Star Dou Great Forest.
After the rain, Star Dou Great Forest was filled with freshness. Soul beasts ran freely through the rain-washed forest, and everything seemed peaceful.
Yet deep within the forest, an elderly woman with snow-white hair lay collapsed on the ground.
Numerous soul beasts came forward to inspect her. Some were wary, some curious, and some vicious soul beasts even wanted to devour the old woman.
She lay upon the soaked earth, and clumps of Blue Silver Grass had sprouted from the rain-drenched ground, swallowing half her body.
The old woman's life hung by a thread, as though she could lose it at any moment.
The sun rose high in the sky, its rays falling upon her body. Yet even its warmth could not bring her the slightest improvement; the cold throughout her body threatened to swallow her whole.
If no one came to save her, she would undoubtedly die.
In her final moments of consciousness, she thought of Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji.
She thought of that conspiracy. The ignorant agreement she had made as a young girl had been the beginning of her nightmare.
If she could do it over, she would definitely kill those people.
But... could everything truly be redone?
As though sensing her thoughts, the forest trembled slightly, and an Emerald Swan slowly flew across the sky.
The Emerald Swan was jade-green all over, its long wings moving with the wind. Even while flying through the sky, her elegance was impossible to ignore.
Descending from the sky, the Emerald Swan landed before the white-haired woman and transformed into a graceful beauty. She had a slender, enchanting figure, jade-green hair, and a face that seemed sculpted by the heavens—so beautiful she hardly seemed mortal.
She was Bi Ji, guardian of Star Dou