His Mother Jiaozhu's Renown, the Demon Race's Sacred Domain, and Jianmu Reaching the Heavens!

Among the fleet traveling with the Azure Sea Lake party to the Jianmu Assembly,

Blazing Sun Mountain's vessel sailed at the very front.

It was an immense Windfire Wheel, its hull seething with flames and crimson fire filling the sky. Far from scorching those aboard, its blazing radiance continuously nourished the cultivators' cultivation.

Majestic palaces and halls rose upon the great wheel.

Within the main hall sat several figures with imposing auras, each possessing formidable Eighth Tier cultivation.

"Xi Yao must have gone to meet that Dragon Monarch of Azure Sea Lake just now."

Caiyun of Cloud Dream Marsh spoke with a hint of resentment. "It seems this lady of Western Kunlun thinks more highly of the Dragon Monarch of Azure Sea Lake than of us."

Gathered in the hall were Red Cloud, Caiyun, Xia Guang, and Jiao Chu of Blazing Sun Mountain, along with four other Eighth-Tier Cultivators from their respective factions, all traveling together to the Jianmu Assembly.

All told, there were eight Eighth Tier mighty cultivators in the hall.

Red Cloud, Xia Guang, and Jiao Chu had known one another since childhood and shared a deep friendship. Thus, before setting out for the Jianmu Assembly, they had privately agreed to watch over and support one another.

Red Cloud had previously invited Xi Yao to join their alliance, but she had politely declined.

They had assumed Xi Yao had difficulties of her own, never expecting her to turn around and join forces with the Dragon Monarch of Azure Sea Lake.

Caiyun continued, "Brother, you needn't take it to heart. Though Xi Yao has known us for years, she has always been distant by nature. She was never truly of one mind with us."

Red Cloud nodded slightly. Western Kunlun lay in a distant frontier, over a hundred thousand