Within Great Scarlet Heaven.
Misty vapors unfurled and curled, clear light spilled forth, and pavilions and towers carved from white jade appeared one after another amid the clouds.
Vast white qi drifted ceaselessly, obscuring the outlines of azure palaces in the distant sky. Below them, flood dragons and serpents occasionally leaped, while luan birds and phoenixes called sweetly, frolicking through the boundless sea of clouds.
Golden-white mysterious radiance spread across a towering manor beneath a golden plaque bearing the words "Immortal-Granting Bureau." Three figures stood at its gates, each wearing a different expression.
Sensing something, Xu Xuan stirred his clear qi and examined Miao'e's condition.
She did not seem like a living person. Instead, she reminded him of the paper people of the White Paper Blessed Land, her memories and life pieced together. Her understanding of the Immortal Heaven was also rather hazy, yet she obeyed Xu Xuan's commands.
Still, she truly possessed a Greater Yin violet pinnacle cultivation, and her considerable strength could serve many purposes in this damaged grotto-heaven.
"With the grotto-heaven being rebuilt, this is precisely when we need people."
Xu Xuan's eyes shone as he sought a duty for her. Surveying the grotto-heaven, he noticed that the sun and moon were out of alignment and had an idea.
"What hangs in the sky are the stellar manifestations of Hengyi and Frost Auxiliary. Their orbits are misaligned. With each passing day, daylight grows longer and the night shorter."
"As a Moon Goddess from the Vast Cold Palace, you can help regulate the moon's orbit. That will serve as your assigned duty."
Having said this, he activated his clear qi and drew upon the stellar manifestations.
A plain cord covered in pale frost gradually appeared in his hand, its far end extending into the void toward the cold