After leaving the Land Beyond Law and exiting Yong Kingdom, he made a trip to Cloud Kingdom. He left behind his gifts and hurried away.
What he had experienced in the City of No Redemption made Jiang Wang realize that he still had no right to rest.
The ease and relaxation within the High Heaven Secret Realm had only been a temporary illusion.
Cloud Kingdom had only one Ye Lingxiao.
Granted, he was a powerhouse acknowledged by Xiang Fengqi—invincible in True Insight—while still at the Divine Presence level, an unquestionable Current Era True Lord. But one fist could hardly fend off four hands.
Even Huang Jinmo, who could battle a True Lord head-on, had been captured just like that...
The Monarch of Sin's dominance and Senior Brother Zhu's brilliance had, for a time, given him something close to the feeling of resting in the High Heaven Secret Realm.
The great wind and snow of the world were all beyond the window.
That was why he had agreed to accompany Senior Brother Zhu in waiting to see the outcome of Xiao Shu's attempt to reach Divine Presence, remaining in the City of No Redemption for forty days.
But that bubble of peaceful years and an unharmed world had already been pricked.
So long as Zhuang Gaoxian remained, there could be no peace for a single day.
His heart was full of exhaustion, but he could not linger over comfort.
So he merely pinched Jiang An'an's little cheek and told Ye Qingyu to take care.
He left behind the gifts he had prepared and took with him the wind and frost he had endured.
Aside from the banquet personally prepared by Duke of Yu, there was also the Huodou Essence Blood and Bi Fang Essence Blood. He entrusted them both to Ye