On the outskirts of Saint Xiting Manor.
Xiya La sat quietly in the study, holding a volume of "Three Thousand Years of Tayaga" and reading intently.
Suddenly, she turned to look outside the window.
A small black Floating City descended in front of the manor gate, causing the once proud guards to kneel on the ground in panic.
"It seems I have never seen this Floating City before?"
Xiya La pondered to herself.
A red carpet unfurled from beneath the Floating City, looking like a monstrous creature's crimson tongue.
Soon after, a petite figure stepped out onto the red carpet.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Xiya La's face, which had been slightly furrowed, underwent a rapid change.
Chief Priest Nikess?
She had never met this esteemed person, but she recognized the silver-white chain around the other's waist.
It was the True Chains of Absolution, the so-called master chain.
The chains worn by other devotees were but copies fashioned after it.
