Above the skies, the immortal palace and divine mountain floated quietly upon the sea of clouds.
She flew straight through one Baiyun Mountain after another, skimmed over the cranes' heads, passed through the wisps of mist winding around the immortal islands, and landed lightly before the great hall. She tossed Fat Tiger at the entrance to continue sleeping, then drifted inside with her hands behind her back. From afar, she saw only two stacks of documents on the desk deep within the hall. Not bad, not much.
What a leisurely day.
She drifted through the empty, brightly lit hall toward the dragon throne, floating slowly, ever so slowly, while admiring the reliefs and paintings on the pillars along the way.
The Starry Array on the ceiling displayed a vast expanse of stars, making the hall seem particularly desolate.
After floating for quite a while, she finally stepped up the Jade Steps onto the raised platform. Raising a hand, she snapped her fingers and cast a spell upon the towering gold-and-jade screen behind the dragon throne. The painting upon it seemed to come alive, changing into a Myriad Flowers Diagram.
She drifted over to the broad dragon throne and sat down, preparing to quickly deal with the accumulated work before going to check on the store.
She had just picked up her brush and had yet to begin reviewing the documents when she suddenly heard Qiao Jin's voice outside the hall.
Outside the doors, Qiao Jin anxiously looked back at over a hundred immortal maidens. The beautiful maidens all held thick stacks of documents, and the different jade badges at their waists represented different immortal palaces.
"Quick! Walk faster! His Majesty had finally returned after so long. We've waited all these years—we can't miss this chance!"
Bai Yujun, seated upon the