Ye Ping awoke in a daze.
"Oh no! I was ambushed!" he cried, then looked around.
"Older Brother, you're awake?" A young woman smiled gently at him.
"Little... sister?"
Only after a moment's hesitation did Ye Ping speak. The person before him looked almost exactly like his elder sister, yet lacked her icy aloofness.
"What happened to me..." Ye Ping examined himself. His wounds had long since healed, and even his cultivation had advanced another level.
Ye Nannan said, "You were taken away by cultivators from the Feathered Divine Dynasty. Brother-in-law rescued you from them. This is the third year you've been unconscious."
"Brother-in-law? You mean Big Brother Luo Yan came out of seclusion?" Ye Ping turned the title over in his mind and realized whom his little sister meant.
Ye Nannan said, "Yes!"
"How did Big Brother Luo Yan rescue me? Where is he now?" Ye Ping asked urgently.
Ye Nannan pointed to an enormous Green Cauldron nearby. Parts of it were broken and missing, and a figure lay submerged inside, radiating vigorous life essence.
"Immortal Medicine!" Ye Ping recognized the divine medicine floating in the Green Cauldron at a glance. It was a Lotus-Root-Shaped Immortal Divine Medicine.
Peering farther inside, he saw that not a single part of the man's body was uninjured. All manner of terrifying laws had practically pierced his entire body. Ye Ping exclaimed, "How did Big Brother Luo Yan get hurt so badly?"
Ye Nannan said, "Brother-in-law fought a decisive battle against a terrifying being and killed him at the cost of grievous injuries! The starry sky you see now is the lingering aftermath of their battle."
Ye Ping raised his head. Only then did he notice that black holes of varying sizes riddled almost the entire sky. Those black holes had once been