After everyone in the Haoran Alliance reaffirmed the eight-hundred-li prohibition before Dragon-Tiger Mountain, they raised their Feathered Canopy and Music and departed in ostentatious fashion, leaving who knew how many eyes bulging in astonishment.
Daoist Zhongzheng could find no respite. He returned to the Haoran Ritual Chariot and went back to Purple Tenuity Mountain to continue his duties. After today's events, the number of sects and rogue cultivators wishing to join the Haoran Alliance would presumably surge, and the alliance's affairs would grow even busier. Still serving his rotation, Daoist Zhongzheng had plenty of work ahead of him.
As for the other Fifth Realm cultivators and immortals, they neither returned to the alliance together nor went back to their respective sects. Instead, they followed Ji Hehe and Cheng Xinzhan straight to Three Pure Ones Mountain as guests.
Three Pure Ones Mountain.
The sea of clouds around Three Pure Ones Mountain was famous throughout the world. East of Eastern Heaven Road lay a dense, boundless ocean of clouds. Because the entire sea turned orange at sunrise, it was called the Orange Sea. Many spirit mountains stood above it. In one place, mountains joined into ridges shaped like three dragons, vividly lifelike as they tumbled through the clouds. Thus, this vista was called "Three Dragons Emerging from the Sea."
All three dragons faced east. At sunrise, when the cinnabar sun appeared, it seemed as though an Elixir Pearl floated above the sea, creating another vista called "Three Dragons Contesting the Pearl," which often drew visitors to stop and linger.
The middle dragon stretched farthest, leading the others by a head. A manor called the Changes Garden stood atop this dragon's head. It was where the Three Pure Ones Immortal Sect entertained distinguished guests.
After returning from Dragon-Tiger Mountain, the high-level cultivators had