Auspicious Jade Prefecture belonged to Great Jade Province of the Black Jade Spirit Domain, and Great Jade Province had thirty-one prefectures.
Golden Sand Prefecture was one of them.
Golden Sand Prefecture was one of the few deserts in the Black Jade Spirit Domain of the Mortal Dust Continent. Jade mines were scarce there, and there were not many spirit mountains either.
Thunder Spirit Child landed within a peak Sixth Stage jade mountain.
"Alas!" Thunder Spirit Child let out a long sigh.
Over the past half year, he had found it difficult even to enter meditation, much less cultivate.
Whenever he thought of the Soul Pact inside his body, he felt utterly powerless.
He had consulted many secret manuals and records, yet he had never seen such an overbearing Soul Pact.
Then, when he saw a streak of jade light glow in his hand, he put away his emotions and a trace of resolve appeared on his face.
"Terms!"
He intended to properly negotiate the terms next!
This jade light signified that the human cultivator had sent him a message.
Thus, he activated his spirit art and left behind a clone, while his true body quietly fled away.
When he arrived before an ordinary Sand Mountain, he formed the agreed-upon spirit seal. Yet no response came for a long while, as though he had come to the wrong place.
Just as he was doubtfully sensing the jade talisman in his hand, he felt the scenery around him shift. A special spiritual power enveloped him, and when the spirit light faded, he discovered that he had entered a grotto-heaven.
Inside the grotto-heaven, a cultivator in a green robe was sizing him up.
At the very first moment, he knew that the man before him was the one who had bound him with