Jiangnan, Bailu Mountain.
Surrounded by rivers and facing the sea, resplendent with natural beauty, this place is considered to be in the central region of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Immortal Sect and has always been the venue for grand gatherings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
On this day, with ten thousand miles of clear skies, the vast mountain-top stone courtyard waved with eighteen flags symbolizing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, with only the one that once represented Taotie City having been removed. The purpose of this grand assembly was to select a replacement.
Representing Mang Mountain City, Huyan Dong sat in a corner with a smile on his face, composed and serene. Half of the people following him used to be Taotie City's trusted old-timers whom he had called back; the other half, with a mismatched air about them, had sharp eyes and unfriendly looks—fierce disciples of Mang Mountain.
