The dazzling sun hung high in the sky, its rays beaming radiantly down on the earth. The sky was clear and blue, as though it had been washed clean with water.
Atop a small mountain, there was an old tree brimming with vitality, its crown rich with broad green leaves. Perhaps it was due to the high noon's temperature, but the tree looked rather listless this afternoon.
Bei Feng sat cross-legged under the shade of the huge tree. A blood-red light shone from three spots on his body, casting an eerie crimson glow over the mountain peak, causing the place to seem like a spot in hell.
The three apertures on Bei Feng's body were expanding and contracting in a rising and falling motion, responding to each other as though they were breathing.
Bei Feng opened his eyes. An intense keen light flashed past his pupils before they quickly returned to their calm.
"I've finally returned to the Xiantian late stage!" [1]
[1] TL/N: BF's cultivation was originally at Xiantian late stage, but it dropped due to him practicing the Heavenly Laws Embodiment Technique.