The Eastern Sea, the Penglai island domain.
The boundless sea stretched endlessly, its jade waves surging. This island lay in the northern reaches of the Eastern Sea, bordering the vast outer ocean. A great formation protected it year-round, shutting out outside cultivators. Few could enter the island; most merely borrowed passage through its waters.
The endless sea mist thwarted cultivators' prying eyes. Even Dragonkind had never come to trespass here, leaving this Immortal Dao and themselves to keep out of each other's affairs.
Yet now two figures arrived before the sea mist, a man and a woman. The woman was alluring, her every glance full of grace, her figure exquisite beneath a long gown of green silk. The man beside her wore pale green robes, his features handsome and his bearing otherworldly.
Together, they activated a green Willow Leaf, its substance like jade. The words [Yin-Binding] were inscribed upon it, and mysterious radiance soared into the sky.
The green-robed man raised his head and gazed into the distance, activating his immortal foundation. His foundation establishment late stage cultivation stirred slightly, and the deep green light of taboo wood flickered, twining around him like a ghost. Even so, he could not see through the mist.
Liu Qiuqi looked at Qingyun beside him, his brows knitting slightly, and said only:
"Let us not offend this Immortal Dao."
"Your ancestors had ties with this Dao, so they ought to receive you. Penglai fears owing karmic debts above all else, and they will certainly repay them. Demon King Bai Xuan told me this. She has had dealings with Penglai, so she should not be mistaken."
Qingyun held the arm of the man beside her, leaning against him at an angle, her body soft as though it had no bones. Her tone, however, was utterly