"Yes, just like this."
Within the dense fog, Lu Ran gripped the knife handle tightly, murmuring without cease.
Mother's words filled his mind: "Once you have set your sights on something, never turn back. Once you have chosen a road, never retreat even half a step."
Lu Ran and the knife were meant to slay the sovereign.
To shatter the Faceless Jade Sovereign, who stood above the Gods and Devils System, eternal and indestructible.
The Mist Tornado had come swiftly and dispersed just as swiftly.
A mere half hour later, Xianjingyuan had returned to clarity, but Qiao Wanjun was nowhere to be seen. She had likely accompanied Master Jian Yi to the Yangzi Riverbank.
There were still people keeping watch inside the house: two Heaven Realm lackeys under Chen Jingjing.
One of them had been separated from Lu Ran by only a window, guarding outside the balcony. Only after the Sect Leader had succeeded did he return to the house.
"It really had to be Mother," Lu Ran murmured softly. "It was practically an immortal stroking my head."
"Buzz~" The Zhanzun Knife hummed softly, sharing the same state of mind as the Master of Divine Weapons.
"Whoosh!" Lu Ran raised the Zhanzun Knife and directly activated the Second Divine Weapon Domain.
In an instant, terrifying energy surged into his body, and the transformation on the physical level swiftly affected his state of mind as well.
Lu Ran's very existence seemed impossible to shake.
Wherever his gaze fell, everything was an open road. There were no obstacles at all.
This...?
Lu Ran was already in the God Realm. Ordinary objects in the living room, such as sofas and coffee tables, including the thick load-bearing walls, could not have stopped him to begin with.
So long as Lu Ran moved forward, he