Cui Qiao fled for more than five hundred thousand li in one breath before finally stopping at the edge of a cliff atop a high mountain.
Perhaps she had spent most of the time slipping through dense forests; perhaps, though there had been no pursuers along the way, the very act of escaping the Divine Blood Sect had kept her nerves taut; or perhaps she had remained in a state of extreme tension ever since deciding to flee the Divine Blood Sect.
At this moment, a trace of weariness showed between her brows.
She rubbed her forehead and let out a long breath of stale air. Cui Qiao's body relaxed somewhat.
She turned and looked in the direction of the Divine Blood Sect.
Suddenly, the corners of her lips lifted slightly, and at last a smile blossomed across her lovely face.
Bright and radiant!
Like the first ray of sunlight after clouds parted and mist dispersed, her smile instantly lit up her face.
As though a heavy burden had been lifted!
Cui Qiao stood at the edge of the sheer cliff, gazing into the distance.
Before her lay rolling mountain ranges, a boundless sea of forest, and in the distance, the sky and mountains merged into one color.
The sky was high enough for birds to fly freely; the sea was vast enough for fish to leap!
After ascending for several years, this was the first time she had observed this world with such ease.
A surge of lofty spirit arose in Cui Qiao's heart for no reason.
Since she had been able to ascend, she had naturally once dominated the lower realm, turning clouds with a flip of her hand and overturning rain with another.
With a single thought, she could change the colors of mountains and rivers; with