- Everspring City -
Located in the western region of the vast Taishan territory, Everspring City stood as a shining jewel, far grander and more bustling than the distant Empyrean Cloud City.
Towering walls encircled the city like an iron fortress, and the streets thrummed with endless life: merchants hawking spirit herbs, cultivators trading treasures, and ordinary folk walking through it all in search of livelihood.
And in this city, three great powers watched from their lofty perches: the Red Lotus Sect, the Cloud Drift Sect, and the Mystic Frost Sect.
For years, the three sects had maintained a delicate balance, none daring to dominate too heavily.
But now, the clouds were shifting.
Ever since the Sect Master of the Mystic Frost Sect broke through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, an achievement that shook the very heavens, a subtle dread had settled over Everspring. The balance of power had been shattered, and all factions, great and small, felt the tremors of change.
