The clouds parted.
The Blue Sky warship rode the wind and broke through the waves of white clouds, speeding forward.
On the warship, a figure gazed toward the horizon.
It was Gu Jinlai, who had received Xiang Fengyun's distress signal.
But besides him, behind him...
There were an unusually large number of people.
Apart from Zhao Xi, the Lord of the Immortal Kingdom; Tian Qingzi and Dan Chenzi of the Longevity Pavilion; and Luo Jiuxiao of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, who had recently discussed the method of tempering the mind and spirit with him, there were also Chi Xuehe, Bai Shengyang, Ji Longhua, and a group of Profound Immortals. Though they were all merely incarnations, each carried a quasi-immortal artifact.
With the might of their quasi-immortal artifacts, combined with their mental and spiritual cultivation of at least the seventh level of Heaven, the combat power they could unleash was no weaker than that of an Immortal Lord.
Besides them, Luo Xiao, the sect master of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, had brought more than a hundred Celestial Immortals and nearly a thousand True Immortals from the sect and the Three Great Families.
Though the Celestial Immortals were mostly incarnations, each could display combat power equivalent to that of an unparalleled True Immortal.
The thousand-strong force was vast and imposing. Though smaller in number, its combat strength was no less than that of the Northern Domain allied army at the Storm Mountains.
None of these people had been summoned by Gu Jinlai.
They had taken the initiative to help after hearing that the Longevity World had come under attack.
Gu Jinlai had given some people from the Xuanyuan Sword Sect and the Three Great Families a chance to atone through merit. But with so little time, where could the world find enough