Deng Chanyu Enters Chaoge

Three days passed in a row.

Deep within White Bone Cave, on a broad, warm jade bed.

Di Xin lounged lazily against the headboard, while Shi Ji clung tightly to him like an octopus, arms and legs wrapped around him as she slept soundly. A faint, satisfied smile still hung at the corner of her mouth.

Di Xin rubbed the space between his brows and released his divine sense to investigate.

He keenly detected that the gray, decaying tribulation energy that had originally coiled within Shi Ji's Life Palace had now vanished without a trace. With the protection of the Human Emperor's fortune, the karmic death tribulation between her and the Chan Sect had been completely severed.

Just then, that long-absent mechanical notification finally rang out in Di Xin's mind:

[Ding! Side mission "Disaster Begins at Skull Mountain" has been successfully completed.]

[Mission rewards are being issued... As the host broke the crisis with a perfect evaluation, Jie Sect's Shi Ji's tribulation energy has been fully dispelled. Hidden reward now issued!]

[Ding! The coordinates of the Phoenix Clan's Kong Xuan have been unlocked: Southern Continent, ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan—Undying Volcano!]

At the words "Undying Volcano," Di Xin's eyes blazed with light, and joy surged through his heart.

He had finally gotten it! Kong Xuan—this was the legendary strongest man beneath the saints, the supreme ruthless figure known as "nothing can escape the sweep of the Five-Colored Divine Light"! As long as he could bring this top-tier combat force to Chaoge to serve as captain of the security team, Great Shang would have all the confidence it needed for the coming Investiture War!

There was no time to lose. A figure like Kong Xuan had to be invited personally.

Di Xin did not delay. He gently patted Shi Ji,