After bidding Chen Youjia farewell, Wang Qi left Hometown and entered the Immortal Path.
His physical body in Divine Land, meanwhile, placed a bouquet of Flowers That Never Wither before a certain monument.
Then it too headed for the gates of the Immortal Path.
Shi Long Xuanyu was already waiting there.
He was not going alone.
Whether the Dragon Emperor was ultimately unwilling to let him wander about alone, whether the dragon race also had demands of the Immortal Heavens, or for some other reason, in any case, the dragon race required that a dragon accompany Wang Qi to the Immortal Heavens.
Shi Long Xuanyu was the one assigned to accompany Wang Qi.
Seeing this, Wang Qi raised a brow. "It's actually you, Senior?"
Shi Long Xuanyu was somewhat surprised as well.
If, before this, he had viewed Wang Qi as a heavyweight star boxer looking at an ordinary lightweight boxer, then now, his impression of Wang Qi was...
A boxer in the same weight class.
"You've improved so quickly." Shi Long Xuanyu marveled.
So this was... the 'unseen future' Yue Luo Yun Sheng spoke of?
Wang Qi smiled. "For us humans, our rate of growth is about the only thing worth praising, Senior."
As he spoke, he flipped his hand and produced a spinning, top-shaped magical artifact. "Senior, do you still need to prepare anything?"
Shi Long Xuanyu fell silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Why didn't you leave an avatar in your homeland? With your abilities, you should be able to do that."
"I left behind a thread of mana. If necessary, I can directly emerge from it. There's no need to leave an avatar behind," Wang Qi said.
Yet he himself felt a trace of confusion.
By his former habits, whenever he entered a dangerous place,