Deep within the Hundred Flowers Garden, Zixia had made up her mind. The shackles of Fate that had bound her for countless millennia shattered, transforming into docile, controllable power of origin.
Immortal light surged from within her, sweeping through the entire garden.
She had emerged from seclusion.
With a flicker, Zixia headed straight for the clouds of Grand Unity Heaven to visit the Heavenly Emperor.
She had not come to borrow strength, nor to seek shelter, but only to offer a solemn farewell.
Li Fan had long understood the entire matter. A majestic voice rang directly in Zixia's ear from within the hall. "Go. You will be the one to sever Fate's shackles."
Upon hearing this, Zixia bowed without servility or arrogance. "It was thanks to your care in the past that I gained a sliver of life. Now that I command my own Fate, I wish to return to the Primordial World and seek my true Dao."
The Heavenly Emperor said nothing further.
Zixia bowed again calmly. She knew that such a supreme ruler of Heaven and Earth remained secluded, observing the world without involving himself in such disturbances.
She turned and stepped out through the South Heaven Gate, then leaped straight into the vast, boundless Inner Chaos.
The Chaos held no light, and time did not exist there. Shattered Space Rifts howled and tore through everything as endless, violent Chaos Qi surged toward her.
The power of Fate circulated around Zixia, clear radiance illuminating the path ahead. The Chaos storms capable of tearing apart Grand Unity Golden Immortals automatically calmed the moment they approached her.
After all, the Inner Chaos was the Heavenly Dao's home ground.
She crossed endless darkness and passed through Void Turbulence. At last, at the end of it all, she saw that familiar yet