Pure Bliss Mansion, a Colossus

At the end of North Nether, where sea and sky met.

A streak of immortal light hung high in the clouds, dazzling and resplendent, as if it had existed since time immemorial, leading up to the mysterious and unfathomable Nine Heavens.

Flowing light wheeled back, revealing a towering Heavenly Road, wreathed in auspicious qi and drifting clouds of blessing, standing between Heaven and Earth in the most majestic posture.

No one knew how long had passed before, upon those endless heavenly steps, the sound of footsteps suddenly rang out.

Thud, thud, thud!

At first they were faint and fragmented, then gradually grew dense, like startling thunder rolling over the clouds, each step a note that shook the silence of the long sky.

The next moment—

Eight figures slowly emerged from the end of the Heavenly Road.

They wore ancient daoist robes that did not belong to this era, runes flowing over their sleeves, as though the sun, moon, stars, and constellations had been woven into them.

As their steps drew nearer, a rich surge of Immortal Spirit Qi rushed over, the foundation of longevity that only the Immortal Realm could nurture.

Walking at the very front was a young man brimming with sinister arrogance.

He rode a purple-jade Pixiu. The Pixiu's hooves trod upon black clouds, every breath stirring the Heaven and Earth Laws into faint tremors, and as its scales opened and closed, illusions of shattered star rivers flickered in and out.

The young man lowered his gleam in the eyes, piercing through ten thousand li of layered clouds and seeing the many scenes of the world below.

"The spiritual qi is this foul... that bastard Shen Xiao, just to cling to life, actually fled to this filthy land for refuge."

He spoke blandly, making no attempt to conceal