On the same Void Island, joy and sorrow diverged.
As thunder rumbled and receded above the Absolute Ashen Fire Domain, the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation entered its final stage.
Bai Lian bathed in purifying light, and every injury across his body healed completely.
Not only had he passed the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation, but by borrowing the Emberglow Saint Emperor's power, he had leaped forward and truly entered the Void Realm, stabilizing his cultivation in the process.
This should have been a joyous moment.
With Bai Lian's deep foundation, now that he had entered the Void Realm, his future was boundless.
Yet at this moment, not the slightest joy could arise in his heart.
"Saint Emperor Wangze..."
One of the supreme figures among the five Saint Emperor clans; an unparalleled existence forgotten atop the Heavenly Ladder; the index finger of the "Hand of God" beyond the Holy Spirit Continent; the supreme ruler of the "Wurao Emperor Realm"...
Too many—far too many titles!
As one of the five great authorities of the Holy Palace, Bai Lian understood better than anyone in the world what the four words "Saint Emperor Wangze" meant.
He should never have been able to emerge, much less on Void Island, where rules imposed restrictions.
But at this very moment, the Holy Emperor had truly acted! Even if Bai Lian's spiritual perception had been too weak during his tribulation to glimpse what battle had unfolded in the distance...
He could figure it out with his toes. Rao Yaoyao must have encountered a life-or-death crisis for there to be even the slightest chance of provoking the Holy Emperor into action.
Who had struck her? Other than Xu Xiaoshou, who knew neither heaven's height nor earth's depth, who else could it be? "Too impulsive... far too impulsive!"
Bai Lian's face was filled