"Greetings, Ancestor!"
A figure streaked through the air toward White Crane City, near Moonwatch City. Within the city, the disciples of Soaring Heavens Palace hurried to bow, gazing reverently at Lu Xiaotian as he descended from the sky.
"Rise." Lu Xiaotian descended of his own accord onto the city wall. In the distance, a thousand li away, lay a gloomy realm of ghosts.
"Junior Brother Lu, you've finally arrived. Now that you're here in White Crane City, I can finally feel at ease." Chen Henian let out a great sigh of relief when he saw Lu Xiaotian. Things had been relatively calm for ten years, with only a few minor skirmishes, but lately the war against the ghost race had grown increasingly fierce. After several years of recovery, Soaring Heavens Palace had to send people to reinforce the front lines. Luo Qian needed more time because he cultivated a thunder-path technique, while Xiao Xiangyu had only recently formed her Nascent Soul. As soon as Chen Henian's injuries had improved somewhat, he had rushed to White Crane City.
But lately, Ghost Kings had been appearing more and more often. Chen Heyu had crossed hands with Ghost King-level powerhouses several times and was under considerable pressure. Seeing Lu Xiaotian arrive, he was overjoyed. Back when Lu Xiaotian fought Jie Wuya at Soaring Heavens Palace, the cultivator he had defeated had only recently formed his Nascent Soul.
Many felt that, compared with Chen Henian, an established Nascent Soul Cultivator, Lu Xiaotian still fell short. But two months ago, after Lu Xiaotian killed another early-stage Ghost King, all such doubts vanished. His position as the strongest cultivator in Soaring Heavens Palace was now beyond question.
After all, Chen Henian had only managed to wound Ghost King-realm experts, while, as far as the outside world