824 Past and Present—The Hundred-Year Deadline Has Arrived!
The vast cluster of Heavenly Palaces floated within this isolated world, majestic and towering, suffused with sacred radiance, like the legendary immortal palaces. Outside the South Heaven Gate, a heroic man quietly gazed at the firmament. Three enormous balls of light seemed to contain deities within them, constantly radiating solemn and sacred waves that crashed like tides against the shore, their momentum immense. Yet before the colossal cluster of Heavenly Palaces, they appeared so tiny. White mist curled within the South Heaven Gate, as though the legendary immortal aura were drifting through the air.
Black Tortoise stood respectfully where he was without saying a word, and the heroic man was the same. They both seemed to be waiting for something. Time here appeared to have fallen into an eternal, unchanging state. No one knew how long had passed before a huge white shadow shot into the sky, letting out a clear, high cry. A Vermilion Bird soared with its wings spread, its entire body blazing with sacred White Flame, like a divine bird born from fire. Its resplendent feathers radiated a noble air, majestic and sacred, while a terrifying divine might spread from within its body.
"Big Brother!"
The Vermilion Bird, its entire body shrouded in white holy fire, cried out high in the sky for a while before transforming into human form and walking out from the sky-filling flames. A dignified woman filled with a noble aura emerged. She had an oval face and deep eyes like two pools of autumn water. She resembled Ru Qing by seven parts, but possessed a majesty Ru Qing had never had.
"Big Brother!"
The woman moved as though dancing, imbued with a kind of beauty. She came before the heroic man and gracefully saluted