"Dongfang!" Lu Xiaotian's aura vanished, and Xiang Qingcheng's graceful figure flew into his arms. She clung tightly to him, as if afraid he might disappear into thin air.
"All right, it's all over now." Lu Xiaotian held her delicate body and gently patted her back, comforting her.
"Haha, kid Dongfang, I'll head back to Mount Fengqing and wait for you. Once your cultivation has stabilized, we'll have another proper match and see who's stronger: you, a thirteenth-tier body cultivator, or me, a Spirit Transformation cultivator!" With Lu Xiaotian's successful breakthrough, Xiang Kuang naturally wouldn't stick around to invite humiliation. He left the two of them to themselves.
"Good!" Lu Xiaotian replied simply. In the blink of an eye, Xiang Kuang's aura vanished completely from the airspace.
"Dongfang, when do you plan to leave this realm?" Xiang Qingcheng lifted her lovely face. "I'd rather that day didn't come too soon."
"No rush. We both have plenty of years ahead of us. We can talk about it after you've weathered your Spirit Transformation tribulation." Lu Xiaotian still had peaches of immortality in his possession, but he had no use for them just yet. Especially after breaking through to the thirteenth tier as a body cultivator, he had much to attend to. Xiang Qingcheng had now comprehended a second water true intent, too. Even if she wanted to spend more time consolidating her current realm—decades, or even a century—they could easily afford to wait.
Xiang Qingcheng lowered her head slightly, agreeing with Lu Xiaotian's plan. "Let's go back first. Since you haven't shown yourself, the people at Mount Fengqing must be terribly worried."
"Mm." Lu Xiaotian put an arm around Xiang Qingcheng. A pair of blood-red wings formed behind him from his blood-astral power. With a beat of those wings, they raced after