Amid tranquil mountains and waters, within a lush Bamboo Forest, two or three bamboo cottages stood in a row.
Ye Changge awoke from meditation. The first thing he saw was the radiance of the great sun, as though it had never shifted in the slightest since time immemorial:
"Another Great Sun Across the Sky, as though eternally unchanging..."
Outside the bamboo cottage, scattered flecks of golden light carpeted the stream, reflecting a dazzling brilliance.
It was incomparably beautiful.
Yet Ye Changge had long grown accustomed to it. Ever since his birth, the great sun hanging in the sky had never set.
Ye Changge rose to his feet and walked out of the bamboo cottage. At the same time, a White-clothed Middle-aged Man strolled over through the Bamboo Forest.
"Third Uncle-Ancestor."
Upon seeing him, Ye Changge bowed slightly, his expression respectful.
"Changge, your talent truly is the greatest our Ye Family has seen in tens of millions of years. In another ten thousand years, you should reach the Divine Demon Peak and stand shoulder to shoulder with the ancestor of old!"
The White-clothed Middle-aged Man's eyes brightened slightly. There was approval in his gaze, but also a measure of warning:
"However, you must not be careless. On this trip to the Ye Family Ancestral Court, all 840 million branches of our Ye Family will send outstanding disciples to participate in the grand competition. Though your talent is peerless, you are only a few thousand years old. The restriction for this gathering is that any Ye Family descendant under one hundred thousand years of age may participate."
"Do you understand what that means?"
"This disciple understands."
Ye Changge nodded, understanding inwardly.
His Ye Family was a great power that spanned the Boundless Chaos Sea. Its clansmen were scattered throughout the Myriad Heavens