While Li Guanqi and Lu Kangnian spoke in the study, in the southern reaches of the Azure Cloud Continent’s Daxia Territory, an ancient domain lay concealed within the void. Mountains and rivers spread wide inside it, and every structure carried the weight of generations. A spirit spring ran down from tall peaks, thin mist curling around it. Spirit fish, rarely seen anywhere in the outside world, swam lazily through the waters. 0

The great hall was full.0

Beside Lu Tao sat a middle-aged man who closely resembled him. The man wore elaborate dark navy cloud-patterned robes, the collar and cuffs meticulously finished. A jade fish coronet rested atop his head, every strand of hair perfectly in place,...0