Atop the Divine Peak.
Yu Xian listened intently to her grandfather's teachings, still reeling from the revelation that Yuhua Great Emperor had descended six thousand years ago. Then a figure suddenly appeared before her eyes, right behind her grandfather, and her attention snapped to the newcomer.
The words her grandfather spoke just as she froze made her heart pound with fear.
On Yuhua Ancient Star, the Feather Clan stood supreme. No other faction, however powerful, could surpass those with Yuhua's blood in their veins.
Her grandfather was a mighty Great Sage, renowned not only on Yuhua Ancient Star but also as one of the strongest figures in the surrounding star domains.
Yet he had failed to sense someone standing behind him. Yu Xian was horrified and could not help wondering who the stranger was.
Could it be Yuhua Great Emperor?
No, that shouldn't be possible—
Though Yu Xian had her suspicions, she made no rash move. Instead, she respectfully explained, "Grandpa, there's someone behind you."
The Feather Clan's Great Sage had been irritated by her behavior, but her words made him realize that perhaps things were not as he had imagined.
He turned. In a patch of empty ground where his divine sense detected nothing stood a young cultivator of extraordinary bearing.
The Great Sage would not judge someone by his appearance. The fact that his divine sense could not probe the young man was baffling enough, never mind how profound his cultivation might be.
Realizing he had misunderstood Yu Xian, he offered her no apology. Instead, he bowed respectfully to the young cultivator. "I am Yu Tian of the Feather Clan. May I ask your name?"
As he spoke, Yu Tian searched his memory for reclusive experts in the star domains around Yuhua Ancient Star.
He himself was nearly