Before anyone realized it,
More than two thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, the Great Sun Sword Son and the Fusang Saintess returned to the Vermilion Bird Star Domain once more, much earlier than expected.
After his eight-step Nirvana, the Great Sun Sword Son's speed had far exceeded expectations. Moreover, the journey itself had been a process of continuously developing and refining various Escape Techniques and sword arts, raising the upper limit of his strength time and again. By the time he reached the Vermilion Bird Star Domain, his body seemed fused with the azure heavens, as though he might turn into wind and drift away at any moment.
Outside a remote Minor World at the very edge of the Vermilion Bird Star Domain.
A group of Human Sword Sons—Zang Tian Sword Son, Wuji Sword Son, Desolate Fire Sword Son, Kong Sha Sword Son, and over a thousand others—waited respectfully, standing like statues for at least a thousand years.
In another row stood Dharma cultivator Dao Children such as the Joyful Union Saintess and the Vermilion Bird Dao Child. There were fewer of them, only several hundred, since they served under sword cultivators.
Compared to tens of thousands of years ago, the auras of all these Human Dao Children and Sword Sons had become far more steady.
They had all known that the Great Sun Sword Son had gone out to flee. He had never concealed it, having informed them beforehand, and he had not feared anyone rebelling during that time.
In the distance, two flickering figures drifted over.
"We..."
At once, all the Sword Sons and Dao Children who had waited for a thousand years bowed in unison. "Greetings, Sword Son!"
Nearly two thousand Human Dao Children!
Nearly two thousand Human Dao