The Eastern Emperor, Ying Lao, the Heaven Defying Rat King, and the Wing King were all setting foot in Shangqing Heaven for the first time.
The Wing King in particular possessed formidable strength, yet had never taken so much as a step into Shangqing Heaven.
By all rights, their hearts should have been filled with anticipation.
But now Luo Zheng had gone missing, and everyone's hearts were heavy. They naturally had no enthusiasm left.
For an entire day, they discussed the various possibilities after Luo Zheng left the Howling Path, as well as how they should find him.
Though discussing the matter in the village was rather like waging war on paper, Luo Zheng's importance went without saying.
Both Fuxi and Nuwa understood that all hope of achieving the End now rested on Luo Zheng alone. If they could trade their own lives for his, they would not hesitate.
Six double-hours soon passed.
Night fell over the Howling Path once more...
The anomalies began howling again.
On the third night, Nuwa continued counting the anomalies.
At first, she counted one hundred and ninety-eight.
But after two double-hours, Nuwa suddenly noticed that some of the anomalies on the Howling Path had arranged themselves into a strange formation.
They had formed a circle!
Then a point of white light appeared within the circle!
Both the anomalies and that white light gave off a dazzling radiance, like suns in the pitch-black night.
Even through the thick thatch of the huts, they could still be seen clearly.
"What is that white light?"
"The white light is slowly growing..."
As they watched the white light change, everyone immediately formed a suspicion.
And when the ever-growing white light reached the size of an anomaly, they understood.
That anomaly had come back to life...
Luo Zheng's choice