Gong Qi struck first. "Shi Wan? Where did you go? I was waiting for you to help activate the array, but I couldn't contact you at all. I nearly got trapped to death inside the Heaven and Earth Essence Array."
Shi Wan looked so aggrieved she was about to cry. "I was hiding outside the array, but I accidentally alerted a high-ranking demonic beast nearby. It chased me all the way, and in my panic, I lost my way and became trapped in the Frozen Abyss."
"If the secret realm barrier hadn't shattered just now, I would have nearly thought I'd never see the Seventh Young Lord again."
Her eyes were red, as though she had cried many times.
Gong Qi did not waste words. "Enough. It's dangerous here. Let's go back first."
With that, Gong Qi raised a hand in signal.
Shi Wan transformed into her true form and floated in Gong Qi's palm.
Gong Qi saw several additional frost patterns on the petals of Shi Wan's true form, while the leaves of her petals had become even darker. She did not ask further.
When the Tianze Immortal Mansion opened, the Cold-Eyed Six-Winged Silver Wolf clan had practically mobilized their entire clan, entering through the mansion's various entrances to undergo trials.
Immortal Tianze's purpose had been to seek out those blessed with great destiny and absorb their fortune to aid his rebirth, but he had indeed left behind quite a few good things in the Tianze Immortal Mansion.
Most of those items had fallen into the hands of cultivators from every faction.
Among them, the Cold-Eyed Six-Winged Silver Wolf clan had gained the most.
Thus, when Gong Qi returned to the Wolf Emperor Palace, there were still not many members of the Cold-Eyed Six-Winged Silver Wolf clan in the