Early March, Cloud Summit Peak.
White immortal mist drifted like silk ribbons, winding among spirit peaks blessed with nature's finest beauty. The palace city atop the peak had been freshly decorated throughout, displaying all the stately grandeur of the Immortal Sects and the Mystic School.
A layer of white mist like a sea of clouds shrouded the forecourt plaza, lending the vast open space the air of an immortal palace. Thousands of guards stood amid it in a magnificent ceremonial formation, halberds in hand, like heavenly soldiers and generals.
Within these heavily guarded grounds stood the Council Hall, where the Heavenly Realms Alliance's elders ordinarily discussed important affairs. Mighty figures and envoys dispatched by the various factions had gathered there, but not to deliberate on pressing matters. They were holding a ceremony to welcome a new powerhouse into the Alliance.
Today was the grand ceremony marking the Past King's entry into the Alliance!
By now, the Past King had already condensed a Dao body, transforming into a true dragon dharma body with a dragonman's form.
Accompanied by ceremonial music played on chime bells, he strode across the immortal-palace-like plaza in his Star-Crowned Feather Robe, cutting an imposing figure. He passed through a long corridor into the inner court, then entered the Council Hall's great hall.
"The Past King has arrived!"
An Alliance master of ceremonies announced his arrival in a ringing voice.
In an instant, hundreds upon thousands of gazes converged on him.
Not only were Tian Heng, King Mu, Yin Yuanzheng, and the others curious about this Past King who had suddenly appeared, but Venerable Azure, Venerable White, Zhong Qishan, and the others who had likewise turned from enemies into friends and joined the Heavenly Realms Alliance also showed the keenest interest in his arrival.
*Now this is truly