Long Ling laid Long Xiao on a bed of ice, then lifted the restrictions.
Then she sat cross-legged beside him, a pill appearing between her fingers, and fed it into Long Xiao's mouth.
Long Xiao swallowed it.
Beside him, Long Ling watched him, her eyes shifting with uncertain emotions.
Soon, Long Xiao's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes.
His bright black eyes revealed a trace of surprise when he saw Long Ling.
"Sis? I'm not dead?"
Long Xiao sat up and called out, sounding a little unsure.
Hearing him, Long Ling said nothing. She stepped forward and hugged him.
"Don't worry. I only extracted your divine soul and crippled your cultivation because I wanted to grant you a tremendous fortune and open your true path to invincibility." Long Ling gently stroked his back as she spoke softly.
A path to invincibility? A tremendous fortune?
Could it be that Sis never intended to kill me in the first place?
Still, this time, her embrace really did make him feel completely safe.
Seeing Long Xiao's confusion, Long Ling looked at him and said, "Little brother, do you know what it takes to be truly invincible among those of the same tier?"
"Invincible among those of the same tier?" Long Xiao was puzzled. "Doesn't that just mean being strong enough to crush cultivators in the same realm?"
Long Ling couldn't help laughing.
"That's not enough. Merely suppressing those in the same realm doesn't qualify. Let me ask you another question: how do you fight across realms?"
Long Xiao frowned and thought carefully before answering, "There are plenty of ways to raise your strength instantly-secret arts, bloodlines, blessings from the sacred stations of heaven and earth, divine weapons and exotic treasures. Unleashing any of those powers lets you fight above your tier."
"That