Chapter 747

Under the scorching focus of countless gazes, two slender figures slowly stepped out from the folds of space. With a light tap of their toes, they stood steadily above the heavens.

A gentle breeze swept past. The man's robe traced with golden patterns fluttered in the wind, while the woman's green sleeves and cascading dark hair danced softly. Standing together, they looked like an ethereal painting of an immortal couple, leaving the crowd below holding their breath as they watched.

"Xun Er!"

Elder Tong Xuan and several Gu Family elders looked at the figure in green. Their taut backs suddenly relaxed, and the worry that had hung over them for half a year finally settled. Even their voices carried a faint, barely detectable tremor.

Xun Er now bore the essence of the Gu Family bloodline. She was the clan's hope for the future and the key to preserving the Gu Family's fortunes. If anything had happened to her in the Heavenly Tomb, it would have been an immense loss to the Gu Family—one no one could bear.

Immediately afterward, Elder Tong Xuan instinctively sent out a thread of Soul Power, intending to sense Xun Er's current condition. Yet the instant that thread touched the faint green glow surrounding her, it was as though it had struck an invisible barrier. Not only could it not penetrate even an inch, but a subtle palpitation suddenly rose in his chest, making his pupils contract as he was secretly startled.

There had previously been word within the clan that Xun Er had broken through to the Half-Saint Realm, though she had only just crossed its threshold.

But after this journey through the Heavenly Tomb, even his senses as a high-level Half-Saint could not discern Xun Er's exact cultivation. That layer of green light looked