An ancient city had been built within Yumen Pass—Yu Gu City.
A god, the Jade Talisman, had once stood in the city. Now, it had become a goddess statue of incomparable beauty.
She wore a noble phoenix robe, her long hair cascading like a waterfall. Her peerless face bore not the slightest expression, and there was not a trace of emotion in her pupils.
Silently speaking of her aloofness and indifference.
Yu Gu City at the divine idol's feet seemed shrouded in an invisible chill, so quiet it was terrifying.
Perhaps she did not mean to do so, but her very existence was enough to return all bustle in this world to silence and cast every boiling emotion into an ice cave.
Yet in a secluded courtyard within the Inner City, Jiang Ruyi's Heaven Realm Body was sitting on a bench in an Eight-Corner Pavilion, scrolling through news on her phone.
It was quite surreal.
If the people inside and outside the ancient city learned that the gods they worshipped were playing with a phone—
Who knew how spectacular their expressions would be?
Heaven bless Great Xia, the gods descend!
<Great Xia's heavenly pride of yesterday now stood shoulder to shoulder with gods!>
He said: Do not fall before dawn.
Suddenly, Jiang Ruyi's scrolling finger stopped, and a photograph appeared on the screen.
The photo showed a surging crowd packed tightly together. Countless arms stretched desperately upward, hands reaching for the youth standing in the air, trying to seize the hem of his clothes.
Jiang Ruyi seemed to see people building a bonfire with their bodies.
Above them was the youth's retreating figure, his robes fluttering in the wind.
The mist-like Yanqing Sha was like the faint smoke rising from that bonfire.
The threadlike Yanxia Silk was as dazzling and