Five Supremes, Four Immortal Swords, One Bai Ye

Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, Star Picking Platform.

After the sword-bearing Daoist boy appeared, a woman came to the foot of the steps, deliberately veiling her face and figure in mist and rosy clouds. She curtsied, received the Celestial Master's permission, and began to climb. The moment she stepped onto the stairs, the Illusion Technique dissolved, revealing her true appearance. Though dressed as a Daoist priestess in feathered robes, she carried herself with captivating grace and natural allure. A red mole marked the space between her brows.

She was the highest-realm Sky Fox not only in the Vast Heaven and Earth, but across several worlds. She had served as a Mountain Protecting Guardian of Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion for three thousand years.

On Dragon Tiger Mountain, she went by the name Lian Zhen.

Years ago, when the Dragon Tiger Mountain Great Celestial Master descended the mountain to wander, she secretly followed the young Daoist, then barely twenty. She pretended to be a village girl. The Great Celestial Master deliberately refrained from exposing her and allowed her to trail him from afar; he even tacitly permitted her to observe his cultivation methods. For a full sixty years, the young Celestial Master traveled in all directions, slaying demons and vanquishing evil. Sheltered by his merit, she survived several heavenly tribulations. At last, she chose to follow him to Dragon Tiger Mountain to cultivate. In return, the Great Celestial Master personally stamped a ritual seal upon her, enabling her to withstand heavenly tribulation.

Atop the platform, high against the heavens, it seemed one could reach out and pluck the stars and gather the moon.

Yet after ascending Star Picking Platform, Lian Zhen stopped at once. She did not approach the young-looking Great Celestial Master, chiefly because she was instinctively afraid