Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
When these Academy Disciples were released from the Small World, they found themselves in a vast empty plaza. Lin Zhanting, Lord Hechi, and the others were nowhere to be seen.
At the far end of the plaza stood a massive mountain gate, imposing and domineering. The enormous characters "Supreme One" were engraved on the plaque at its center, and merely looking at those two characters sent sharp strands of sword intent radiating outward.
After looking around for a while, everyone raised their heads and saw another grayish-brown sky overhead.
"What is this place?"
"This isn't the Supreme One Heavenly Palace. It's Supreme One Mountain?"
"What is this sky? Has it blocked out the stars?"
Whether it was Yue Baicheng or Lai Huabei—even Luo Zheng felt perplexed when they saw the brown sky overhead.
"That isn't a sky... It's Supreme One Mountain! It's just that Supreme One Mountain is far, far too tall. You're at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain has blocked out heaven and earth." A pleasant voice drifted over.
The Academy Disciples all turned around. When they saw who had arrived, their eyes immediately brightened with interest.
Walking slowly toward them were three beautiful women and a young man barely twenty. Several guards followed behind them.
Although the Dao Sword Palace was a small force, it had occupied Seven Stars Province for many years, and there were no shortage of beautiful women in the palace. Yet compared to the women before them, all of them paled in comparison.
Especially the Maiden leading them. She looked about fifteen or sixteen, with skin as fair as mutton-fat jade. She wore a pale-blue gauze robe as light as mist, and a delicate face carried a faint smile.
Yet beneath her