The leaders of the Four Lineages attached immense importance to the True Disciple Tournament, held once every hundred years. Each lineage had sent a Divine Ability Practitioner to lead its delegation.
The Hanging Corpse Lineage's representative was the Corpse Bone Elder!
The Spirit Yin Lineage had sent the Azurefall Fairy, a stunning woman in a water-blue palace gown.
The last was a powerfully built man with a golden staff and hair as red as blood, blazing like fire. He was the Redbright Daoist of the Lamp-Burning Lineage.
A fierce wind swept down from the sky, pressing back the volcanic heat rising from the peak until the air grew hotter still.
The three Divine Ability Practitioners looked up together. A vast tower ship broke through the clouds, and amid its five-colored haze, a graceful woman in a black dress stood at the rail, looking down at them.
"The Severed Love Lineage's ship?" A note of surprise entered the Corpse Bone Elder's voice. "When did Black Ji acquire such a treasure ship?"
The Azurefall Fairy frowned slightly too. The Four Lineages sprang from the same source, but they were also rivals. Almost every trump card each possessed was already out in the open.
Now Black Ji had produced this, leaving her startled and suspicious.
The Redbright Daoist gripped his golden staff, his fiery hair streaming as his gaze roamed over the enormous ship above. He said nothing, but his expression darkened.
Just then, the five-colored vessel stopped abruptly, gliding from full speed to a halt with astonishing smoothness above Heavenly Candle Peak.
"Hah! Senior Sister Black Ji is putting on quite an air. In that case, let's go welcome her!"
The Azurefall Fairy laughed softly. As if borne up by a wisp of breeze, she shot into the heavens. The Corpse Bone