Quack~!
Black Duck transformed into a streak of rainbow light and came crashing down toward Chen Xun, seemingly intending to plant Chen Xun beneath his backside with one mighty sit.
But Chen Xun remained remarkably calm this time. With a single finger, he intercepted Black Duck and sent him tumbling down. The latter rolled several times along the staircase, baring his teeth in pain while still hurling curses from his beak.
"Sixth Senior Brother!"
Yue Xuan's face was flushed red, his booming voice echoing through the Four Emptiness Realm.
His long hair fell wildly over his shoulders, and his skin was as heavy and solid as ancient mountains. The youthful immaturity once on his face had long since vanished.
At this moment, Qingfu and the others arrived as well.
Chen Xun swept his gaze over their faces one by one. A faint, detached daze unexpectedly surfaced in his eyes, as though he had been cut off from the world. The silent erosion of passing years came surging into his heart.
So much time had already passed...
His junior brothers and sisters had all grown up. Their bearing now was enough to hold their own in any corner of the world, to the point that he almost could not recognize them.
"Yue Xuan, Qingfu..." Chen Xun smiled and nodded, though his tone seemed to be confirming something.
"Sixth Senior Brother, what have you been doing all these years?"
Qingfu blinked her lively eyes and cautiously approached Chen Xun's side. "Master said that you might have left the Taiyi Great World... Heavens."
Her final exclamation was barely audible. Ever since the Heaven-Earth Domain Gate had been destroyed, crossing an entire Great World required unimaginable power. Even now, she could not tell what realm of cultivation her Sixth Senior Brother had reached.
"Just