Fu Province, Naihe Mountain.
Amidst the rugged mountains, there was a narrow winding path. Upon it, a grey shadow with billowing sleeves flickered and leaped across several hundred meters of ravine, arriving at a mid-mountain Daoist temple.
The temple bore a hanging plaque: Gongshu Temple.
The grey shadow halted, gazing up at the plaque.
"Brother Dao, now that the Great Spirit has unified the world and all submit, the Spirit Emperor has proclaimed to seek Grandmaster experts to venture beyond the heavens. You and I have been in seclusion for years, long having disregarded worldly affairs. Now this beyond the heavens, it is truly a release from our previous shackles."
"What? Do you wish to go?" Inside the temple, a tall, thin figure suddenly appeared at the main entrance, with a flash.
This was a tall, thin elder with pale yellow eyes.
However, his aura was entirely different from other Grandmasters.
If other Grandmasters were strong, powerful, and dominant,
