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Guardian Peak.

The dwelling Shushan had prepared for its mountain-guarding divine beast had once always been the abode of the divine beast Baize. Later, after the great Baize vanished, the Baize cub no longer liked returning home, and the place gradually fell into desolation. But it was later revealed that Baize had entered a critical state, awaiting an opportunity to advance to the Ninth Realm.

During the Shushan Summit, Chu Liang had slain the ferocious beast Taowu with a single sword precisely to protect Guardian Peak and prevent Baize from being awakened.

Another six years passed, and in truth, many people had already forgotten about it.

Only today, when that dazzling white radiance lit up once more, did people recall that Shushan still possessed a powerful divine beast at the peak of the Eighth Realm.

With a thunderous boom, a ribbon of white light cleaved across the heavens and shot straight beyond the mountain-protecting formation before exploding in midair.

Whoosh—

Ten thousand rays of silver light burst outward, shattering the black clouds like a blazing sun rising to drive away the night.

Within the silver light, the vague shape of a divine beast could be seen: a dragon's head, deer antlers, and a body clad in silver scales. Even that indistinct silhouette filled one's heart with peace and serenity.

Yet the shadow vanished in an instant. As the black clouds filling the sky dissipated, what appeared before everyone was a slender figure dressed in a magnificent white robe embroidered with gold. Her long silver-white hair did not make her seem old; faint radiance flowed through it. Though her features could not be seen clearly from afar, the divine brilliance emanating from between her shining eyes could still be felt.

Baize.

Shushan's true guardian.

At the moment this crisis descended, she