Zi Yan and Huangzai Face Their Tribulations in Turn

Almost everyone on the Dou Qi Continent knew about the Otherworldly Demon invasion. Every expert above the Dou Venerable level had come to fight, while the other cultivators contributed what little they could.

A great many people had gathered atop Endless City.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Xuan sat cross-legged in the void outside Endless City, watching for Otherworldly Demons opening Space Wormholes. More than half a month had passed since Xiao Meng's astonishing display of power, and no Otherworldly Demons had descended in that time.

From time to time, people on the walls looked into the distance. There lay a young man in tattered blue robes, shrouded in light and stained with blood—a sight that made their hearts clench.

Every gaze held not only shock, but admiration and hope. They all knew the Dou Qi Continent had not fallen because of him.

Activating the Mark of the Gods had cost Xiao Meng a great deal of vital blood. He could not recover in a short time and remained unconscious.

Another place drew everyone's attention. Powerful energy rippled around a little girl with purple hair who sat cross-legged there, while five elders stood guard far away.

After taking the Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Crystal, Zi Yan's body, vitality, and spirit had all transformed. Her strength kept soaring, shaking the onlookers and filling them with anticipation.

The Void Dragon Clan was, of course, the most excited by her growing strength. Zi Yan was their Dragon Emperor, after all.

Xiao Meng, too, was undergoing a profound change. Though the Mark of the Gods had consumed much of his vital blood, he had gained an understanding of its true meaning: "Break, then rise anew; stand unrivaled beneath heaven." The colorless Heaven-Level Astral Energy around him had begun to change, golden specks appearing within it.

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