The lake waters rippled gently beneath the Heavenly Glow Dawn Cloudliner. Li Yuanqin stood at the prow of the vessel, hands clasped behind his back and white mist curling beneath his feet. He gazed quietly down at the cultivators moving below. His mourning robes fluttered lightly in the air, yet his expression remained calm and composed.2

Ning Hemian stood quietly behind him, sorrow still lingering in her eyes. Her eyes swept across the faces of cultivators on either side, those of the Chi Family in green, and the Si Family’s confidants in white, all carefully observing Moongaze Lake.0

Ning Hejing, unsurprisingly distrustful, had sent someone to accompany her. He was a junior with lower cultivation, who now stood quietly at the back with his head lowered.0

Ning Hemian had always been sharp, but now she could no longer understand her elder brother. Ning Hejing was clearly aligned with the Chi Family’s second...0