Deep in the Eastern Sea, Earth Mother Island.
Streaks of Escape Light flashed, tearing through the thin sea mist and swiftly reaching the island by way of the Mountain-Ring Bridge.
Treasure ships also rode the currents to shore, crowding densely along the coast as they waited for the Earth Church cultivators stationed there to guide them in.
Among the many streaks of Escape Light, one silver-white sword light stood out, instantly drawing the attention of passing cultivators.
"Is that Fairy Shen, the White Rainbow True Lord's sword light?"
"That's right. No one would dare imitate sword light like that!"
"We're down to the last three days of the Earth Church's disciple recruitment. Could Fairy Shen have grown restless after so much seclusion and decided to take a disciple to teach personally?"
"Ah! My son Li Er has the makings of a True Lord. If that's really the case, wouldn't he have a chance to enter Fairy Shen's tutelage today?"
Around the outskirts of Earth Mother Island, the Great Shang cultivators' gazes sharpened as they watched the silver-white sword light race away, discussing it through Divine Sense.
As one of Great Shang's three renowned cultivation traditions, the Earth Church's authority among Great Shang cultivators went without saying.
It was no exaggeration to say that, for ordinary cultivators, successfully joining the Earth Church marked a major turning point on the path of cultivation, almost as important as placing highly in the immortal examinations.
For some high-ranking Great Shang officials, however, having a member of their clan enter the Earth Church was certainly a rare achievement, but securing that member a place under one of its core disciples was harder still.
The White Rainbow True Lord was a core disciple of the Earth Church's 1,566th generation.
Ordinarily, if a True Lord of her