Pie from the Sky?

"You actually woke up?"

Dark Bird looked at Wen Bu with equal curiosity.

"Thanks to Lord Dark Bird's blessing!" Wen Bu was exceedingly polite. "Speaking of which, Lord Dark Bird is the truly impressive one. Trapped in the Heavenly Gold Nest for so long, yet you still managed to find helpers to aid your escape..."

His gaze turned toward Lian Yun behind Dark Bird, atop the Heavenly Gold Nest...

Dark Bird gave a smug huff, looking immensely pleased with herself.

"I've been trapped in the Heavenly Gold Nest for all these years, but I haven't been idle. After endless hardship, I severed a fragment spirit from my true spirit and had it carry my 'Inverse Feather' out of the Jade Palace. It reincarnated as a human, spent years laying plans, took in a loyal servant, and finally drew the attention of the two great Demon Sects..."

Her account was brief, but every step she had taken had been extraordinarily difficult.

Simply sending a fragment spirit out of the Jade Palace had already been an immensely difficult feat.

Thinking of Jialan outside, Chen Fan's expression became somewhat strange.

Her growth trajectory had been full of dramatic twists, and she had also been one of the key figures in the Black Gold Vein incident.

Back then, Chen Fan had thought it strange that someone carrying the protagonist's template had ended up under the control of the Demon Lord Jun Hao. When he had tried to uncover the truth with the Soul-Searching Technique, she had nearly caused his sea of consciousness to explode. He had assumed it was the Demon Lord Jun Hao's doing, but now it seemed that it had been Dark Bird's handiwork all along...

Dark Bird seemed flighty and smug, like someone with an immature mind. Yet she had been