South Heaven Star, Eastern Great Tang.
This was the opposite shore of the Heavenly River Sea, another land facing the Southern Domain from afar.
"Hm? Karma? Is this karma involving my Ji Family?"
The instant Ji Hongdong died, an old man abruptly raised his head atop a snow-white mountain in the northwestern region of the Eastern Great Tang. The mountain was devoid of all life, formed only of white stone.
He was an old man fishing.
At the summit of the white mountain was a heavenly pool. The old man held a fishing rod as he sat beside the bottomless pool.
A fishing line dangled into the water, as though he were fishing.
At that moment, ripples suddenly spread across the calm surface of the heavenly pool. The ripples originated from that very fishing line.
"Karma involving the Ji Family? Who is it? Who dared forge karma with my Ji Family?"
The old man frowned and raised his fishing rod with a tug. As the ripples spread, the fishing line broke free of the water, and on the hook... a human face abruptly appeared.
That face was none other than Ji Hongdong, who had died at Meng Hao's hands.
"The killer is Meng Hao!"
"Meng Hao is also Fang Mu! Ancestor, avenge me!"
As soon as the words fell, the face on the hook suddenly shattered and vanished without a trace.
"Hm?"
The old man's expression changed, and a cold gleam burst from his eyes. "A Ji scion has fallen? Someone actually dared kill a member of my Ji Family? What outrageous audacity!"
"To have died at the hands of those mortals—what a useless thing!"
The old man cursed furiously, but the coldness in his eyes only deepened. "But... no matter how useless he was, he was still a descendant