Killing Heart

Tian Yang Province.

One of the Great Xia Thirteen Provinces.

Cloud Heaven Divine Palace was situated upon Cloud Heaven Divine Mountain, within Tian Yang Province.

The evening sun cast its lingering glow.

On a cliffside plateau halfway up the mountain.

A sharp Purple Flying Sword flashed and wheeled through the air like lightning, flickering in and out of sight as it scattered streams of brilliant, dazzling purple Sword Qi.

Within the layers of sword shadows stood the graceful, slender figure of a young woman.

She wore a simple long dress, her beautiful hair pinned high. Her features were exquisitely lovely, both immortal and bewitching.

It was Wen Xinzhao.

Whoosh!

After a while, the young woman reached out and beckoned. The Purple Flying Sword transformed into a streak of light and landed in her hand, while the layers of flickering sword shadows in the surrounding air silently dispersed.

Wen Xinzhao let out a long breath of stale air, raised her head to look at the sunset clouds on the horizon, and stood there in silence.

It had already been three months and twelve days since Su had left.

When he left, the world had been locked in bitter cold, with snow drifting for thousands of miles. Now, early mid-spring had arrived: grass grew, orioles flew, and all things stirred with vigorous life. Even the flowers by this cliff bloomed with exceptional splendor...

She simply did not know...

When he would return to Great Xia.

After standing there quietly for a moment, the young woman was about to leave.

A deep, resonant voice suddenly came from afar. "Xinzhao."

Wen Xinzhao looked up and saw a refined middle-aged man in a dark robe approaching.

It was Yu Jiuzhen, the Sect Leader of Cloud Heaven Divine Palace.

"Does Sect Leader Uncle-Master need something from