The Ancestral Court’s personal guards were selected from first-tier clans and were all outstanding individuals. Tang San remembered Mei Gongzi telling him that when she climbed the mountain, she had to go all by herself and she was greeted by the Phoenix Guard, from the Undying Demon Emperor’s lineage. Tang San's treatment was far superior—he was being personally escorted by the Sunborne Nymph Emperor, undoubtedly the highest possible honor for a prospective city lord of the nymphs.0

On either side of the stone steps leading up the mountain, Ancestral Court guards stood watch. When they saw Tang San and the Sunborne Nymph Emperor approach, they immediately dropped to one knee in respectful salute. This gesture was directed at the Sunborne Nymph Emperor, of course. Tang San could even sense their astonishment. These guards had undoubtedly...0