South of the Azure Boundary Sect.
Beyond the Fifty Thousand Mile Great Marsh, where water vapor hung thick in the air, lay another region known as Immortal-Staying Valley.
Immortal-Staying, Immortal-Staying—the words "Immortal-Staying" carried a grand origin.
Legend had it that in the archaic age, heaven and earth in Cloud Dream Haven were shrouded in chaos. An Immortal God descended from the Nine Heavens and used supreme divine powers to reshape the world of Cloud Dream.
Once heaven and earth had been cleared, the Immortal God wished to depart.
It was here in Immortal-Staying Valley that he bade farewell to the disciples beneath him.
Rumor had it that day—
Three thousand disciples knelt in the valley, bitterly begging the Immortal God to remain.
They pleaded for three days and three nights.
Yet they still failed to change the Immortal God's resolve to leave.
The Immortal God left behind only the words, "The Great Dao walks alone," before flicking his sleeve and shattering the sky as he departed, never to be heard from again.
To commemorate the event, later generations named this place Immortal-Staying Valley.
Whether it was true or false could no longer be verified.
Yet the name Immortal-Staying Valley spread far and wide from there.
Truth be told—
The terrain of Immortal-Staying Valley was not much different from that of the Fifty Thousand Mile Great Marsh.
The only difference was that this place lacked the vast floodplains found everywhere in the marsh. Most of it consisted of endless, perilous mountains.
Within one hidden mountain valley, sheer cliffs enclosed all sides, and not a blade of grass grew.
A streak of black light suddenly tore through the clouds, dropping coldly from the heavens.
The black light slammed into the dry valley floor, scattering the dense miasma around it.
When the radiance