Gathering Storms (Thanks to "kk9" for the Alliance Leader reward)

Gathering Storms (Thanks to "kk9" for the Alliance Leader reward)

Deep within the Spirit Realm.

In a clean, tidy room, Ying Aikun's consciousness drifted through countless streams of Spirit Realm Information, examining the messages flooding in.

Not long after he proposed the transaction to the Heavenly Court, Ying Aikun had accidentally "choked to death" while taking medicine, after which he was converted into a Soul Cultivator and kept under the Heavenly Court's surveillance at all times.

After dying, Ying Aikun instead found peace of mind. He knew that in order to bring down the Tai Zhen Immortal Clan and deal with Immortal Tai Zhen, the Heavenly Court would certainly do everything in its power to protect him.

As a Soul Cultivator, staying in the Spirit Realm—the Heavenly Court's territory—under the protection of layers upon layers of high-ranking Orthodox Gods, even immortals would face many constraints if they wanted to harm him. It would by no means be easy.

And if the Heavenly Court wanted to deal with Immortal Tai Zhen, it would certainly not be settled by merely one or two clashes.

"This is only the beginning. There'll be plenty more fighting ahead."

"Unless Immortal Tai Zhen attains the position of Immortal Emperor, dies and falls, or... takes her own Dao Orthodoxy and joins beneath an Immortal Emperor, completely giving up her chance to challenge for the Immortal Emperor position, this struggle likely won't end."

Ying Aikun estimated that it would last quite some time—ten or twenty years, perhaps even decades or a century.

And throughout that time, so long as he still had value, he would remain under the Heavenly Court's protection.

As thoughts churned through his mind, Ying Aikun's gaze fell upon news about Zhang Yu once more.

"Kunxu Hero..."

Ying Aikun gave a bitter smile. In his