Lingyou Palace.
Gray light surged like a tide.
This ethereal gray mysterious radiance was not dark and heavy as iron. Instead, it was light as the wind, extending from the gates of this Mysterious Palace into the deepest reaches of the Great Void. Within it, the color of golden Xi was faintly visible.
That golden light finally revealed a figure clad in a dark, mysterious robe, drawing forth boundless mysterious yellow energy atop Mount Tai.
"Heaven is mysterious, earth is yellow; their union forms the mountain."
Xu Fayan stood within the Great Void, having now arrived above Mount Tai. With his authority, he could easily have entered Lingyou Palace in a single thought to meet Qingrang without causing any great disturbance. Yet he had deliberately chosen to appear openly.
Mount Tai did not reject him.
This mountain was now under the An Dynasty's rule, and naturally bore traces of the Earth-Subduing Lineage. At this moment, however, the visiting lord of Xi earth pushed them all aside, leaving only mysterious yellow qi churning over Jade Emperor Summit.
Xu Fayan gazed at this place, a hint of amusement entering his eyes. He broke off a section of his own little finger and tossed it down, striking the eastern side of Mount Tai.
The little finger instantly became a small golden mountain, radiant with divine mystery and covered in runes. It merged with Mount Tai's earth veins, while out on the plain, a strange Jade Altar could faintly be seen, enshrining a golden sheep statue.
This mountain combined "Heavenly Inquiry" with "Xi earth," bearing the grandeur of the Primordial Era. It drew the surrounding five virtues into one, returning them to their primordial state, as all manner of five phases mysteries evolved within.
[Mount Mutual Separation]
The An Dynasty had established temples to