A pot of fine wine went down, and a deep intoxication rose within him.
Ancestor Jiang sat in a corner of the inn, his deep eyes gazing at the bustle and clamor before him, his wrinkled cheeks faintly flushed.
This was ordinary mortal wine, yet at this moment, it had intoxicated a man who had entered the Dao.
He was like a spectator standing outside this bustling mortal world, drinking in its everyday warmth along with his wine, while five hundred years of change surged through his heart, bringing helplessness and bitterness he could not share with outsiders.
Candlelight flickered. His aged eyes fixed on a single point as he raised his hand, and boundless loneliness and sorrow came surging from his wine cup...
Earlier, to protect Ren Ye as he entered the Emperor's Tomb to seize his opportunity, Ancestor Jiang had left Ancient Pool and spent more than half a month crossing the void in search of a familiar place.
There was a mountain there named Divine Dragon Mountain, and on it grew a Divine Medicine said to have come from the Ridge: the Divine Dragon Immortality Medicine.
It was an immortal treasure above the sixth grade, the only one in the world. Though it could not heal Ancestor Jiang's Great Dao wounds or reconstitute his utterly shattered Dao Intent, it could breathe new life into his exhausted lifespan, giving him a chance to live another "lifetime"...
That familiar place had originally been an immortal abode before the Migration Land shattered. After the Migration Land collapsed, however, for some unknown reason, it had not undergone Heavenly Dao Manifestation. Instead, it remained hidden and isolated, becoming an Unranked Land.
Descendants of old acquaintances still lived in the Divine Dragon Immortal Abode. They remained secluded, and were said to have always