"Saint Son Li, it's been a long time."
"By my reckoning, it's been five or six years since we parted ways."
The seven-colored radiance in the hall faded, while the lingering echoes of the Long River of Fate flowed on. The power that could peer into the fate of all things still made the surrounding space tremble.
Jiang Yan looked at Li Longzi, a flicker of unmistakable surprise passing through his eyes. Then he cupped his hands slightly toward Li Longzi in greeting.
"Daoist Li, it's been years. You're as impressive as ever, and your mastery of the Fate Dao has reached perfection. Your Dao resonance is seamless."
"Clearly, you've come upon tremendous fortunes in these past years."
"But I never expected to see you today within the Yu Long Sect, here on my Blazing Sun Peak. It seems you've received an Imperial Edict from the True Dragon Pavilion, allowing you to return to the sect."
"In that case, we'll be fighting side by side to protect the sect from now on."
Jiang Yan was genuinely quite surprised.
He had a deep impression of Li Longzi. This peerless Saint Son of the Yu Long Sect was the sect's most promising candidate to take the reins. His talent in the Fate Dao was dazzling, and among his generation, he had few rivals.
But later, after becoming embroiled in another core secret, he was ultimately stripped of his Saint Son title and expelled from the Yu Long Sect.
The matter had caused quite a stir in the sect.
According to the Yu Long Sect's rules, an expelled disciple could never set foot in the sect's territory again unless the True Dragon Pavilion and the current sect master issued an Imperial Edict. And yet here Li Longzi was, openly appearing in the main