A sliver of blue sky stretched vast and boundless.
Billowing white clouds churned beneath them.
A gigantic male lion let out deep growls, its thick limbs treading on empty air as it galloped through the clouds.
The lion was white as snow from head to toe, without a single speck of another color.
Its dense mane streamed amid wind and clouds, while enormous gusts surged beneath its paws.
A huge seat had actually been placed upon the lion's back, where two Gu Immortals, a man and a woman, sat side by side.
The woman looked sixty or seventy, bent with age, yet her eyes shone with sharp light. Her full face was excited, and she could not sit still as she looked around everywhere.
The man, meanwhile, had the appearance of a young man, with a hooked nose and narrow eyes. An icy, timeworn aura seeped from his whole body.
"Seventh Grandfather, your mount is truly remarkable. It can ride clouds and mist—yet in only half a day, we have already crossed tens of thousands of li." The female Gu Immortal praised him lavishly.
"This is a Primeval Beast Qi Sect Lion. It does not ride clouds and mist; it is born able to command air currents, which is why it can soar through the air," the young man said unhurriedly.
"A lion that can command air currents and fly through the sky—I have never seen one before. What does Primeval Beast mean?" the female Gu Immortal immediately asked.
The young Gu Immortal smiled soundlessly. "Qi He, you have only just been promoted to a Gu Immortal. It is perfectly normal for you not to understand common knowledge of the Gu Immortal Realm. This Qi Sect Lion carries Air Dao Marks within it. Once it reaches adulthood, it can roam