Jade Bamboo Continent, forbidden land, Yu Mountain.
The site of the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory's only Longevity Clan.
This place remained bathed in auspicious radiance year-round. Its descendants possessed Immortal Dao talents more heaven-defying than the last. Aside from the Five Aggregates Immortal Sect, it was the only native lineage of the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory capable of directly clashing with the races of the Immortal Realm.
Several enormous stars circled Yu Mountain, shining eternally.
Aside from the Five Aggregates Sect, this was also the only power with its own Celestial Foundation Stone Vein. Not even the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace and Heavenly Wheel Sect possessed one.
Of course, the Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace had its own other mineral veins on Jade Bamboo Continent, while the Golden Sea had been left by Chen Xun to the Heavenly Wheel Sect.
Today.
An immortal beast cried out above the Yu Clan. It perched atop an ancient roof, staring intently at a mysterious cave abode.
"Yu Yuanting, the cultivation resources assigned to your Centennial Heavenly Ladder sequence have arrived: one million high-grade Immortal Spirit Stones, one hundred ten-thousand-year precious herbs, one Enlightenment Tea Leaf..."
This immortal beast was naturally gifted at wielding the laws of heaven and earth. Wherever it went, winds howled for thousands of miles, while ethereal and pleasing innate Dao tones drifted throughout the mountains and rivers for thousands more.
Its name was Huangzhuo. It resembled a crimson leopard with nine tails and double pupils. One pupil contained Great Solar Truefire, while the other hid Lunar Dark Ice. When it walked, it set plains ablaze for a thousand miles and froze them with frost; when it lay down, a Yin-Yang Two Forms Pool naturally formed beneath it.
It was one of the Yu Clan's guardian immortal beasts.
As for where