Northern Origin Sect's Northern Origin Station

Before the station platform, a group of cultivators came racing in.

The cultivators below had intended to step in and stop them, but every one of the suddenly appearing cultivators was exceptionally skilled. Before those below could even organize an effective defense, a number of them had already been injured by the spells raining down.

These were tough opponents!

The station cultivators, who had initially shown some temper, no longer dared to be careless. Someone immediately rode a flying sword out from the crowd. He did not cross the line, instead stopping two or three body lengths below the foremost people. Bowing with cupped fists, he spoke.

"May I ask where you fellow Daoists have come from? This is Northern Cosmos Station, a branch under the Northern Origin Sect. If there is some matter at hand, could you wait for our station chief to come forth?"

This was considered the standard procedure when sect cultivators encountered one another in the wilderness.

The Azure Nether Realm was boundlessly vast, and cultivators possessed the ability to soar through the skies and plunge into the seas. Their footprints covered every corner of the world, and with differing local customs, unexpected meetings naturally gave rise to conflicts.

Yet the paths cultivated by all cultivators ultimately sprang from the same source, spreading outward from the sacred lands of Central Continent where the sages had imparted their teachings. When meeting someone outside, one never knew whether their masters and elders might have old ties with one's own sect.

To prevent disciples of sects with old ties from slaughtering one another, and to avoid needless disputes, the first lesson taught after entering any sect in the cultivation world was this so-called cultivator etiquette.

Honor the superior and humble the inferior; respect the elder and yield to the