Master Cai Lin's charging body was stopped by a single palm.
From that palm, he sensed an unfathomably vast power.
"Who is it?!"
Master Cai Lin's expression changed as he focused his gaze ahead.
Within the towering spatial gate connecting two realms.
A well-proportioned, white-robed youth slowly walked out.
His features were handsome, reflecting countless stars; chaos accompanied him, and immortal light illuminated the ages.
At the sight of that familiar face, Cai Lin nearly trembled all over on instinct.
"Y-you actually came back?"
Master Cai Lin himself had not noticed the trace of trembling in his voice.
"Lang'er..." When the blue-robed Empress saw the White-robed Youth, tears instantly shimmered in her beautiful eyes, and a peerlessly beautiful smile that eclipsed heaven and earth bloomed on her face. "You're back..."
Surprise, relief, reassurance... all sorts of emotions converged into the simplest of words.
Looking at the woman covered in blood, riddled with wounds, and beaten into such a miserable state, An Bulang's heart suddenly ached. He forced a smile onto his face. "Mother... I'm back..."
"Leave the rest to me..."
The White-robed Youth looked toward the qilin that reached through heaven and earth, an icy chill like a glacier surfacing in his eyes.
"Well, well. 'When I return, my mother will only be a corpse'—you really dared to say that..."
An Bulang raised his head to look at Master Cai Lin, his killing intent gradually spreading.
"What do you want?" Master Cai Lin faced a great enemy, yet his supreme aura remained no weaker. "Have you forgotten when I hunted you down like a stray dog? So what if you've transcended? Do you really think I'd fear you?"
An Bulang remained silent and raised one finger at Master Cai Lin.
"What do you mean?" Master Cai Lin silently circulated the