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"Guards, seize the High Priest and everyone from the Priest Lineage!"

At Medusa's command, all the Snake-People Tribe's experts rushed forward and surrounded the High Priest.

The High Priest merely sighed, neither speaking nor resisting. There was only regret. Was I truly wrong?

Eight thousand years of planning had been ruined by a single young man. How tragic. How lamentable.

"Your Majesty, why is Young Master Long Xiao staring into space up there? Is he savoring his victory?"

Yue Mei glanced at Long Xiao in confusion and found him still suspended motionless in midair.

Medusa followed Yue Mei's gaze and saw Long Xiao standing in the air, his body swaying precariously as though he might fall at any moment.

"Savoring what? He's completely drained!"

Her expression shifted slightly. In a flash, she teleported to Long Xiao's side, supported his shoulders, and asked anxiously, "Long Xiao, how are you feeling?"

But Long Xiao's eyes were tightly shut, and he did not respond.

Medusa's expression changed drastically. She hurriedly reached out to check Long Xiao's breathing, confirming that he was still alive.

His body bore a few injuries, but only his soul was weakened.

"Long Xiao!"

Medusa called out anxiously. Long Xiao's face remained pale, and he gave no response, yet a faint smile curled at the corner of his mouth. This trash Heavenly Dao has incomplete rules. The backlash from borrowing power is far too severe, but it's nothing serious.

Watching him, Medusa felt an inexplicable ache in her heart.

This fool just loves pushing himself too hard!

"Long Xiao!"

Medusa called again, but this time she received no response at all.

Her eyes immediately grew moist.

The land surrounding the Snake-People Tribe had collapsed. Fortunately, the palace had survived. Medusa carried Long Xiao straight inside and ordered her people to suppress the news and secure the palace.

Medusa laid Long Xiao on the bed in her chambers.

She stayed beside him, her fingers caressing his exquisite brows and eyes as tears slipped down her cheeks without her realizing it.

This time, Long Xiao had saved their Snake-People Tribe. Long Xiao had given her a new life.

She owed him.

Medusa's eyes were red, and a trace of guilt flashed through them. She lowered her head and kissed Long Xiao's forehead.

This man is worth everything I have!

Whatever the cost, I will make Long Xiao wake up!

Stone Desert City.

Xiao Huohuo and an old man radiating an icy aura gazed toward the Snake-People Tribe.

"Elder Hai, this sandstorm has been going on for so long that the nearby cities can barely hold out anymore. Why hasn't it stopped?" Xiao Huohuo could not help asking.

"Hard to say."

The old man spoke mildly, his voice so calm that he seemed indifferent to everything.

Deep down, however, he felt uneasy.

He was certain something earth-shaking had happened in the depths of the desert, but Medusa's strength alone should not have been capable of causing such upheaval.

Yao Lao, inside Xiao Huohuo's Storage Ring, also remained silent.

He had sensed fluctuations of an aura in the depths of the desert a hundred times more terrifying than a Dou Zong's, but telling Xiao Huohuo now probably would not be wise.

On the Dou* Continent, there was an unimaginably chaotic black plain known as the Black-Corner Region.

Here stood Jia Nan Academy.

On the balcony of a student residence, two stunningly beautiful young women chatted and laughed.

One wore a long white dress, her long hair flowing loose. She was tall, with features as exquisite as a painting, her beauty breathtaking, like a heavenly maiden descended from the highest heavens.

The other girl was youthful and radiant, dressed in green, with fair, translucent skin and perfectly delicate features. She had the air of a sweet girl next door.

"Ling'er, where exactly are you from? You're actually stronger than me!"

The girl in green asked with a smile.

This white-clad girl had only recently arrived at Jia Nan Academy, yet she had even defeated her. And her own true identity was far from ordinary...

"Xun'er, stop asking. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."

As she spoke, she turned to gaze into the distance, her expression grave. She kept feeling a bad premonition. Has something happened to Brother Long Xiao?

"All right."

Gu Xun'er also withdrew her gaze and looked into the distance, her eyes growing wistful. There stood Jia Nan Academy's tallest peak, its summit her favorite place. From there, she could gaze toward the Jia Ma Empire-and her Brother Huohuo.

The girl in white was none other than Bai Ling'er, Long Xiao's fiancée.

She had landed in the Black-Corner Region. To learn about this world as quickly as possible, she had been forced to pose as a gifted Dou Ling and enroll in Jia Nan Academy.

She missed her Brother Long Xiao dearly, too. They had been inseparable since childhood, and now that they were in another world, she worried about him all the more.

Fortunately, she had met Xun'er, who, like her, was a favored daughter of heaven.

However, Xun'er's true cultivation was Dou Wang, while hers was five-star Dou Zong-and a five-star Dou Zong who cultivated spiritual energy at that. In the entire academy, only those two mysterious guardians were worthy of her notice.

"Ling'er, I'm tired. I'll head back to my room first." Gu Xun'er smiled at her, then turned and left.

Bai Ling'er also shook her head and returned to her own room.

After returning to her room, Gu Xun'er sat beside the table. A dark figure suddenly appeared inside.

"Ling Ying pays his respects, young miss." The dark figure dropped to one knee before her.

He was a covert guard sent by her clan to protect her.

"Elder Ling, have you found anything? Just who is this Bai Ling'er?"

Gu Xun'er looked at Ling Ying and went straight to the point.

Ling Ying shook his head. "Young miss, there is no trace of her origins. It's as though she appeared out of thin air."

"Is she that difficult to investigate?"

Gu Xun'er furrowed her brows, but after a moment's thought, she let the matter go. They were on good terms, after all, and a little mystery was fine. Ling'er would not know her identity either.

"Mm, return to the Jia Ma Empire and protect Brother Xiao Huohuo."

Gu Xun'er pondered for a while before speaking slowly.

"Yes, young miss."

Bai Ling'er's room.

After she returned to her room, a woman in green also appeared before her.

"Xing Yue, have you discovered Xun'er's identity?" Bai Ling'er asked, looking at the green-clad woman before her.

The Starmoon Protector nodded, then replied respectfully, "Young miss, that Gu Xun'er comes from the Gu Clan in the Central Plains. Her father is Gu Yuan, one of the continent's greatest experts, with the cultivation of a Nine-Star Dou Sheng."

"She was sent to grow up in a small family in the Jia Ma Empire as a child. The purpose is unknown."

A flicker of puzzlement crossed Bai Ling'er's eyes, but she soon regained her composure.

She had not expected Xun'er to have such a background on the Dou* Continent. It was rather surprising, but none of it mattered to her. A rough understanding was enough.

"Then have you heard anything about Brother Long Xiao?" Bai Ling'er asked next, anticipation shining in her eyes.

"Not yet."

"But I did discover that Young Master Chu Yuxuan and Miss Xia Yun Yun are at Wind Lightning Pavilion in the Central Plains."

The Starmoon Protector answered, looking at Bai Ling'er with a flicker of concern in her eyes.

Young Master Long Xiao has been unfaithful! He's living quite comfortably in the Jia Ma Empire.

But she did not dare tell Bai Ling'er and could only grumble inwardly about Long Xiao.

"Understood. Thank you for your efforts, Xing Yue. Keep searching for Brother Long Xiao. Don't worry about me here, and inform me immediately if you hear anything."

Bai Ling'er spoke calmly.

"Yes, young miss."

The Starmoon Protector withdrew.

Bai Ling'er walked to the bed and lay down, closing her eyes to rest.