Eastern Region Azure Cloud Road, Ninth Reception Platform.
Light and shadow twisted violently, then solid ground settled beneath their feet. Yun Qing, Yun Tianluo, Yun Baojian, Yun Ruyi... and all the prodigies who had climbed onto the Azure Cloud List from the Ninth Reception Platform appeared together on this land they had left so long ago.
The sky of the Eastern Region was a blue washed clean. Green mountains loomed in the distance, while lush vegetation flourished nearby. Compared with the eternally radiant Heaven Tier of the Azure Cloud Road, this place held so much more of the mortal world's warmth.
Yun Qing drew a deep breath, feeling even his divine soul grow a little lighter.
For a moment, the prodigies who had kept their nerves stretched taut throughout the Azure Cloud Road all felt an unreal sense of having returned after a lifetime apart.
Of course, that daze did not last long.
"Hahahaha! Qing Kid! And all you little ones! Splendid, splendid!"
A hearty, vigorous laugh exploded like a thunderclap.
Yun Qing was the first to raise his head and look ahead.
Six figures stood quietly there, their auras as deep as the sea. Though deliberately restrained, their presence still warped the surrounding space slightly. Simply standing there at ease, they formed a world unto themselves.
Six of the Yun Clan's twelve elders had come in person to receive them!
Six Immortal Venerable experts had personally come to oversee their return!
Immortal Venerables could shrink miles into inches, roaming hundreds of millions of miles in an instant. One moment, they might be deep within the clan grounds, laying formations and holding private discussions; the next, a mere thought could bring them here. This was the foundation of a supreme ancient aristocratic clan, one that truly looked down over an