Upper Realm, Cave Heaven World.
The towering mountain range was like a slumbering primordial dragon, its spine piercing the clouds as it stood amid the boundless heaven and earth of the Cave Heaven World.
Mountains stretched endlessly, with Longevity Peak, the main peak, rising like a pillar supporting the heavens and thrusting straight into the skies, its height unknown even in thousands of zhang. The mountain did not float in the air, but rooted itself deeply in the heavy earth, drawing upon the purest power of the Cave Heaven's ancestral spirit veins.
The mountainsides were not entirely smooth. Vast cracks formed deep valleys and secluded ravines, through which flowed not ordinary water but spirit springs condensed like liquid and gleaming faintly. Vapor rose from the waters, becoming misty spiritual fog that lingered around the mountainside all year round. Auspicious clouds and radiant qi curled around the peaks, while immortal cranes and birds cried clearly among them.
Near the foot of the mountain, the first thing that caught one's eye was a white jade archway that reached the heavens. More than a hundred zhang tall, it bore four ancient seal-script characters, their strokes like iron paintings and silver hooks, containing supreme Dao Charm—"Hall of Longevity."
It was the Hall of Longevity, one of the Three Great Immortal Sects of the Cave Heaven World.
At this moment.
Heavenly Spirit Peak, one of the seven main peaks of the Hall of Longevity.
Inside a magnificent palace, two people sat cross-legged, their auras terrifying.
One wore a crimson robe. A burly man with crimson beard and hair, his bare chest knotted with muscle, carried a dark wine gourd at his waist.
Heat waves warped the air around him, and sparks scattered with every breath, making him seem like a humanoid furnace.
The other was