They were too far apart for the two women to make out their faces.
But anyone coming along the Abyss Heaven Lock at this moment had to be that young man.
"Hao'er..."
Tears filled Ji Qingqing's eyes. She wanted to climb down the Abyss Heaven Lock to meet him, but the Family Head's pardon had yet to arrive. Leaving the island without permission would constitute a jailbreak.
She had already endured more than a decade of waiting. She did not want any new complications to sprout now.
The two women supported each other, their eyes fixed on the two climbing figures.
Meanwhile, on the Abyss Heaven Lock...
Holding the Sky Gazing Mirror, Li Hao saw two figures standing before the Abyss Heaven Stele that anchored the lock on the island. One of them was his mother, Ji Qingqing.
She was staring intently at the chain. The excitement and tears in her eyes made him quicken his steps even more.
Sensing Li Hao pick up speed, Ji Yunyue smiled bitterly. Here on the Abyss Heaven Lock, where their powers were sealed and they could only climb using their physical bodies, Li Hao's movement technique actually made him faster than her.
Just as the two accelerated, a strange sensation suddenly swept through Li Hao's heart.
As though responding to something, he glanced down.
The Abyss beneath his feet was utterly black, without a trace of light. Yet as he stared, a crimson glow seemed to emerge within it.
Li Hao froze briefly and blinked, wondering if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Before he could focus again, a terrifying tremor suddenly surged out of the Abyss.
Boom!
The entire Abyss shook. The cliffs bordering the Wild Sea trembled, and the three Abyss Heaven Locks began to shudder violently.
At the same