A magnificent spectacle unfolded above the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture.
At that moment, at the very summit of the City Above the City in the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture, a Daoist temple with red-clay plastered walls stood in solitude. An old Daoist with crimson hair and beard and a face the color of dark red dates sat cross-legged before its stone steps, quietly meditating.
Behind him stood figure after figure dressed in the Daoist robes of Scarlet City True Persons. Had Fang Shu been there, he would have recognized several familiar faces among them at a glance.
They were precisely the True Immortals of the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture whom the seven Vast Sea direct disciples had met while accompanying True Immortal White Dust on visits over the past while. Before the little temple, these True Immortals all stood motionless, eyes lowered to their noses and minds turned inward, like students made to stand as punishment.
Screee!
Suddenly, the cries of dragons and luan birds pierced the layers of restrictions and reached the little temple, finally causing the old Daoist with the dark-red face to open his eyes.
From where he sat, he could look down upon every sight throughout the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture. Within ten thousand miles, nothing obstructed his vision.
This old Daoist was the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture's current Divine Immortal—Red Jujube, also known as the Red Date Immortal. Having attained refining spirit, he ranked among the foremost immortals in West Gourd Province, and indeed throughout the entire Outer World.
The Red Date Immortal lowered his eyes to survey the prefecture and sighed softly.
"How many years has it been since our prefecture was this lively? A pity that all who have come are guests from outside, and not a single fellow Divine Immortal has graced