The person on the left was none other than True Lord Qingwei.
Today, he had changed into a brand-new azure Daoist robe embroidered with the Celestial Stars, mountains, rivers, and the lay of the land. The bamboo crown on his head had also been replaced with a simple, ancient jade crown. Holding a horsetail whisk in his hand, he had the bearing of an immortal and the bones of the Dao, his expression peaceful.
There was no deliberately released, majestic aura around him. Instead, a Dao rhythm flowed from him, a return to simplicity and truth, faintly harmonizing with heaven, earth, and nature.
The person on the right was Fairy Xuanji.
She was still dressed in moon-white palace robes, but the style was simpler and more solemn. Her hair was coiled high and fastened only with a jasper hairpin. Her cool, moonlike temperament now carried a few more traces of sanctity and gravity.
She held a Jade Ruyi in her hand. Moonlight flowed over the ruyi, and clear radiance arose of its own accord.
Several li apart, the two gazed at each other from afar, nodding slightly in greeting, their eyes filled with resolve and composure.
"It's coming!"
On the viewing platform, someone gave a low cry.
Everyone's eyes focused on the two of them.
They all knew that what was about to unfold next was the cruelest, yet also the most glorious scene on the road of cultivation!
Transcending tribulation and ascending!
True Lord Qingwei and Fairy Xuanji did not immediately enter the deepest core. Instead, each of them stood still at their chosen position.
Where True Lord Qingwei stood, a bluestone ritual altar rose automatically from the ground. Talismans appeared and vanished upon the altar, faintly connecting to the earth veins and drawing upon the mixed yet majestic