Preparing to Settle Accounts

"Xiao Yan?!"

Even with the resilient minds and broad horizons the three Dou Sheng had tempered through their journeys, when they saw Xiao Yan again, an especially obvious look of astonishment still involuntarily surged onto their faces.

After all, a year ago, when Yao Wan had carried Xiao Yan back to Starfall Pavilion, whether it was Yao Chen or the two elders who had escorted the Young Miss here, all of them had known perfectly well in their hearts that with injuries like those, there was almost no hope of healing him.

His Heart Meridian had shattered, his divine soul had fallen silent. Even a powerhouse standing at the summit of the world would likely have been powerless to reverse it...

Yet now, Xiao Yan, who had appeared before them so strikingly, showed not the slightest trace of that dying state they had seen a year ago. Back then, even the last thread of his life had only been maintained by the Yao Clan Leader's Secret Technique—?

Not only had that hideous, glaring bloody hole in his chest long since vanished, his entire person had completely recovered his former vigor. His cultivation and aura had even broken before rising anew.

The three Dou Sheng could not help exchanging glances, all somewhat unable to believe their own eyes.

If Xiao Yan escaping that calamity could already be called a blessing amid misfortune, then he had not only shaken off a life-and-death disaster, but had even gone a step further. He had actually already broken through to the Dou Sheng realm...

Even the three widely experienced Dou Sheng could not help letting out a sigh in their hearts, and they felt even more as though they were dreaming.

But everything had already appeared right before their eyes. How could they deny it?