Water-Moon Sword Palace.
It stood on an island at the heart of Water-Moon Lake.
The palace halls stretched in an unbroken line along the path, their roofs entirely covered in blue glazed tiles.
Under the sunlight, they gleamed with a deep azure radiance.
Although the previous master of Water-Moon Sword Palace had remained at the peak of the fourth rank throughout her life, she had still elevated Water-Moon Sword Palace into one of Dongling Commandery's top powers.
After Xiao Qiushui succeeded to the position of palace master, she raised Water-Moon Sword Palace's standing another half-step higher.
For when she took over as palace master, she was already at the peak of the fourth rank. She defeated the senior elder who had come seeking revenge, Azure Water Sword in hand upon Water-Moon Lake.
That single battle made her famous, earning her the title of Dongling Commandery's strongest beneath the grandmasters.
Among the various powers in Dongling Commandery without a grandmaster overseeing them, Water-Moon Sword Palace had vaguely become the foremost force beneath the Dongling Commandery court.
This was not because Xiao Qiushui's strength was clearly a notch above that of the previous palace master.
It was because Xiao Qiushui was young enough. When she succeeded as palace master, she was not yet forty.
At the peak of the fourth rank, that age was exceedingly young. Entering the grandmaster realm would not be difficult for her, and with her powerful bodily functions, becoming a Human Dao Grandmaster would be simplicity itself.
She even had a certain chance of attaining the highest class of grandmaster in the world—a Heaven-Man Grandmaster.
It was precisely this possibility and potential that greatly elevated Xiao Qiushui's status and reputation, and made the future of Water-Moon Sword Palace look exceedingly bright.
Over the years, although Xiao Qiushui had