My wife-sister and Ruan Qiushui swept past us, golden-red strands of energy trailing around them like a wedding veil. From afar, they looked like a cloud of blood flying through the sky. Their bearing was elegant and noble, yet tinged with a trace of sinister ruthlessness. With her face cold and composed, my wife-sister seemed even more aloof and proud.
Because we were far apart, they failed to notice us. I immediately flew over and called out loudly. Only then did my wife-sister turn around.
When she saw me with Xiao Jiao and the others, the tension finally left her face. "It's good that you're all safe. Did you encounter Haoxu, who calls himself the Divine Emperor?"
"No. We're looking for him too, but unfortunately, he's as elusive as a divine dragon—you see its head but not its tail," Xiao Jiao hurriedly replied.
My wife-sister nodded and said to me, "I crossed paths with him just now. We exchanged blows, and I chased him all the way here, but in the end, I lost him. He wasn't interested in attacking us. He's sinister and sly by nature. I also saw Fairy Haoxi earlier, though only from a distance. She didn't greet me either. Do you have some kind of conflict with her? She actually went over there."
"We did have a slight conflict. In her eyes, she and I should remain outsiders. So no matter which of the immortals on our side or Haoxu's side attains the Dao, we should accept it rather than interfere. I can't do that, and I've killed quite a few of Divine Emperor Haoxu's subordinates. Fewer and fewer people can survive here, which may also cause the Dao-attainment attempt to fail. Perhaps she thinks we can no longer walk the same path, so she went