The Brilliant Light

Before dawn in the dead of night, Gu Yeqi woke early.

After meditating upon the Qingjing Sword Temple last night, she had not chosen to awaken. Instead, she had briefly sunk into a Taixi state, adjusting her body to its most perfect condition. Thus, the instant she awoke, Gu Yeqi felt none of the usual grogginess of someone newly roused; her mind was incomparably clear.

The moment she rose from bed, everything in the room sprang into motion. The folded clothes floated into the air, her crown and hairpins deftly weaving themselves into and fastening her hair. A hovering silk kerchief and a ball of clean water washed her face and helped her freshen up. By the instant Gu Yeqi's feet touched the floor, she was fully dressed, washed, and coiffed—even the bedding had been folded away.

The instant she took her first step forward, Gu Yeqi was already at her peak. Bright-eyed and full of vigor, she took out the Jade Mirror and began notifying all Mingguang Peak disciples to assemble for the sacrificial ceremony.

The Hundred-Refined Qi Force could be used in battle to control a hundred weapons and a hundred streams of qi, allowing one person to stand against an army of thousands. Used for daily life and work, it could likewise let one person do the work of thousands, even tens of thousands.

Before long, by the time Gu Yeqi reached the Mingguang Peak plaza at an unhurried pace, all the disciples were already fully equipped and assembled.

They would soon board a Flying Shuttle and travel to Mingjing Mountain, the Main Peak at the very heart of Mingjing Sect.

Unlike the flourishing peaks teeming with people, Mingguang Peak was newly established, and its entire population consisted only of An Jing and the Children of Calamity