The Heavenly Ripple Mountains were lush with towering forests. Gazing into the distance, the forest met the sky in a single line, as though heaven and woodland had fused together.
At that moment, two figures raced across the tops of the dense canopy, moving with peerless speed, too fast for the naked eye to catch.
They were none other than Lin Xuan and Wang Xuanfeng.
Two days earlier, after Wang Xuanfeng's patient explanation, Lin Xuan had finally understood what he meant by saying that he had someone backing him.
The person he meant was the Sky-Rending Demon Emperor.
Wang Xuanfeng told him that when Lin Xuan had broken through to the Core Shattering Realm, a late-stage Emperor Realm member of the Fox Clan under the Sky-Rending Demon Emperor had appeared outside Divine Firmament.
From the looks of it, she had been there to protect Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan had been startled. He had never expected that the stunningly beautiful Demon Emperor he had encountered at the Terra Ranking would value him so highly.
Of course, Lin Xuan had also quietly become wary.
There had never been kindness without cause in this world, especially not in the eyes of an existence like the Eternal Emperor Realm.
Perhaps he possessed some value worth exploiting.
Wang Xuanfeng sighed that Lin Xuan had a clear head and had not let beauty bewitch his mind.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes fiercely, too lazy to refute him.
Wang Xuanfeng also told Lin Xuan that they would need to rely on the spatial methods of Bai Qian, the Sky-Rending Demon Emperor, to enter the Star Secret Realm.
Moreover, if Bai Qian agreed to act, they could bypass the region of Blazing Sun Truefire altogether and directly enter the Vast Star Sea, making things quick and convenient.
And