. It moved toward his body and into his dantian. The black stone enveloped it; and the writing began to glow as qi was poured into it. A small body then appeared in Jake’s dantian, which was made out of the black mist.

“Ah am I free at last?” Said the small body. “I Emperor Lang Ho, the greatest of all the immortals is free of my prison. However, I am not corporal; I seem to be inside someone’s dantian. Ahh I have no power either. Am I just a memory? Why is my metal square here, it was taken from me when I was imprisoned in the black stone and cast into space? I had made that when I was young to aid my cultivation. Such luck that the black stone and the metal met. This seems to have triggered my awakening.”

He searched inside himself and sighed. I seem to have all my memories however, he thought. There was a technique to make me a new body that I learned a long time ago; the hairless ape I am in however is too weak to do this. I will have to help him grow. Will I tell him I exist however, or help him from the shadows? I will help him from the shadows first and then if needed, when he is stronger, I can make myself known so he can recreate a body for me.

Humph, just a low level Houtian, he thought, and his techniques are so basic. I will have to impart knowledge and change his cultivation techniques. I will first study him for a little while to get a feel for his strengths and weaknesses. With that, he gave Jake a jolt to take him out of the meditative state.

Jake woke with a start. Hmm, I wonder where the piece of metal went, he thought. He saw the debris on the floor. It must have just disintegrated. Jake then yawned, I will go to sleep and start again tomorrow.

With that, he went in, lay on his pallet, and fell into a quiet slumber. Inside his dantian, the little emperor floated and meditated.