After a passionate embrace with Xiao Yu, Xiao Ze had considered taking her back to the Central Plains, but she refused.
She said she really liked life at the academy and didn't want to leave. If he missed her, he could come visit anytime.
Seeing this, Xiao Ze didn't press the matter.
Since she liked it there, he would let her have her way. Before leaving, though, he created a Space Wormhole to make traveling back and forth easier.
Once he'd taken care of that, he returned to the Central Plains.
Thunder Mountain was bustling with activity. Ever since Xiao Zhan and the other members of the Xiao Clan had arrived, they'd grown fond of the place.
Compared to the Jia Ma Empire, the spiritual energy here was many times denser, making it clearly more suitable for cultivation.
In just a few days, members of the clan had broken through one after another, and everything was thriving.
After hearing the news, Xiao Yan hurried back to the clan to reunite with his father.
He had thought about returning to the Jia Ma Empire, but he didn't have his third brother's strength and couldn't create Space Wormholes at will, so the plan had been put on hold.
After exchanging a few words with his father, Xiao Yan found Xiao Ze and said, "Third brother, according to the intelligence Starfall Pavilion received, a Soul Hall branch hidden in the Central Plains has been found. I thought you'd be interested."
"Oh, a Soul Hall branch?" At this, a hint of delight appeared on Xiao Ze's face.
The people of the world had suffered at Soul Hall's hands for far too long. If not for their fear of its strength, they would have banded together to attack it long ago.
On top of that,