Heavenly Descent Prefecture, Purple Jade Mountain.
Purple spiritual mist wreathed the peak, lending the spirit mountain an added air of mystery.
Purple Jade Mountain was well known throughout the Yan Kingdom. A vast vein of purple jade lay beneath it, a third-stage spiritual ore, and that mine had played no small part in the Gu Family's rise to a Golden Core lineage.
Even the plants across the spirit mountain tended toward purple, and the mist that rose in the mornings was pale violet.
After the Green River Sect occupied the mountain, they fortified it further, setting a fifth-stage array over the peak to draw in spiritual energy from nearby spirit veins.
This thickened the purple mist until it resembled poisonous miasma. A purple venomous dragon also stood ready to repel enemies at any moment.
This not only strengthened the mountain-protecting array's defenses but also prevented cultivators from infiltrating.
The buildings and pavilions on the spirit mountain remained lavish and imposing, displaying a bold grandeur, though their architectural style was still that of the Gu Family.
Clearly, although the mountain had changed hands, its buildings had barely been altered. Upon learning that Heavenly Descent Market had fallen, the Gu Family had relocated their entire clan, suffering little loss.
The Green River Sect had made no sweeping changes to the mountain either.
At that moment, a Myriad-Mile Mirror rested above the hall at the very summit, continually sweeping toward the Taihang Mountain Range.
Qingzhi True Person stood inside the hall. This time, however, he was not in the seat of honor but near a side entrance.
At the front of the hall stood a somewhat slender figure: True Lord Qingxi, who had recently broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.
"Junior Brother Qingxi, we've surrounded Heavenly Capital Nine Peaks for so long,