Feng Qingxue's body stiffened slightly.
She quickly turned her head away, not wanting Xiao Yang to see her reddened eyes. In a voice so low it was almost inaudible, she muttered, "You're the one who's worked hard."
It was a simple sentence, yet it made Xiao Yang's heart soften completely.
He said nothing more, simply letting her tend to his wounds.
For a moment, the Cave Abode was filled with warmth and quiet.
Xiao Wuji stood at the entrance, watching them. A trace of relief flashed across his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by deep solemnity.
This calm was only temporary.
An unprecedented storm was brewing.
Only after Xiao Yang had finished treating his wounds did Xiao Wuji speak in a grave voice. "Yang'er, come here. Tell me everything that happened, from beginning to end."
"Who exactly was that old man? What did he want with you?"
Xiao Yang nodded. There was no point in hiding this, and he couldn't anyway.
He needed his father's experience and wisdom to help him assess the situation.
First, he went to the jade bed. From the Eastern Emperor Great Emperor's treasury, he took out several more top-grade Saint Medicines, each over a hundred thousand years old. He refined them into the purest life energy and carefully infused it into Ning Hongye's body, continuing to stabilize her Remnant Soul.
Only after that did he turn around and tell Xiao Wuji everything, in meticulous detail: what had happened after he killed the Eastern Emperor Great Emperor, the Nameless Old Man's appearance, and everything the old man had said—including the Heavenly Secret Pavilion's prophecy, the truth about the Immortal Demon Battlefield, the origins of the Immortal Slaying Sword, and the seven-day deadline...
Silence settled over the valley.
Only Xiao Yang's calm voice, carrying the force