Ever since retrieving the two Saint Relics yesterday, Bai Nian no longer wore that bitter, aggrieved expression. Instead, his face brimmed with excitement.
With both Saint Relics in hand, he felt capable again.
At that thought, Wang Yousheng's smile spread across his face.
Hopefully, your Saint Relics won't get taken back again once you return...
Watching the Protagonist's excited smile, Xiao Yan thought this silently, but offered no warning.
If his warning sowed suspicion between master and disciple, he would be the one at fault.
With that in mind, he followed Bai Nian onward, eventually leaving the Heavenly Derivation Realm once again.
This time, the Heavenly Derivation Sect Master did not immediately follow. Instead, Hun Xue kept hovering nearby. By now, this Saint Daughter of the Hun Clan had practically become his bodyguard.
Having a Four-Star Dou Sheng as his bodyguard felt even more satisfying than when Wen and Wu, the Two Saints, had accompanied him.
Unlike Wen and Wu, however, Hun Xue was naturally not someone he could order around.
While he pondered this, the group had already traveled tens of thousands of miles and arrived above a volcano wreathed in blazing flames.
Magma flowed over dozens of surrounding peaks, making it clear that the fire-attribute energy here was extremely dense.
On the central peak in particular, the magma actually had a faint milky-white hue. Xiao Yan knew very well what that color meant.
It was the very color of the purifying lotus demon flame!
Sure enough, as soon as they arrived, Bai Nian took out a Token. As his Hand Seals shifted, milky-white light radiated from it, projecting an enormous wormhole directly above the central volcano.
"Once we're inside, make sure you stay close to this Protagonist. In life, the Pure Lotus Demon Saint was a quasi-Dou Di