Fifty years ago, outside Miaochong Prefecture, when Qing Chen fought Hundred Poisons True Lord and blasted open the Poison Miasma barrier, he had ordered the two of them to return to the Azure Wave Archipelago with a message, urging the Condensed Jade Sect to prepare a "Nascent Soul Ceremony" and a "Victory Celebration Ceremony."
That had been the first time.
But nothing had come of it.
The two had arrived travel-worn at Heavenly Jade Island and delivered the message to Deputy Sect Master Chi Xuntian.
They had barely finished speaking when an urgent report arrived from Qiongzhou-Wu Gui's army was making unusual movements!
They immediately took the three thousand sect cultivators Chi Xuntian assigned them, joined up with the three thousand Qiongzhou Army troops they had brought, and raced day and night aboard a Treasure Ship, returning to the Southern Borderlands to await orders and serve under Guanyin Tower Master.
Their second return had come after the fighting in Qiongzhou was settled, the traitors purged, and Qing Chen entered seclusion.
Carrying more detailed procedures for the ceremonies, the two set foot on Heavenly Jade Island once again.
That time, they met Xuanji True Lord.
It was in the Main Hall of the newly built "Condensed Jade Heavenly Palace" on Heavenly Jade Island, several times grander than the original Main Hall on Xuanji Peak.
Xuanji True Lord still wore his Daoist Robes, with the bearing of an immortal.
After hearing their account, he stroked his long beard and pondered for a long while.
"A Nascent Soul Ceremony marks a cultivator's quest for immortality, a momentous event in their lifetime. It concerns the dignity of the Dao lineage. How could we treat it lightly?"
Xuanji True Lord's voice was gentle, like a spring breeze bringing nourishing rain, carrying an elder's concern. "Besides,