Within the Lin Clan council hall stood the ancestral plaques. They didn't move a single inch, remaining deathly silent within the shadows. The hall was furnished with rows of old, wooden chairs. Only two people were within, seated rather closely together.

The one on the left was a man of advanced age, dressed in a green robe with graying green hair. He was tall and slender, like an ancient pine tree. Being an astral god, every single part of his body still shone with starlight despite his age. He was called Lin Yun and was the previous master of the third branch and the father of Lin Xiaoyun. Despite being the...