Red Cloud.
Thunderbolts surged, and azure clouds rose and fell.
A spark of skyblue light flickered in the great void, and a female Daoist drifted down, a wooden sword at her waist and mysterious radiance beneath her feet. Though she looked young, with the face of a maiden, her aura had reached perfection in sky thunder.
Her eyes reflected densely packed silver-and-black decrees, crisscrossing throughout heaven and earth, prompting her to praise:
"What a magnificent sight."
"With the Calamity-Splitting True Person presiding here, this truly is a seat of might and authority."
An aged voice sounded beside her. An old man in a plain white robe of law stepped out, holding a jade tablet and studying the light over this land. "I will go inform the Calamity-Splitting Great True Person. After all, the Great Nether Wastes Wilds fall under Great Scarlet's jurisdiction. We must not intrude rashly."
A young man emerged behind the elder and spoke. Dressed in white robes, with a refined appearance, he was naturally Xie Kuo.
"No need."
The elder before him shook his head, pointed ahead, and said slowly:
"He is here."
The raging thunderbolts ahead instantly condensed into a human figure. A man appeared, clad in silver robes with a sword on his back:
"Greetings, fellow Daoists."
Seeing the people before him, Xu Xuan understood that the female Daoist was Bimo. As for the other elder...
His cultivation had reached perfection, his face was kindly, and he carried a strong scholarly air. He naturally practiced the most orthodox supreme rites, and had mastered all five divine abilities. Xie Kuo stepped forward to introduce them:
"This is an elder of our Xie Clan, Great True Person Yi Tai, who cultivates supreme rites. This is Upper Firmament's sect master, Great True Person Bimo, also an old friend