Starry Night Reinforcements, Longevity Dao Rhyme Protects the Journey

The beacon tower on the Chaos Great Wall lit its scarlet wolf-smoke for the first time that night. The smoke shot straight into the heavens, bursting into a glaring red glow against the ink-black sky. Along the Great Wall's defense line stretching for thousands of miles, beacon towers answered one after another. Before long, the entire night sky at the Hongmeng border had been illuminated bright by the urgent crimson light.

Before the inspection drums on the training grounds had ceased, Lei Meng had already led thirty thousand vanguard iron cavalry toward the Great Wall's defenses amid thunderous hoofbeats. Dust flew wherever the horses passed, only to be quietly smoothed away by an invisible Dao Rhyme—the Longevity Dao Rhyme Shen Hao had left behind on the training grounds. As the cavalry advanced, it slowly spread outward, guarding the soldiers on their march.

Shen Hao stood atop the high platform of the training grounds. He still wore that moon-white Chaos Dao Robe, though the Longevity Lotus patterns at its hem glimmered faintly gold beneath the wolf-smoke's glow. His gaze followed the departing cavalry, his eyes holding not the slightest trace of panic, only tranquil resolve. Zi Xuan stood beside him, cradling the jade bottle containing the Life Pills. Her fingertips gently traced the runes on its surface, her eyes carrying a hint of worry.

"Brother Hao, aren't General Lei and the others being too hasty? Even if the Dark Universe's main force has mobilized, it will still take time to reach the Great Wall." Zi Xuan spoke softly, as though afraid to disturb the Dao Rhyme flowing through the night wind.

Shen Hao slowly shook his head. With a wave of his hand, a gentle Longevity Dao Rhyme spilled from his fingertips and became a streak of light that chased after