The Demon Tide surged in the Western Territory, and Yun Qing's battle was in full swing. Meanwhile, in the distant Heaven Beyond Heaven, uh, things were lively there too.
Chickens flew and cats leaped.
Literally.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp-!"
A tiny golden blur flapped out of the Spirit Flowers, with a little ball of black fur chasing close behind, its paws going patter-patter-patter.
"Meow!"
Qing Kitty sprang off a floating immortal stone.
Splat.
It missed the chick and fell into the flowers instead.
Rustle-a small patch of the vast bed of heavenly star epiphyllums, which had only just bloomed again, crumpled beneath it.
Petals scattered across the ground. Little Radiant Chick looked back.
"Chirp!"
It sounded like mockery.
Qing Kitty: "!"
Its ears twitched, and its fur instantly bristled.
"Meow!"
The chase continued.
And our perpetually hands-off Immortal Emperor showed absolutely no awareness that he ought to supervise the youngsters.
Yun Huang reclined beneath the Qiong Flower Tree beside the Jade Steps, holding a white jade teacup between his fingers. White mist curled from the clear, fragrant immortal tea. Beside him, Xi Huang's Ancient Zither played of its own accord, though no one touched its strings.
His gaze drifted idly over the garden's Spirit Plants and immortal scenery, with nothing weighing on his mind.
As for the cat and chick over there, which had nearly turned half the flower garden upside down, Yun Huang barely even raised his eyelids.
He embodied the words "hands-off management" with absolute thoroughness.
"Chirp-!"
Little Radiant Chick flew through the flowers.
"Meow, meow."
Qing Kitty chased relentlessly behind, carrying an immortal flower it had plucked from who knew where in its mouth.
The two little blurs, one gold and one black, swept past.
Thump.
Qing Kitty took a sharp turn, failed to stop, and bumped its