Beyond the Nine Heavens, in the Void Beyond the Realm.
As a streak of azure light flew in from afar, Song Qingming came to a stop before a pile of rubble.
Just as his gaze swept the area, the rocks ahead suddenly began moving on their own, soon revealing a Black Iron Tower hidden beneath them.
A flash of spiritual light passed, and a white-robed figure appeared before Song Qingming.
Willow-leaf brows, lashes fine as silkworm threads, a silver crown set with jade pearls, white robes whiter than snow.
Three hundred years had passed, yet as Song Qingming looked upon the peerlessly beautiful figure before him, a trace of admiration still rose unbidden in his eyes.
"After so many years apart, I never expected Fellow Daoist Xia not only to reach the Spirit Transformation Realm, but even to gain control of the Restrictions within the Tongtian Tower! Before this, Song had worried that I might miss our appointment. Looking at it now, I was somewhat ashamed. I had underestimated an unparalleled genius such as yourself."
Back when Song Qingming and Xia Mo had been trapped in the Tongtian Tower, they had made an agreement to do their utmost to help each other escape.
When Xia Mo had previously returned to the Huayang Realm with the Tongtian Tower, she had arrived more than ten years earlier than Song Qingming had anticipated.
At that time, he was still helping Granny Jin Yue and the others set up an array in Leiyuan Sea and had not remained at Qingyun Mountain.
It was only after receiving the message Song Qingyu had sent him and returning to the Floating Cloud Mountain Range that he learned Xia Mo had successfully advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
After three hundred years apart, Xia Mo's cultivation had likewise