ˉ¨?????The Immortal Sect had been nearly destroyed. The only people who still dared linger here were of two kinds: those who feared neither death and wanted to fish in troubled waters, and those who were lying low, waiting for their chance. This old fellow was sinister indeed. Who would have thought he had such patience, hiding in the shadows for so long, only emerging after he realized I could no longer use the Ancestor Dragon's power?
Hearing the secret voice transmission, I kept silent as I watched Xijun change. I recited several incantations, trying to draw her back into the branch of the Inducing-Phoenix Parasol Tree. But once I finished, the branch suddenly became searing hot, startling me into hurriedly pulling it out.
The branch first turned dark red. Then the center actually began to smoke and catch fire. The flames leaped up in an instant. I had just wanted to throw it away when the fire went out again.
I looked toward the burning center. The place where Xijun's finger bone had originally been hidden was now completely empty. Even the bone was gone. It seemed the thing that had just burned was Xijun's finger bone.
I immediately looked toward Xijun, who was lying in the tree nest. At that moment, flames suddenly sprang from her body!
Wondering what I should do, I took out a talisman paper and prepared to summon some ice to put out the fire. But just then, Xijun slowly awoke.
Her eyes were like burning flames, while that crimson bead strangely floated at the center of her brows. As though she no longer recognized me, her gaze swept past me before turning toward the treetop.
At that moment, the entire sky slowly turned dusky yellow. In this frigid northern land, a tiny patch of