On Azure Nether Island, Yang Chan and Yang Jiao received their mission at the same time.
Empress Nuwa had issued an Imperial Edict, ordering them to set out at once, join Yang Jian, and rescue their mother, Yao Ji.
"Teacher, we are only Golden Immortals now. Can we really save Mother?"
Like Yang Jian before her, Yang Chan was filled with unease as she looked up at Nuwa.
Nuwa smiled faintly, her gaze calmly fixed in the direction of the Heavenly Court as she said softly:
"You need only go and join him. Leave everything else to us."
In truth, Yao Ji's imprisonment back then had been a trial arranged for the three of them.
The gods had watched coldly and endured in silence for this very day—the moment when the siblings would stand united and shatter the Heavenly Rules together.
Yang Jiao and Yang Chan then took their leave as well. They were sent out of Azure Nether Island and descended together into the Mortal Realm.
The siblings exchanged a glance, their eyes turning in unspoken accord toward Guanjiang Estuary.
After being away for so many years, their first thought was to go home and take a look—the place that held their purest childhood memories, the old days when their family had been whole and filled with laughter.
The moment they stepped into the old courtyard, they saw a tall figure standing within, holding a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, his back as steadfast as a mountain.
"Who dares trespass into our home?"
Yang Chan immediately demanded sharply.
Hearing that incomparably familiar voice, Yang Jian's face instantly flooded with wild joy, and he spun around.
The Yang Chan before him had long since grown into a graceful young woman, though traces of her childhood self could still be found in her