When Taiqing arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain, the Human Race had yet to leave the valley where they had first been born.
Three thousand strands of Golden Immortal presence lay scattered among the streams and vegetation. Though still immature, not one was hollow or unstable.
The other humans gathered around them, feeling their way through this unfamiliar world.
Some bent down to touch the stream for the first time, while others held the fruits Nuwa had bestowed upon them, imitating what they had just seen one another do as they carefully brought them to their mouths.
Fuxi opened the mountain-protecting formation and welcomed Taiqing inside.
Nuwa had already withdrawn her Sage Dharma Form and stood atop the cliff with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi. Once Taiqing approached, he first bowed solemnly to Nuwa.
"Congratulations, junior sister, on becoming a Sage."
Nuwa returned his bow and smiled. "You came quickly, senior brother."
Taiqing then turned to Qing Xuan and Qing Yi and exchanged greetings with them. "I did not expect to find you two fellow Daoists here as well."
"Qing Yi and I happened to be here when Fellow Daoist Nuwa attained the Dao."
Qing Xuan returned his greeting, his gaze falling toward the foot of the mountain. "But Fellow Daoist Taiqing, surely you did not come all the way from Kunlun merely to offer your congratulations."
Taiqing did not deny it. "My congratulations are sincere, and so is my purpose in coming for the Dao."
He gazed at the newly born beings in the valley, and the primordial violet qi lying dormant deep within his Dao Fruit stirred once more.
"Before I left Kunlun, the primordial violet qi had already stirred because of them. But where exactly this opportunity to attain the Dao lies is something I must see with