[Xia Guang and Caiyun entered the great hall of the Azure Sea Dragon Palace.]
[This was Caiyun's first meeting with the Dragon Monarch. She felt nothing particularly remarkable, except that he looked even younger than she had imagined.]
[Xia Guang's gaze, however, swept toward the middle-aged figure in white seated in the place of honor on the left-Xuanji!]
[Without probing him with her spiritual sense, Xia Guang already understood.]
[Since he could now form a fleshly body and appear before others, he must have long since escaped the fetters of his divine soul, broken through his shackles, and obtained an entirely reborn Dao Body. His cultivation had advanced considerably, becoming all the more unfathomable.]
[After returning to Flame Mountain, Xia Guang had read through ten thousand years of the mountain's records, counting the Sword Way prodigies who had appeared in Southern Shu Territory over that span. Among the names of cultivators who had reached the eighth-tier Sword Way, Xuanji had never appeared.]
[Where had such a figure come from, with his unfathomable cultivation and astonishing mastery of sword intent?]
[She gathered her thoughts and bowed slightly. "Xia Guang pays her respects to the Dragon Monarch."]
["I have come at Dao Lord Yanli's command to congratulate you on presiding over the Azure Sea as lord of the Water Mansion. We have prepared a modest gift."]
["I hope you will not disdain it and will graciously accept it."]
[As her words fell, Xia Guang held out her palm. A palm-sized spiritual peak wrapped in roaring flames rose into the air. Its fire was pure and scorching, imbued with concentrated Tail Fire Dao resonance, and it drifted slowly toward the seat of honor.]
[You raised your hand and gently received the treasure. A single sweep of your spiritual sense revealed its origins and