Bonus Update: The End of the Human Race's Most Ancient Pure Yang

Three months later, atop the walls of Xuandu City.

The Great Mage suddenly awoke from his dreams, a wisp of Taiqing Dao Charm slowly dissipating around him.

He rose to his feet, his brows faintly furrowed as though pondering something.

"What is it?"

Three feet away, Kong Xuan set down the scroll in his hands and asked gently.

"Teacher just sent a message through Dao Charm. It formed two words: Southern Continent."

The Great Mage stood up and hurriedly said, "Something must have happened on the Human Race Emperor's side. Otherwise, why would it alarm Teacher?

Junior Brother should be occupied with arranging the Great Cataclysm of the Investiture of the Gods. That is why Teacher wants me to make the trip."

"I'll go with you."

"Mm..."

The Great Mage clearly hesitated.

Kong Xuan sighed. "The Heavenly Demon Venerable has already been captured and taken back. What other Heavenly Demons could possibly come attacking?"

"All right."

The Great Mage agreed with a smile. He looked as though he wanted to say something to Kong Xuan, but only smiled faintly in the end.

He was not a fool. Kong Xuan had given up his innate treasure body for him, then watched over him here while he slept for so many years. Even using the elimination method Junior Brother favored most, one could arrive at a simple conclusion.

Kong Xuan's feelings for him were definitely not brotherly affection!

But...

The Great Mage looked at the devastatingly beautiful Dao companion beside him, whose beauty could make fish sink and geese fall, who possessed a unique charm that quietly conveyed ethereal grace, and whose every word and gesture carried the authority of the Phoenix Clan's foremost leader...

For a moment, even his Dao heart felt somewhat lost.

That unfamiliar flutter arising in the depths