"Wuu~"
Shu Wushuang felt as if she had been dreaming—an unbearably painful, suffocating dream.
In the dream, she fell as though plunging into the deepest part of an abyss. Once the darkness had swallowed her whole, a sliver of light appeared in her consciousness, and her dream ended.
"I'm not dead yet? Where am I?"
Shu Wushuang opened her eyes. Looking around, she found herself lying on a bed in a lavishly decorated room. Many of the small objects were rare treasures.
"You're awake?"
Just then, a man's somewhat gentle voice sounded. Shu Wushuang turned her head and saw a mass of azure light burst open. As beams of light crisscrossed, they outlined Jiang Yan's figure.
He came a few steps closer, casually pulled up a chair, and sat down. Then, without ceremony, he said:
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jiang Yan, Grand Elder of Huoyan Valley on Hengshan Dao. And this place... is where the mountain gate of the Kunlun Divine Palace stands."
He paused, but gave Shu Wushuang no time to think before asking:
"When you were unconscious, you warned me to be wary of the Yuanxin Sect."
"So, please tell me: what exactly is going on with the Yuanxin Sect?"
The Kunlun Divine Palace? Shu Wushuang blinked, unable to understand why she was here, but instinctively answered:
"The Yuanxin Sect... Everyone in the Yuanxin Sect is no longer human. They..."
Fear showed in her eyes. "They've all become strange beings. Every last one of them. Even the Yuanxin Sect's two experts in the Jie Realm are no exception!"
Though she had only just woken, Shu Wushuang clearly remembered what she had encountered earlier at the Great Snow Mountain. Even now, thinking back on it filled her with terror. She continued:
"You must put the