Evening dew settled beneath Silver Moon Green Mountain; the golden radiance of Sunset Glow crowned the mountaintop.
Birdsong in the mountains accompanied the slowly rising morning sun. Myriad beasts lay low in the mountain forests, unconsciously showing reverence toward the white-clad figure on the summit.
The wind came and went, seeming to wish to linger a little longer on this mountaintop.
The white-clad man now seemed accustomed to All Things Have Spirits and had grown gentler toward the myriad spirits around him, while they, in turn, felt closer to him.
The morning glow and warm wind carried a drifting fragrance of flowers across this stretch of heaven and earth.
A young girl's figure appeared on Spirit Beast Mountain. She looked up at Ancestral Mountain, hidden among the clouds and mist, her expression revealing immense stubbornness.
Yet beneath the stubbornness in her eyes lay a trace of fear and unease. She knew he was a Heavenly Prodigy of Emperor Throne Incense whom even her clan's elders could do nothing about, and she had also heard that he acted with arrogant tyranny and used cruel methods...
But thinking of her hairpin, the girl drew a deep breath and climbed Ancestral Mountain nonetheless.
Along the way, however, a different feeling gradually rose in her heart.
All kinds of mountain flowers bloomed on either side of the path, adorning the mountain with colors unlike those of the outside world. Each flower seemed to bear a transcendent, immortal air, hidden within the thin mist and looking utterly breathtaking beneath the brilliant sun.
The girl walked slowly along the mountain path. The countless Spirit Beasts in the mountains were also exceedingly peaceful. They made no move upon seeing her, merely basking in the sun on their own.
Amid these surroundings, the girl reached the summit.
Suddenly,