At the boundary of Yu Pass.
Yun Qing, Yun Tianluo, and Yun Ruyi were already waiting at the boundary line. Behind them, the soldiers of the Cloud Valor Guards stood in a single rank, their bearing imposing.
Outside Central Province's boundary lay Heavenly Origin's laws of the Immortal Dao, where spiritual energy was abundant and rosy clouds billowed. Within lay Central Province, soon to be drawn upward by the great Human Emperor formation, awash in golden light as its people stood in solemn silence.
One boundary divided two worlds.
Yun Tianluo stood beside Yun Qing, gently waving his folding fan. Gazing at the golden curtain of light gathering within the boundary, he sighed. "Honestly, I'm finding it rather hard to let go."
Yun Qing nodded.
A teleportation formation lit up, and Xia Wushang stepped out. His face was slightly pale, clearly worn by the tremendous expenditure of the past few days, yet his poise remained undisturbed and his steps unhurried.
Xia Wujie stood in attendance nearby, all playfulness gone from his eyes as he quietly followed behind the Crown Prince.
"Brother Yun, the time has come." Xia Wushang approached Yun Qing, stopping opposite him and solemnly cupping his hands.
"Father has already presented the Fragment of the Thirty-Three Heavens to His Majesty."
Yun Qing nodded.
He raised his eyes toward the depths of Central Province, drew a deep breath, and opened his palm.
A seal of pure, brilliant gold, engraved with mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon, appeared and settled into his hand. The instant the Immortal Court Seal appeared, Heavenly Origin's laws of the Immortal Dao faintly trembled.
Xia Wushang gazed at the seal, his eyes unfathomably deep.
"Brother Yun," he said, a faint smile in his voice. "After we part here, high mountains and long rivers will