Senior Brother Zhao sighed softly and said no more.
The two climbed the steps, the bluestone path beneath their feet winding into the clouds.
Ancient pines towered on either side, with the occasional clear cry of a crane.
It did have something of an immortal sanctuary's air.
They reached the mountainside halfway up.
Junior Brother Liu was about to recount more amusing experiences from his travels, hoping to curry favor with this senior brother who enjoyed the True Persons' favor.
Suddenly.
Boom-!!!
A piercing explosion erupted in the heavens overhead.
Both froze and instinctively looked up.
The vast sea of clouds had been violently torn apart.
A brilliant golden light, sweeping along with the force of rolling wind and thunder, plunged straight toward the Five Immortals Mountain Golden Summit like a rainbow piercing the sun.
"This..."
Junior Brother Liu's mouth fell open, astonishment written across his face.
Senior Brother Zhao's pupils contracted sharply, and his feet stopped dead.
They exchanged a glance, each seeing the horror in the other's eyes.
This was...
Who was that?
Who dared fly so brazenly through the skies over Five Immortals Mountain?!
Were they not afraid of angering the five True Persons?!
Everyone knew Five Immortals Mountain had an ironclad rule.
Within its gates, flight was strictly forbidden.
Disciples of every lineage were subject to it.
Upon reaching the mountain, they had to obediently withdraw their Divine Abilities and walk up, kowtowing with every step.
Only the five True Persons seated high above the clouds could look down upon all living beings.
That was the rule.
And a matter of dignity.
Yet this golden light treated that ironclad rule as nothing, climbing straight onto Five Immortals Mountain's neck to run wild.
Junior Brother Liu swallowed and ventured, "With such an overbearing presence..."
"Could it be...