Elder Feng's Shock

Outside the Outer City of the Three Origins Sect, Li Xiao stood before the city gates, looking up at the towering metropolis.

The city walls soared into the clouds like a slumbering giant dragon stretched across the earth, sheltering the entire Three Origins Sect in its embrace.

Farther away, several lofty peaks pierced the heavens, their summits hidden among the clouds. Faintly visible were upturned eaves and flowing spiritual light—the main peaks of the various branches of the Three Origins Sect.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Xiao could not help but feel a surge of emotion.

When he had first come to the Three Origins Sect, he had merely been an obscure nobody, relying on caution and fortuitous encounters all the way to reach where he was today.

Now, standing here once more, he was already a Marrow-Piercing Realm expert. With three strands of Life-Slaying Amitabha Sword Scripture Sword Qi at his side, he did not fear even Round Marrow experts in the slightest.

He even had the confidence that, given time, the position of Saint Son of the Three Origins Sect would also be his for the taking.

From today onward, the curtain on his road to rise truly began to lift.

He did not alert anyone. Entering the city quietly, he did not head straight back to his own courtyard, but instead made his way toward Elder Feng's residence.

It had been Elder Feng who brought him into the Three Origins Sect and paved the way ahead for him. Li Xiao had always kept that kindness in his heart.

Elder Feng's courtyard was as tranquil as ever, no different from what Li Xiao remembered.

When he knocked and entered, Elder Feng was sitting in a wicker chair in the courtyard, drinking tea. The instant he saw