The River Suppressing Tablet stood immense and towering, majestic as a heavenly chasm.
Compared to it, the head that struggled to emerge from beneath the River Suppressing Tablet was incomparably tiny and inconspicuous.
Yet when that head emerged, the entire River Suppressing Tablet began shaking violently!
Upon closer inspection, the face on that head was pale and translucent, its eye sockets sunken. It was vaguely apparent that he looked young, yet his gaze was like a pair of fossils weathered by the ages.
He panted laboriously for a while, then began to chuckle hoarsely.
"At last... I've endured until I could see daylight!"
Perhaps because he had not spoken for a very long time, the man's voice was dry and raspy, broken and intermittent.
In the distance, a Cyan-Golden Vicious Bird suddenly came whistling through the air.
When it was still a thousand zhang away from the River Suppressing Tablet, the Cyan-Golden Vicious Bird folded its wings and drifted down, transforming into a Feather Clothes Woman.
"Disciple Hong Ling pays respects to Grandmaster!"
Hong Ling knelt in the air, her voice trembling with excitement. "Congratulations, Grandmaster, on enduring the hardships of countless ages and breaking through your confinement today!"
"Hong Ling..."
The head raised itself, his gaze dazed, as though recalling something.
Only after a long while did he seem to realize something, muttering, "So it's you, little girl."
"What breaking through? I've merely managed to stick my head out. It will still be a long time before I can truly regain my freedom."
As if suddenly realizing something, the man said, "girl... have you been waiting here for me all this time?"
"Grandmaster, throughout these countless ages, we have all been waiting for your return!"
Hong Ling remained kneeling there, her voice choked with emotion. "Only you can raise