Two years passed in the blink of an eye for cultivators, yet that was enough time for a fledgling faction to put down roots and for young talents to steadily grow. After Jiang Lan departed, the Star Pavilion, under Yun Ce's leadership, took advantage of the Heavenly Star Formation to gather rogue cultivators from all directions and bring order to its territory. In just two short years, it had established itself in the underwater world of demon cultivators. Since its founding, the Star Pavilion had had only one Pavilion Master: Yun Ce. Qin Yu was the Young Pavilion Master, and he had grown close to Hou Fei and Black Feather as well. The three called each other brothers and all helped Yun Ce manage the pavilion's affairs.
Yun Ce had long since reached an agreement with Azure Dragon and the Three-Eyed Old Demon: the two could continue to rule their original Azure Dragon Palace and Clear Water Mansion, but both were explicitly subordinate to the Star Pavilion. Azure Dragon and the Three-Eyed Old Demon had always cared about their reputations, however, and wanted to make managing affairs easier in the future, so they never told the various factions, including the Penglai Immortal Domain and the Purple Flame Demon Domain, about this relationship. Master Yan Xu and Yi Da remained completely unaware, believing that Azure Dragon and the Three-Eyed Old Demon were still overlords on equal footing with the Star Pavilion.
That was the confidence behind Yun Ce's original promise to open the pavilion in three years. It gave the Star Pavilion time to grow and allowed the various factions enough time to travel there and attend the celebration as planned. The people of the Penglai Immortal Domain and the Purple Flame Demon Domain knew little about the Star Pavilion. They