If this New Year's Eve had brought Zhu Dan and Ziyi an unprecedented experience, and Sun Zhen both comfort and melancholy,
then what it brought another person was probably the feeling of having stepped in dog shit.
That person was Jiang Lie!
Over the course of an entire month, Jiang Lie's footsteps had crossed all of Jiangnan, crossed the entire Eastern Domain Immortal Dynasty—but this crossing had been flight for his life!
While others celebrated the New Year, he fled for his life.
And he had been fleeing desperately beneath the pursuit of four high-level Myriad Manifestations experts. He had been surrounded four times and wounded three times. Wounds inflicted by high-level Myriad Manifestations were like Heavenly Dao Punishment; he had no way to control them.
Just as he cursed inwardly for the ten-thousandth time, his fate took a turn. Before him lay a stretch of lush green, its aura utterly abnormal. Jiang Lie plunged straight into it.
The wind stirred at the horizon. The Four Elders of the Immortal Dynasty descended almost simultaneously, and their expressions changed the moment they saw the emerald-green sea of parasol trees rising with the wind before them.
"The True Phoenix Clan. This is troublesome," one elder said.
"Report back to His Majesty!"
"Report!"
The news was relayed to His Majesty the Immortal Emperor. His face darkened like still water. "Go request an audience with the True Phoenix Clan Head. Make the advantages and disadvantages clear. You may give them every courtesy, but you must also explain the severity of this matter thoroughly!"
"Yes!"
The four entered Phoenix City, the territory of the True Phoenix Clan...
Time passed, now swiftly and now slowly. The tide of the Spring Festival in the immortal capital also quietly rolled toward its end along with the flowing river