The moment Yang Chen turned his head, he saw an old acquaintance of his—Li Chongxiao.
When Yang Chen saw Li Chongxiao, his eyes narrowed slightly. Li Chongxiao's eyes, meanwhile, flashed with the sharp gleam of a venomous snake.
Very soon, Li Chongxiao began to smile, and he smiled most happily.
This Yang Chen truly refused the road to heaven and insisted on barging through the doorless gates of hell.
When he had first learned Yang Chen's true identity, he had been somewhat surprised. Then, upon learning that Yang Chen had actually saved the Spirit King and latched onto the Spirit King's powerful branch, fear had risen in his heart.
It was not that he feared the Spirit King would destroy him, a Transcendent Realm great expert, over his friendship with Yang Chen. But by the same token, that meant he could not kill Yang Chen either.
He had been agonizing over how to deal with Yang Chen while Yang Chen remained in the Heavenly Venerate Pavilion. Yet who could have imagined that Yang Chen would actually dare to leave the Heavenly Venerate Pavilion on his own initiative!
Now that they were returning to the Spirit Realm, Yang Chen was alone, with no support and no backing. This was simply courting death.
He had plenty of ways to slowly play his opponent to death.
The corners of Li Chongxiao's lips rose. He could not have been more delighted.
A large procession made its way mightily toward the Eye of the Northern Underworld.
Leading them was a Transcendent Realm-level Heavenly Venerate powerhouse. Worth mentioning was that this Transcendent Realm-level Heavenly Venerate powerhouse was none other than Yuan Hong Heavenly Venerate, who had led everyone from the Spirit Realm to the Southern Realm last time.
Besides him, there were more than twenty