Here is the translation in natural, polished English while preserving the original novel style and narrative flow.That afternoon, two unfamiliar figures stood before the eastern gateway of the God Sky Continent.One was an elderly man who appeared to be around sixty years old, his back slightly hunched. Beside him stood a twelve-year-old boy whose calm yet piercing gaze betrayed a maturity beyond his years.The two had just completed a journey that had taken more than six months.Their clothes were plain and covered in the dust of travel. Even so, their footsteps remained steady, as though the exhausting journey had done nothing to shake their resolve.Naturally, their arrival did not escape the notice of those gathered around the city gate.Merchants, travelers, and martial artists waiting in line to enter the Eastern Territory unconsciously turned their attention toward the pair.“An Early Grandmaster?” Someone muttered after sensing the aura radiating from the elderly man. “This o