At first light, the horizon seemed to catch fire. The rising sun slowly broke free of the night's restraints, like a blazing golden ball climbing into the sky.
Radiant clouds poured down, dyeing the entire world a magnificent orange-red, as though it were a resplendent brocade painting.
In the distance, several towering mountain ranges appeared and vanished amid the hazy clouds, their peaks barely showing. They looked like majestic palaces abandoned by immortals in the mortal world—dreamlike and illusory, just like a celestial paradise.
Su Fan leisurely finished breakfast in his Portable Secret Realm, then sauntered out.
Only three days remained until the opening of the Black Profound Star Domain Dao Assembly. He knew it was time to set out with Zhao Shuo.
He left the inn and melted into the streets of the marketplace. After finding a teahouse by the roadside, he stepped inside.
The teahouse was suffused with a faint fragrance of tea. He went straight up to the second floor, found a table by the window, sat down, and ordered a pot of Spirit Tea along with several exquisite pastries.
Perhaps because the ten Super Demonic Sects had cleared out the area around the Archaic Secret Realm, countless Rogue Cultivators had been forced to gather here temporarily.
This little marketplace, which had once been deserted, now had noticeably more cultivators.
Although it was still early morning, the slightly dilapidated teahouse was already packed. The second floor was especially lively, with hardly an empty seat to be found.
Su Fan took a gentle sip of Spirit Tea while calmly listening to the conversations around him.
With the Black Profound Star Domain Dao Assembly about to begin, most of the topics naturally revolved around it.
"Daoist Friend Gong, the Dao Assembly is about to begin. Should we go over