I'd guessed how it would begin, but I hadn't guessed how it would end.
Behind him, Guangling City's lights shimmered beneath the dusk, radiant and magnificent, warm with the glow of the mortal world. Their brilliance reflected across the great river like a dazzling galaxy. Before him, a white-robed fairy drifted toward him, her eyes cool and indifferent, as if hiding a world of silver. Standing between the two, Meng Qi felt as though he were in a dream, and a familiar line surfaced unbidden in his mind.
With Guangling City at his back and the Seven Kill Stele and Spiritual Treasure Fire Saber in his possession, and with the Dao One Seal, Open Heaven Seal, and Void Seal already mastered, Meng Qi had come here with unwavering confidence.
He had noticed long ago that Su Bei possessed a rare treasure. The way he kept his emotions tightly contained was unusual on its own, but in the treacherous Nine Demonic Paths, some people always carried similar treasures to keep others from probing their thoughts. And even if there really was a problem, what did he have to fear?
As long as he didn't enter the Sü Nü Immortal Realm and draw out its hidden strength, he was confident he could fight and win even if Xuan Nü and Joyful Bodhisattva joined forces with divine weapons in hand. Even if they called in several Dharmakayas from the Demonic and Left Path to surround and kill him, this was outside Guangling City, where the Jiangdong Wang Clan's Ancestral Residence stood. Given the clan's way of doing things, they would never suddenly ally with the Nine Demonic Paths and plunge themselves deep into the game. With the Peerless Divine Weapon Luo Shu holding the area down, the river was hardly a good place