Meanwhile.
At Dragon Martial Prefecture, in the magnificent plaza on Front Mountain.
Long Ling'er, dressed in splendid finery, had already been waiting for some time.
Standing before her was the dignified, noble Matriarch of Dragon Martial Prefecture.
After learning that Dragon Martial Dao Lord had gone to capture Ye Li himself, the two had waited here, ready to welcome the invincible Dao Lord of the Southern Region back in triumph.
Then watery blue light rippled through the void, and Azure Water Dao Lord's peerlessly elegant figure appeared.
Mother and daughter exchanged a glance. The Matriarch adopted a gentle smile, stepped forward, and bowed gracefully.
"Greetings, Senior Azure Water."
"Greetings, Senior Azure Water," Long Ling'er also said, smiling as she dipped in a bow.
"Mm."
Azure Water Dao Lord nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
Her gaze swept casually over the Matriarch before settling on Long Ling'er's spirited face.
Recalling the girl's behavior in the pavilion earlier.
Azure Water Dao Lord could not help chuckling.
"You certainly adjusted your attitude quickly, girl."
"However ungrateful Ye Li might be, he did you a tremendous kindness by breaking the seal on your spiritual platform and sparing you the suffering of being a furnace cauldron."
"Now that disaster has come for him, aren't you afraid your father will return carrying a fragment of his soul?"
She had carefully examined the great array Dragon Martial Dao Lord had mentioned.
What its core primarily needed to devour was Dao Lords and true spirits. Whether they had intact bodies... did not really matter.
At those words.
Long Ling'er's reasonably sincere smile stiffened.
Then she snuffed out that insignificant flicker of guilt.
"You jest, Senior."
She lowered her eyes and pressed her red lips together, her voice so calm it bordered on cold.
"The Great Dao is merciless. The strong