“What is it, Master?” The young man in white sensed that something was amiss.

After a moment’s silence, the old man said, “Wang Ting, do you remember the five great grotto-protecting Edicts of the Wilds’ Six Great Daoist Sects?”

Wang Ting nodded. “I remember. They’re supreme Edicts that absorb the auspicious power from their surroundings to maintain a grotto’s good fortune. They are, respectively, the Five Sacred Mountains House Protection Edict, the Bridge of the Big Dipper, the Goldenjade Firmament Edict, the Eight Views Supreme Clarity Edict, and the True Unification Edict.”

Here, Wang Ting seemed a bit confused. “Master, why would you suddenly ask me that? Don’t tell me….”

The old man’s expression was shifting and inscrutable as he said, “The text over that doorway is emblazoned with the true essence of the Five Sacred Mountains House Protection Edict!”

Wang Ting froze, rooted to the spot.

The Five Sacred Mountains House Protection Edict!

This was a supreme Edict of the Nine Extremes Profound Capital, one which was not shared with outsiders. Only the sect’s old fossils had mastered ...