Within the Ancient Clan's Ancient Realm, seven-colored auspicious clouds drifted endlessly above the skies year-round. Spiritual springs murmured across the land, immortal herbs covered the ground, and thousand-zhang peaks rose from the earth. Immortal mist swirled between the layered mountains, while ancient restriction patterns flickered in and out of sight.
At the summit of a towering peak shrouded in clouds and mist, fierce winds stirred faint ripples of spiritual energy. Four upright figures stood quietly at the cliff's edge, overlooking the vast and magnificent landscape of the Ancient Realm.
Among them, Xiao Ling and Gu Xun'er paid no heed to the presence of Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan beside them as they held each other tightly.
Her soft, warm body was in his embrace. A thousand thoughts of longing and countless threads of concern became silent affection as they clung closely together, softly confiding the tenderness and reluctance of their reunion after a long separation.
This tender scene was only because Xiao Ling was about to bid farewell to the Ancient Realm once more and set out on another distant journey.
The reason for this journey lay in the earth-shattering secret uncovered after Xiao Xuan's resurrection, when he and Xiao Ling had discussed Xiao Chen's whereabouts: the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan had immediately sensed through bloodline fluctuations that Xiao Chen, the Xiao Clan's surviving prodigy known as the Blood Axe, had not fallen. Later, during a casual conversation with Xiao Ling, he also mentioned Xiao Chen's attempt to compete for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
Seeing this, Xiao Ling immediately brought out the Demonic Flame Fragment Map he had kept hidden for so long. He revealed everything about the possibility of Xiao Chen being trapped within the Demonic Flame Space and the imminent