Unlike when they had met in the Nether Demon World, Azure Li Lord now wore pale green robes. Her features were delicate, her aura powerful, and she looked barely into her twenties.
She was the very picture of youthful vigor!
Two people stood beside Azure Li Lord.
One was Lord Zhenheng.
The other was King Mingcang.
After leaving the Ancient Prison Dungeon, King Mingcang had happened upon Lord Zhenheng and Azure Li Lord. He had come to the Elder Hall with them.
Inside the Elder Hall, the elders gazed at Azure Li Lord in delighted surprise.
Azure Li Lord had vanished years ago. No word had come of her since, and no one knew whether she was alive or dead. A Nirvana Sovereign was immensely important to the Azure Flame Sect; the fall of a Sovereign would shake the entire sect.
True Lord Tianyan had once divined that great calamity loomed over Azure Li Lord. But even he could not divine the details.
A Nirvana Sovereign was no easy subject for divination, and the attempt could readily bring backlash.
For that reason, many had believed Azure Li Lord was dead. Only a handful of Sovereigns, including Lord Zhenheng, had always held fast to the belief that she was merely missing.
And now...
Azure Li Lord had returned. How could they not be astonished and overjoyed?
"Azure Li, what happened to you all this time? Why did you take so long to return?"
"Were you imprisoned in some Forbidden Land?"
"You're back, and that's what matters! With Azure Li's return, our Azure Flame Sect is stronger still."
Everyone spoke up in delight.
Storm Sovereign, Illusion Master Lingyan, and the other elders of Two Realms Peak were just as overjoyed. Azure Li Lord was an elder of Two Realms Peak herself.