When Yunxi heard this, she immediately rose to her feet and looked toward the source of the voice. Menglan Jun beside her also stood, watching the man slowly reveal himself. His presence was even stronger than Menglan Jun's.
After receiving Miaoxu's message, Immortal King Shangchuan had rushed to Miaojing Immortal City at once. He had long been interested in the ascended female immortal Immortal King Yitu kept mentioning.
Sensing the pressure emanating from the newcomer, Yunxi's almond-shaped eyes shifted, and she guessed his identity. She immediately bowed respectfully.
"This one is Ranxi. Greetings, Immortal King Shangchuan."
Menglan Jun at her side also cupped his hands.
"Menglan Jun greets Immortal King Shangchuan."
Immortal King Shangchuan was somewhat lean, with gentle brows and eyes and an overly pale complexion that made him seem frail and sickly. Yet he was in the Late Immortal King Realm, the strongest of all the Immortal Kings in the Central Domain. Yunxi therefore did not dare neglect him in the slightest and respectfully invited him to sit.
Only after the three had taken their seats did Immortal King Shangchuan smile and say,
"Ranxi, you still haven't answered my earlier question."
Yunxi sighed and said solemnly,
"Immortal King, it was not that the cultivators of the Weiling Realm did not wish to solve the trouble of the Evil God's body. It was simply that our abilities were limited. Sealing part of its body within the Cloud Sea had already required the strength of the entire realm.
"At the time, our circumstances were dire. We also had to fight the evil cultivators and evil creatures that had poured out of the Wuwang Ruins, stopping them from occupying the Ancient Battlefield and invading the Weiling Realm. That alone exhausted all our strength.
"If the Weiling Realm did not wish to