Revisiting an Old Place
At Soaring Heavens Palace, in the Azure Lotus Peak Domain, even though thousands of years had passed, the domain had not changed much. It was still lush and green, and all kinds of spirit birds flew between the mountain regions. Many low-ranking cultivators rode them from peak to peak to complete the tasks they had accepted from the Servants Hall.
Between the mountain regions were many spirit beasts guarding the peaks, ranging from Foundation Establishment Realm beasts on the outskirts to Golden Core-level beasts in the inner regions.
Dressed in blue, Lu Xiaotian walked along the rugged, winding mountain path, looking just like an ordinary disciple. He had made his way here via Moonwatch Immortal City, passing along the streets where he had once met Luo Qing as a young girl in Moonwatch City. Moonwatch Immortal City had endured several great battles and undergone repeated repairs; when Lu Xiaotian returned, he could barely find any traces of the time when he had first met Luo Qing.
But now that he had returned to Soaring Heavens Palace and revisited the old place, he found that these familiar mountain regions had changed little. Passing the Servants Hall and seeing Qi Refining cultivators coming and going, Lu Xiaotian felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
He stood quietly on the small hill where he had once cultivated. No other cultivators were here; the place had been designated as a forbidden area within the palace. Outside his once-simple cave abode, the plants had grown lush, but the grounds had been kept neat.
From the entrance to the cave abode, he looked out at the rest of Soaring Heavens Palace. From this rather unremarkable vantage point, the passage of time had brought a different kind of scenery to the mountain regions. Around