The sky was breaking, a sliver of dawn just appearing in the east.
West of Qing Province City, a sprawling mountain range lay like a slumbering dragon.
This was Yuanlong Mountain, over eight hundred li from Qing Province City. Its terrain was exceptionally treacherous, shrouded in clouds and mist year-round.
Ordinary woodcutters and Hunters were filled with awe even just skirting its edges, never daring to venture a single step inside.
Atop the mountain's peak lay the ruins of an ancient city, abandoned for a thousand years. Amidst the broken walls and crumbling ramparts, the dead-still air was suddenly stirred by a faint breeze.
Without warning, three figures materialized out of thin air.
The leader, barefoot and treading on air, was none other than Lingkong Jade, the Divine Sacrifice Envoy of the Moon Worship Sect. Her sashes fluttered in the wind, her posture ethereal and otherworldly.
Half a step behind her stood two others.
