Qi Xuansu officially completed his advanced training at the Upper Palace after the farewell banquet on September 15th. Thus, he departed from the Wanxiang Daoist Palace on September 16th, the 42nd year of the Jiushi Era.0

The Li Gate, which had been sealed for three months, was opened once more. Just as Qi Xuansu had entered the Upper Palace through this gate, he exited through it.0

Beyond the Wanxiang Daoist Palace, there was a port for flying ships in Xingye Lake. However, Qi Xuansu did not take a flying ship to Jade Capital. Instead, he chose to leave Longmen Prefecture on foot before taking off to the skies toward Qinzhou.0

Since the Chongyang Palace of Immortality was also located in Qinzhou, atop Difei Mountain, Qi Xuansu unexpectedly found himself traveling alongside Yao Pei once again, as she too had not taken a flying ship. This gave him a strange sense that their earlier farewell had been in vain.0

This was not Qi Xuansu’s first time riding with the wind, but it was his first time doing so over a long distance.0

Looking down, he could clearly see the contours of mountains, the courses of rivers,...0