After that celebration feast which had shaken the entire Beyond-Realm Starry Expanse came to an end, the wheel of time quietly turned through several months amid tranquility and peace. The Return to Void Divine Court, which had lorded over the Beyond-Realm All Heavens for endless Epochs, had long since been reduced to passing smoke beneath the thunderous bombardment of the Eternal Heavenly Palace, while the karmic traces of the nine judges had been utterly erased from myriad-dimensional spacetime. During this rare period of peace, the Stone Ridge Great Harmony Order founded single-handedly by Chu Qing took root steadily in the trillions upon trillions of starry seas that had once lain in ruins, like sweet rain that moistened all things without a sound. The myriad races of living beings across every star domain recuperated and flourished. The forbidden judgments that had once annihilated entire worlds at the slightest provocation no longer descended; in their place stood a bright and open heaven and earth, where the Great Dao moved in constant order and karma was clear and distinct.
Stone Ridge Mountain's main headquarters was an immortal sacred realm of peace and harmony. The mountain range stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, purple qi arrived from the east, immortal cranes cried long into the air, and the mountain-protecting formation transformed into faint, auspicious glass-like radiance, sealing all the clamor and turmoil of the mundane world outside. Within Stone Ridge Spirit Academy, situated atop the main peak, time itself seemed to move with exceptional leisure. Ancient trees towered overhead, spiritual flowers and exotic grasses bloomed in every season, and clear Spirit Spring water trickled from the cracks of ornamental rocks, splashing crystalline droplets across the bluestone paving.
Yet for those who truly stood at the pinnacle of Daluo Transcendence, their perception had long