A hundred years later, Dao Lord Lingyuan Ling Xiao waved his hand and set up a Great Array of authority over the small world here, barring his spirit from entering. He then led the entire Lingyuan Estate into the outside world.
In a Middle World under the Hengtian Mi Domain known as the Spirit Realm, thunder suddenly rumbled through a vast, boundless forest as the entire Lingyuan Estate descended there.
The land was vast, its vegetation lush, and its population sparse. The nearest city was ten thousand li away, making it ideal for the newly arrived Lingyuan Estate to settle down.
Yet many spirit beasts occupied this place, including some of exceedingly high cultivation. Upon learning that a cluster of immortal palaces and divine halls had suddenly descended, they all came to investigate, their eyes gleaming as though they had found treasure.
They even brazenly declared their intent to seize the place. Just as they were about to act, they were suppressed by the immortals and gods, bound, and escorted before Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao swept his gaze across them, then shook his head with a smile. He had thought one of them might possess a fragment of the Supreme Source Lord's Origin Essence. It seemed he had overthought it.
After considering it, he waved his hand and bestowed the Lingyuan Law Edict upon the spirit beasts. From then on, they became the guardian beasts of Lingyuan Estate.
With that settled, Ling Xiao glanced toward the palace where Bai Ling was staying and vanished with a thought.
Bai Ling was currently in seclusion, seeking a breakthrough. Ling Xiao did not disturb her, instead leaving alone for the great city ten thousand li away.
The great city was called Xu Ling City. Once a prosperous major city, it had become lifeless