Mount Tai, a Secret Realm.
Lingyou Palace.
"The Shepherd Elder emerged from Lesser Yang; Evil Severance descended upon Greater Yin."
Xu Fayan read the paired inscription aloud and immediately felt a blazing current of lesser yang qi arise. His Divine Abilities resonated with it, and [Nether Sheep Rite] stirred, as though about to circulate of its own accord.
He looked at his guide and asked quietly, "Great True Person, is this that esteemed one's sacred domain?"
"This is the place."
The man's face looked rather heroic, yet closer inspection made him seem less like a living human than some wild beast wearing human skin. His silver pupils shifted from time to time, as though constantly searching for living creatures nearby. He was Shenguang!
As an incarnation of that Lingsa Immortal Beast, the cultivation he displayed barely reached the grand completion of the Lingsa Dao. Yet with even a little borrowed power, he could instantly reach the Attendant Envoy realm, or even the Divine Core realm.
"An honored guest has come to our Duxuan Secret Realm. Forgive this old fellow for failing to welcome you from afar."
The palace gates ahead swung open, and a somewhat aged voice rang out.
Xu Fayan looked over, but saw only empty space, without a human figure in sight. Only when he lowered his gaze did he notice a group of clay figures approaching, barely reaching a person's ankles.
Shenguang, by contrast, seemed familiar with them. He stared straight at the ground, looking somewhat excited. A great gray tail emerged from beneath his Robe of Law and swept back and forth across the ground like a fly whisk.
A clay figure resembling a local earth god stepped out from the group. Its face was exceedingly youthful, but its voice was old, and its aura bore