Early the next morning.
Suddenly, a creak rang out.
The door opened, and Bai Ling'er walked in. Seeing that Medusa and Long Xiao had yet to get out of bed, her little face flushed.
"Did I come at a bad time?"
"Not at all. You're just in time."
Long Xiao patted the empty side of the bed, beckoning Bai Ling'er over.
Bai Ling'er shyly lay down on the bed.
"You broke through?"
Long Xiao sensed the far more terrifying power filling Bai Ling'er's body. Her Divine Phoenix Body must have advanced.
"Mm, Xiao Yi Xian and Curly both successfully advanced to Dou Zong, too."
Several hours later.
Long Xiao got up and dressed.
"Hehe, we should get ready to welcome our guests, too."
Three days later.
The Ancient Realm.
Xiao Huohuo and Gu Xun'er emerged from the Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Huohuo was no longer a mere Dou Wang. Now, he could walk through the air, having officially joined the ranks of the Dou Zong.
"To think the remnant soul of my Xiao Clan ancestor was dwelling in the Heavenly Tomb. If I'd known, I would've come sooner."
Gu Xun'er hugged Xiao Huohuo's arm and smiled. "Now you have a Dou Di Bloodline too, Brother Huohuo, and you've even broken through to Dou Zong. You're already every bit as good as me. Hehe."
Xiao Huohuo felt the energy surging in his hand and sighed. "Dou Zong is still nowhere near enough."
Looking at the Ancient Realm undergoing repairs, he clenched his fists. "Those bastards!"
He still remembered Gu Yuan's account of the battle. It had been truly devastating; even his big brother had been powerless.
In the end, even Black Feather, who had accompanied them and whom he considered an unparalleled expert, had fallen-all to escort him to the Ancient