Above the Heavenly Soldier Mountain Range, stretching for countless billions of miles, the sound of gold and iron clashing rang out without end.
Within that endless metallic baleful aura, figures rose from one mountain peak after another. After surveying their surroundings, they headed toward where Gu Shaoshang and the High Priest stood.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~
On a perilous peak closest to them, an enormous Fang Tian Hua Ji hung in the air. Beneath the surging baleful aura stood a tiny girl, no more than three or four feet tall.
The little girl was petite, her skin crystalline and beautiful. Carrying that enormous Fang Tian Hua Ji over her shoulder, she radiated heroic vigor.
After a few flashes, she crossed the endless distance and arrived atop a perilous peak before the two of them, looking down at Gu Shaoshang and the High Priest.
Gu Shaoshang supported the old man, his gaze deep as the Sea of Stars. His black robes and long hair fluttered in the wind, his bearing as transcendent as a celestial being, impossible to overlook.
She recognized him at once.
"You're... Gu, Gu Shaoshang..."
The girl carried the enormous Fang Tian Hua Ji on her shoulder, her eyes fixed on Gu Shaoshang with a trace of surprise, as though she found it unbelievable.
Her name was Heavenly Soldier Fang Tian. She had met Gu Shaoshang several times at the Marquis Conference a thousand years ago.
Over the following short millennium, Gu Shaoshang had risen to fame, his name spreading across the Vast Continent. Naturally, she had heard of him.
Yet she had never expected Gu Shaoshang, who had already ascended to sainthood, to come to the Heavenly Soldier Mountain Range.
"Fang Tian? Long time no see."
Gu Shaoshang smiled faintly, recognizing the girl as well.
He still remembered