While Su Yu's secluded cultivation cave on Three Immortals Island was as silent as a dropped needle, the sacred, mysterious, and majestic realm of Kunlun Mountain presented a completely different scene—lively and tense, like a giant boulder tossed into a calm lake and stirring up layer upon layer of ripples.
It was high noon. The scorching sun hung high in the sky, spilling its light unreservedly across Kunlun Mountain and draping the celestial peak in a dazzling, radiant golden veil. Wisps of mist drifted through the mountains, as ethereal as light gauze and as graceful as nimble fairies dancing among the peaks. Spiritual vapors gathered all around, creating what felt like the purest concentration of primordial energy in heaven and earth. Bizarre pines and grotesque rocks loomed in and out of the mist in various postures—some coiled like crouching dragons, others pointing the way like immortals—unfolding slowly like a scroll of fairyland scenery.
The disciples of Yuxu Palace and Biyou Palace usually spent their time in deep, quiet cultivation within their respective Taoist grounds, paying no heed to worldly affairs as they single-mindedly pursued the supreme realm of cultivation. Today, however, they unexpectedly crossed paths in a spirit valley. The valley was a veritable treasure trove of nature, filled with rare spiritual flora of all shapes and sizes. Some bloomed with multicolored blossoms, while others bore fruit that radiated strange, glowing lights. These spiritual…
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