Eternal City.
The towering, majestic Rebirth Mountain pierced deep into the clouds. Its black massif was steeped in dense, heavy chaotic death energy.
This was the territory of the Rebirth Immortal Sect.
Yet throughout the long years of the past, only the Supreme Elder, Heavenly Crane, had cultivated alone atop Rebirth Mountain.
A tall, imposing figure strolled along a mountain path toward the summit.
The mountain wind was biting as blades, yet it could not disperse the ancient, weighty death energy that had eternally enshrouded Rebirth Mountain.
Not a blade of grass grew on this mountain. Vitality had withered away, and not even a single structure could be seen. It carried an aura of desolation and primordial wilderness.
"I never expected you to come see me so soon."
A woman's uniquely magnetic voice drifted in on the wind. "Why did you not spend a little more time in tenderness with that soulmate of yours? All these years, she endured far too much loneliness and grievance waiting for you to come."
Su Yi merely smiled. "It is enough that she is unharmed. Come to think of it, I ought to thank you."
Huang Shenxiu truly was unharmed. Not a hair had been damaged, nor had she suffered any injury.
Over the years, she had merely been confined within that netherworld and unable to leave.
"Thank me?"
The woman's magnetic voice held a slight note of surprise. "Just because I did not use her as a means to threaten you, you have come to thank me?"
Su Yi said, "What is wrong with that?"
He carried a jug of wine as he walked onward at an unhurried pace, his bearing exceptionally casual and composed.
"Of course it is wrong!"
The woman said, "Have you forgotten the hatred from back then, when you