Meng Chuan met the gaze of the woman inside the gourd. Her bloodline stirred him deeply, even more than his encounter with Meng Tianzheng had.
Vast swathes of mist dispersed. The spirituality that had been obscured began to shine, driving away the haze.
And Yaoyao saw ages rise and fall in Meng Chuan's eyes, saw time turn backward.
The woman in the gourd was shaken to her core. She knew she had encountered a Peerless Powerhouse.
But how could someone so powerful walk the Earth now?
Beings from beyond Earth could not enter this place. And among the beings of Earth who had survived that battle by sheer luck, the woman was certain Meng Chuan had not been one of them.
She herself had lived through Earth's most glorious era, yet she had never seen Meng Chuan before.
"Beneath Longhu Mountain lies a place for refining demons, yet what it seals is no demon," Meng Chuan said. With a thought, he brought the woman out of the gourd.
The chains around her shattered link by link.
Meng Chuan had freed the woman and helped her escape.
He had neither damaged the gourd nor disturbed any of the arrangements on Longhu Mountain that targeted her.
It had been effortless. A single thought was enough.
"Yaoyao." Meng Chuan spoke the woman's name.
Yaoyao looked at him, her eyes full of wariness. "Who are you? Why did you help me escape?"
"You may call me Ling," Meng Chuan said. "As for why I helped you..."
"I wanted to, so I did. Why would I need so many reasons?"
With that, Meng Chuan opened countless Dimensional Passages. Immense energy surged out of the Dimensions and entered Yaoyao, nourishing her body and spirit.
Color returned to her face, and her form grew more solid.
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