In Kunlun Great Chiliocosm lay the Yaochi Sacred Land.
As one of the rare sacred lands for female cultivators in the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, Yaochi was magnificent at every turn.
Beyond Daoist Lord Golden Mother's central cultivation ground stretched ten thousand miles of flower pools, ablaze with a thousand reds and ten thousand purples and filled with rare blooms of every shape.
Three figures walked side by side along the suspended corridors between those pools, admiring a collection of exotic flowers rare even across the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
One wore a moon-white palace gown, her hair swept into soaring cloudlike coils, flowing sleeves billowing around her, a moon sword at her waist. Another wore a plain cloud-patterned dress, with the same coiled hair and wide sleeves, but held an ivory-white celestial zither in her arms.
The third wore a robe patterned with lightning and cloud shadows, with a jade hairpin and golden ornaments in her hair. Empty-handed and wholly at ease, she was Ling Yu of Penglai.
The fairy with the moon sword at her waist asked, "Senior Sister Ling Yu, surely you've come to our Yaochi Sacred Land for more than a visit?"
Ling Yu nodded. "Nothing gets past Moon Sword Fairy. I came partly to visit you all and renew our ties, but also to ask Suqin Fairy to leave the mountain."
At this, the fairy holding the ivory-white zither paused. "You want me to leave the mountain?"
"With my meager cultivation, what could warrant Senior Sister Ling Yu traveling so far?"
Ling Yu smiled. "Who hasn't heard of the four fairies—zither, sword, flute, and zheng—who have long attended Daoist Lord Golden Mother of the Yaochi Sacred Land?"
"Suqin Fairy, why belittle yourself?"
"To be frank, I've come to ask for your help because