On the eve of the Beginning of Spring, the springtime Qingyun World had expected did not arrive.
Instead, a sudden blizzard swept down, leaving a thousand miles blanketed in white.
In You Prefecture, northern Yun Prefecture, and all of Abundant Prefecture, starving corpses froze to death in roadside ditches, only to be hastily collected by government officials and tossed into mass graves.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Academy disciples lived exceptionally peaceful and leisurely lives.
That leisure came partly from Ji You's departure. The immortal sect, filled entirely with children of Aristocratic Clans, had finally lost an extraordinary outlier like Ji You—someone born in the countryside, yet dazzling beyond compare.
The other reason was that Chu He had entered the Profound Connection Realm and had even gone sightseeing in the Inner Court yesterday.
The academy's students were all buzzing over the matter, wondering whether the Inner Court slots had been decided just like that.
But the autumn tournament had not even begun. That was against the rules.
Yet when Chu He drifted gracefully into the Dao Comprehension Ground, such voices swiftly vanished as though they had never existed.
They had been in the academy for half a year already and had figured out one another's temperaments. They knew Chu He was extremely vindictive, and there were many things that could not be mentioned around him.
For example, sensing the Heavenly Book—and the name Ji You.
However, as news came from the ruins, the Outer Court erupted into towering waves of discussion.
"Have you heard? A conflict broke out in the ruins. Spirit Sword Mountain joined forces with the Dao Seeking Sect to besiege our Celestial Academy."
"Huh? Our Celestial Academy has never had any grudge against Spirit Sword Mountain. Why would they do that?"
"I heard Senior Sister Pei and the others