By then, Mu Bai was already flying toward Sword City. Hearing Chen Shichong's earthshaking roar in the distance, he knew that Chen Shichong had truly emerged from his grief.
Exhaustion flooded his entire body. Despite being a flesh body Xiu Zun with an extraordinarily firm will, Mu Bai could barely remain upright. He hurriedly descended and lay down in the snow.
Lying on his back in the snow, Mu Bai gazed absently at the deep blue sky. He could not forget Chen Jianli's stooped, faltering figure, nor the loving gaze Chen Jianli had turned upon Chen Shichong.
"So this is a father's love..."
Mu Bai was anxious to return to the Lingze Defense Line, but he wanted to visit Chen Qi in Sword City first. Even a few words and an embrace would soothe the longing of these past few years. He climbed out of the snow and was just about to set off for Sword City when another voice transmission arrived through the Spirit Taming Sect's Elder Token jade slip.
It turned out that the matter the Elder Council would discuss this time concerned the Thirteenth Sect Heir, Zhou Dekai.
Following Zhou Deqi's instructions, Zhou Dekai and Zhou Deqi had divided their efforts between two locations, taking turns traveling between the sect and the Lingze Defense Line to deliver an uninterrupted stream of military supplies to the soldiers at the front.
Countless such journeys had gone smoothly, yet on one of Zhou Dekai's escort missions, nearly ten thousand humans and beasts intercepted him along the way.
These nearly ten thousand cultivators were all exceptionally fierce, and there were also nearly a thousand second-tier and third-tier fierce beasts. First, a great formation barred the route of the soul boats Zhou Dekai led. Then over ten thousand humans and beasts swarmed