A Distant View

The Heavenly Court's rules were strict to the point of harshness.

Bai Yujun knew perfectly well that fooling around outside the Heavenly Court was one thing, but once she had truly arrived at the most supreme place in the world, it was best to tuck in her tail, keep quiet, and stay low-key. Of course, she could not forget how to flatter people either—lower her head when it was time to lower it. There were no heaven-blessed prodigies in this world; one had to recognize one's own station. Anyone who called themselves a prodigy simply had not seen enough of the world.

The wooden boat drifted through the sea of clouds.

Bai Yujun leaned on the mast and gazed into the distance.

The boundless sea of clouds rippled across the vast sky. Immortal Cranes wheeled through the air, and a jade sea stretched ten thousand miles before her eyes. The immortal realm was truly, truly beautiful. It was bright as day: green moss covered the immortal mountains, white waterfalls cascaded down them, and above stretched the immense, boundless Sea of Stars. It seemed the Ascension Platform was not on the ground of the immortal realm at all, but high in the sky. Those who ascended were gathered up by the Heavenly Court, sparing them from wandering everywhere and stirring up trouble.

The breeze was neither warm nor cool, and the air was countless times better than Earth's. Heaven and earth were truly pure and clear.

If only life would be easier from now on...

After the excitement came bewilderment and helplessness. Bai Yujun was not one of those fools who, upon ascending, immediately shouted about eating the peaches from the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet. For Bai, survival was the goal of everything. She kept caution firmly in mind.

She had