A beautiful young woman appeared.
She pressed one hand against Gu Qingshan and formed a hand seal with the other.
In an instant, layers of light and shadow rippled all around them, as if something was about to happen.
"Trying to run?" the Tall Envoy roared.
Rotating starlight that never faded appeared in his hand, and he threw a punch at the young woman.
The young woman glanced at him.
Every star flew backward and slammed into the Tall Envoy.
The next instant,
all the light and shadow converged into a single scene.
The young woman vanished with Gu Qingshan from the encirclement.
The world spun—
The cemetery vanished completely. Gu Qingshan found himself standing on Cloud Top, with an abandoned ancient palace not far away.
"Haah... haah... Master, why have you turned into... this?" Gu Qingshan wiped the blood from his eyelids and asked in confusion.
The young woman stared at him and spoke rapidly. "Qingshan, I temporarily pulled you into my Phase Realm, but there are too many of them, and they're too strong. My Phase Realm won't hold out for long."
Boom—
Violent blows rang out across the sea of clouds.
"Don't even think about escaping!"
"A mere damaged Phase Realm dares to—"
"Break this Phase Realm!"
"Attack together!"
The Sequence Envoys' voices rang out one after another.
The long sword, built entirely from gold and jade, flew over and gently guarded Gu Qingshan's side.
"It's you?" Xie Daoling said in surprise.
"Yes. I've met you before—you investigated what happened back then," the long sword said.
"You acknowledged him as your master?" Xie Daoling asked.
"It was the only way to have a chance," the long sword replied.
Xie Daoling's expression softened with relief.
She stopped paying attention to the long sword and instead clasped both of