The Snow Heaven Clan's Great Crisis

Mysterious Heaven Realm, Seventh Divine Palace.

When Houtu learned this news from the divine maiden Paper Kite, she shot to her feet in shock, her eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

"Paper Kite, is this true? When did this news come out?"

Houtu stared at Paper Kite and asked urgently, so agitated that she nearly reached out and grabbed her, utterly losing her composure.

"It's absolutely true. The news spread long ago and has been confirmed by many sources. Even the giants of the Thousand Autumn Realm have spoken out, saying they will never let Ling Xiao go. Dead or alive, they want to see him."

Paper Kite spoke excitedly. When she had first heard the news, she had nearly fainted from fright.

Thinking back to the first time she had met Ling Xiao, he had only been at the ninth level of Primordial Taiji, not even as strong as she was.

Yet in such a short time, Ling Xiao had reached this point. Rumor had it that his cultivation had already surpassed the seventh transformation of the half-step Great Dao. Otherwise, he could not possibly have slain the Great Thousand Dao Child, Jun Xiaoyao, and so many other powerful experts in succession.

Paper Kite had never heard of such an unimaginable rate of progress in all her life.

She was, after all, a divine maiden of the Divine Palace and could be considered knowledgeable, yet she still found it unbelievable.

"This guy..."

Houtu stood frozen on the spot. For a moment, she was too shocked to say anything, as though she had become a statue.

She suddenly realized something: the current Ling Xiao was likely someone even she could not defeat.

This enormous change was difficult for her to accept.

The contrast was simply too great.

Houtu knew