Chapter 2: The Scandalous Son of the Sect Master

Three millennia ago, on Planet Tianyuan…

Where the three nations of Wu, Chu, and Yue converged within the Great Zhou Dynasty, lay an immense and boundless mountain range. This region was known as the Southern Barrens.

Within the Southern Barrens existed ten formidable cultivation sects. Our story begins on the peaks of one such sect, the Moonfall Sect.

Today, the sky stretched clear and vast, and a serene tranquility enveloped every corner of the Southern Barrens. The most breathtaking area was a place called Moonfall Grotto, where spring reigned eternal, immortal qi drifted ethereally, and unique geological formations imbued the landscape with a mysterious charm.

This ethereal realm was the very territory of the Moonfall Sect, one of the Southern Barrens’ Ten Great Sects.

Today marked the triennial Grand Assembly of the Moonfall Sect. Disciples from across the entire sect gathered at the Moon-Gazing Platform to present the fruits of their three years of cultivation for evaluation by their elders.

As the Moonfall Sect revered the color white, all its disciples were clad in moon-white robes.

Seated on the high platform were seven figures, the highest echelons of the Moonfall Sect. They were Sect Master Su Muxue and the six Grand Elders of the sect.

Sect Master Su Muxue appeared to be in her early twenties. Clad in robes as white as freshly fallen snow, with hair like a cascading waterfall of obsidian, and a face of jade that glowed with an ethereal radiance, she seemed like a celestial fairy descended from the Moon Palace, unforgettable at first sight.

What was peculiar was that despite possessing her primordial yin and remaining a virgin, Su Muxue was dressed like a married woman. This attire clashed strangely with her youthful, maiden-like countenance.

She looked as if a young girl were deliberately trying to appear mature.

Su Muxue, hailed as the Southern Barrens’ foremost beauty, was over 170 years old. Yet, she had already reached the perfected Golden Core realm, surpassing most elder cultivators.

To achieve Golden Core Perfection at her age spoke volumes of her terrifying talent.

Indeed, most cultivators who had begun their journey alongside her were still stuck in the Foundation Establishment realm, or had long since passed away and been interred.

At this moment, Su Muxue’s expression was fraught with anxiety. Seated on the Sect Master’s throne, she watched the arena below, her flawless jade hands tightly clutching her robes, a picture of restless unease.

The elders beside her also wore varied expressions. Some smirked with thinly veiled sarcasm, others looked grim, while a few covertly watched Su Muxue’s reactions from the corner of their eyes.

Su Muxue’s distress stemmed from the fact that her son was currently engaged in battle on the Grand Assembly’s stage—or rather, was being unilaterally beaten.

It truly was baffling. Su Muxue was certainly not a married woman with children, yet she had a child of such an age.

In the arena, a refined young man, bearing a striking seventy percent resemblance to Su Muxue, was confronting another youth in the Qi Condensation realm. However, it was less a confrontation and more a one-sided pummeling.

The Qi Condensation realm youth casually sent the delicate young man flying with a single punch.

The young man tumbled several times on the ground before painstakingly getting back up. He was already covered in injuries, his handsome face marred by ugly bruises.

Such an exquisite face, if it belonged to a girl, would likely make others hesitate to harm them.