Deep within the Falling Star Sea stood a Water Abode overflowing with radiant glow.
A middle-aged man clad in golden armor sat cross-legged inside the cave abode. Several luminous white spheres hovered beside him, circling him without pause.
Just as the Golden Armored Man was meditating and cultivating, he suddenly sensed something unusual.
With a wave of his hand, a voice suddenly came from one of the White Spheres beside him. He immediately halted his cultivation, an irrepressible smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
"An Ancient Immortal Mansion has actually emerged. After all these years in seclusion, it seems it is time for me to go out and stretch my legs."
After muttering to himself, the Golden Armored Man vanished from where he stood.
Above the deep sea, on a colossal island stretching tens of thousands of miles.
Two elderly figures, a man and a woman, both with white hair and beards, sat within a stone pavilion atop the island.
A black-and-white chessboard rested on the stone platform between them. Several young cultivators dressed in varying attire stood cautiously nearby.
"It has been several centuries since we last met. I never expected Fellow Daoist Qing not only to travel the four corners, but to learn such profound chess skills from the Human Race Cultivators as well. This old woman has done nothing but undergo arduous cultivation in seclusion all these years. My knowledge now falls far short of yours, Fellow Daoist."
"Hehe! After cultivating in seclusion all these years without making the slightest progress, going out for a walk was merely a way to pass some tedious time.
Fellow Daoist Chi Li attained the Dao more than two thousand years before this old man. How could my knowledge possibly compare to yours? Your words flatter this old