Central Province, Great Sui.
A mountain within a Cave-Heaven Paradise.
Floating Jade Mountain.
Its main peak was Xiuling Peak, and its secondary peak was Zhuoguang Peak.
The sect that occupied Floating Jade Mountain was called the Floating Jade Mountain Sect.
In Great Sui, cultivators qualified to establish a sect generally needed two things.
First, they needed formidable strength of their own, enough to hold things together.
On other continents, this alone was often enough.
But in Great Sui, where the state was powerful.
Anyone wishing to establish a sect had to obtain official recognition from Great Sui.
They had to receive an Imperial Proclamation Stele bestowed by the Empress of Great Sui.
The Floating Jade Mountain Sect happened to meet both requirements.
It was also the only sect established in nearly twenty years.
The master of the sect was named Yan Shisan.
Yan Shisan's life had been quite legendary.
He was originally a descendant of the Duke of Yan State's household, immensely gifted as a child.
But an accident had left his Dao heart shrouded in dust.
Later, with guidance from Li Ping'an, he had broken through his bottleneck.
He had become a disciple of the Great Confucian Zhang Tai.
His future had seemed boundless, but then, during his travels.
He had happened upon the master of Shicha Sea, who sought to seize his body.
The master of Shicha Sea had killed his wife and severed one of his arms.
Afterward, dispirited, he had hidden away on Great Wilderness Island.
Yet fate had arranged for him to encounter Li Ping'an again, and he had resolved to take revenge.
At the Battle of Tengchong City.
He had made something of a name for himself as a one-armed martial warrior, facing Demon Saint Jimeng.
Between life and death, he had broken himself