The sky deepened into dusk. After their impromptu feast, Ethan and the others finally reached the residential complex on Ascension Isle.
The orange-yellow glow that had shielded it during the tribulation was gone. Without hesitation, they started up the winding mountain path.
They'd known it was large from a distance, but stepping inside the grounds left them truly awestruck. It was like a full-fledged sanctuary for a bygone order of mystics. Training halls, sparring grounds, a library that undoubtedly housed ancient texts on energy manipulation and combat arts… it had everything.
Ethan suspected this place had once been a thriving spiritual sanctuary long before the Seredin family had stumbled upon it. For some unknown reason, it had been abandoned, leaving this magnificent complex for the Seredins to find and claim.
"Let's split up and explore!" Micah suggested, his eyes gleaming with curiosity.
