Lanterns had just been lit in the palace of the Mystic Wind Imperial Dynasty.
An extraordinary banquet was underway.
At Wu Feng's invitation, Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang took the seat of honor. More than a hundred Dao Sages kept him company, each taking a turn to toast him with words full of respect.
It had probably been a long time since Yuan Zhang had enjoyed an atmosphere like this, and he found it rather pleasing.
He accepted their respect without ceremony. As he drank, he began to talk, sharing a little about what had happened after he left Tianhua Domain.
Only then did everyone learn that Yuan Zhang had still been a Dao Sage ancestor when an accident left him stranded among the stars. After many twists and turns, he finally reached a world called the Myriad Sources Continent.
Yuan Zhang seemed reluctant to discuss the Myriad Sources Continent in detail. Whenever the curious Dao Sages pressed him for more, he brushed their questions aside in a few words.
All they learned was that after reaching the Myriad Sources Continent, Yuan Zhang had used his Dao Sage cultivation to join a great power. Starting as someone's bodyguard, he worked his way up step by step. It took him many years to enter that power's inner circle.
Only then was he taught the profound golden scripture for ascending to Supreme Sage. With the resources he had painstakingly accumulated over the years, he made the breakthrough in one stroke.
As he reached this part of the story,
a trace of pride showed through despite himself.
Since returning, he had noticed something.
Though Tianhua Domain's damaged Authority had been seized and its Primordial Order was gradually recovering, its Dao Sages were still just as he remembered them.
They were flawed!
Indeed, Supreme Sages