"He's grown even stronger."
It was Qin Xiao Hao's first time seeing Shi Yi, this legendary older cousin of his, and he spoke with a touch of awe.
Shi Hao said nothing. He had nearly slain this man once, only for Fire God Son, who possessed the Reincarnation Disk, to kill Shi Yi with it instead. Later, he heard that the Ancient Female Double-Pupil had saved Shi Yi's life and sent him into the Upper Realm.
As things stood, the cause and effect binding him to Shi Yi had become even more tangled. This man had actually joined Immortal Mountain in Five Elements Province and become the Immortal Heavenly Venerable's disciple.
Both Shi Hao and Qin Xiao Hao had some ties to a branch of the Qin Clan on Immortal Mountain. After all, their mother had originally come from Immortal Mountain in the Upper Realm.
Yet it had also been Shi Hao who brought Little Tower and Xiao Tian to destroy the sanctuary Immortal Mountain had left in the Lower Realm.
They had even visited Demon Island and taken away its last few opportunities. No matter how much Immortal Mountain's people dug there afterward, they would never unearth any more crystals of the Demon Venerable's blood essence or immortal-path thunderbolts.
Meanwhile, Shi Yi withdrew warily, murmuring to himself, "Just as I thought. Once matters at the Ferocious Nest are settled, I'll have to enter seclusion again. My path of transformation isn't complete yet."
Half a day later, they arrived at a region said to be the entrance to the Ferocious Nest. It lay atop an enormous mountain, resembling a volcanic crater, with the Ferocious Nest inside.
"Big Brother Xiao, why does the Ferocious Nest look like this?"
Light shimmered in Zuo Xiaodi's beautiful eyes, and every strand of her hair