Tianyun Academy stood amid beautiful, spiritual terrain, surrounded by divine mountains that exuded white mist and auspicious light. Five colors shimmered everywhere, and dragon qi rose into the air.
There were floating islands here, ancient cities that never fell, the heady fragrance of divine medicines, and even remnants of the Immortal Dao.
That day, Eternal Peak suddenly blazed with light. Purple qi came from the east, and immortal qi wreathed it, supremely sacred and noble.
Before long, the disturbance alerted Tianyun Academy's senior figures, who appeared one after another.
Leading them was the Double-Pupil Woman, whose cultivation stood at the peak of Dunyi, just one step from becoming a Supreme. She was Tianyun Academy's first head and its founder.
Behind her stood a middle-aged man at the peak of the Self-Severing Realm. The others ranged from Heavenly Gods to Void Dao cultivators and True Gods.
Amazement filled the Double-Pupil Woman's face. "It's you. Time truly waits for no one.
"That little fellow from the Lower Realm has achieved something so incredible. So young, not even fifty, yet you've attained the Dao and become a Supreme. Remarkable.
"And there are two of you, brothers from the same clan, no less.
"In that respect, Yi falls far behind you."
"What? A Supreme?"
"A Supreme under fifty?"
Sharp breaths of astonishment rang out.
"Our Tianyun Academy has produced a Supreme!!!"
Shi Yongheng smiled. "You flatter me, Head. I've merely reached the pinnacle of the human Dao.
"Shi Yi is no slouch either. His future achievements will be limitless.
"Now that I've reached the pinnacle of the human Dao, what awaits me is a long exploration of the Immortal Dao Domain.
"With Shi Yi there, a thousand years will be enough for him to reach the pinnacle of the human Dao. You'll have ample