Interlocking Rings 1

The Old Ancestors in the main hall could all see that everything Yunxi had said and done earlier had merely been to steady Liang Xiao and Huo Chongshan. The instant Xia Yiwan opened her eyes, everyone discovered that her divine soul was whole and stable, nothing like something that had been hastily pieced together.

You Zisang immediately grasped Xia Yiwan's wrist and asked in a deep voice,

"Yiwan, what exactly happened?"

Xia Yiwan replied hoarsely,

"Master, I thought I would never see you again."

After feeling her pulse, You Zisang had already confirmed that Xia Yiwan's divine soul had truly returned to its rightful place. She said gently,

"Yiwan, don't rush. Tell us slowly."

"Yes!"

Only then did Xia Yiwan slowly rise. Standing in the main hall, she bowed to the True Venerables and began recounting everything that had happened after she left the sect.

This included how she had stumbled upon Liang Xiao trading Breath-Concealing Potions, how an Evil Soul had possessed her body, how she had ended up at Ascending Cloud Tower and become a pawn in Tower Master Han Qingwen's hands, and how Ranxi had noticed something amiss before using an entire Storage Bracelet's worth of resources to take her away and help her regain consciousness.

She then explained how she had plotted with Yunxi and Yun Po, infiltrated Ascending Cloud Tower once more, cast out bait, and lured Han Qingwen and all the evil cultivators under him into a trap within the Sleeping Dragon Mountain Range. She had also returned to the sect under the pretext of cooperating with Ascending Cloud Tower's operations, exposing Medicine Immortal Sect's traitors from within.

Only after half an hour did Xia Yiwan finish explaining the entire sequence of events. She suddenly turned to Huo Chongshan and said,

"Old Ancestor, Master,