In this battle, the human Cultivators suffered a crushing defeat. Three Ascension Stage Cultivators alone had fallen. Had Yan Chihuo not driven Dongfang Ying back and made him wary, the losses would have been even greater.
Yan Chihuo returned to the capital of the Tianyang Kingdom, where someone immediately arranged for him to rest in the guest residence. Snow Fairy, meanwhile, returned to the Imperial Family. Early the next morning, just as Yan Chihuo was about to cultivate, a streak of white light flew into his room. He caught it—it was a jade slip. The moment he sent spiritual power into it, Mysterious Jade's voice rang out in his sea of consciousness.
"Chihuo, I came so early. I didn't disturb you, did I?"
Mysterious Jade and Yan Chihuo could be considered companions who had weathered hardship together. Along the way, because of Snow Fairy, Yan Chihuo had refused to let her address him as Senior no matter what. Mysterious Jade was more than happy to call him by name.
With a sweep of Yan Chihuo's sleeve, the door opened, and Mysterious Jade walked in.
Smiling brightly, she said, "I came today mainly to invite you over to discuss the wedding. Besides that, your status is vastly different now, so we should also discuss how to deal with the Netherworld's invasion. If you have nothing else to do, please come with me to meet the ancestor of our Cheng Family."
The Cheng Family ancestor Mysterious Jade spoke of was named Cheng Longxiang, hailed as the foremost cultivator of the Heavenly Heart Continent. For more than ten thousand years, he had never suffered a defeat in battle against another.
Although Yan Chihuo had advanced to the Ascension Stage, he had not expected to receive an audience with this Cheng Family ancestor so