Coronation! Empress First Snow!

Looking up at the sky, the Poison Fairy murmured.

Ye Zichen returned to the other three, but the Poison Fairy suddenly fell to her knees.

"Immortal... Senior Immortal... I beg you, junior that I am, could you... bring my mother back?"

Such miraculous means had convinced the Poison Fairy that Ye Zichen was an Immortal descended to the mortal world. She kowtowed and made her humble plea.

Watching this, the Heavenly Dao and Long Han had mixed feelings and did not dare respond.

Looking at the Poison Fairy kneeling on the ground, Ye Zichen thought of the person he had once resurrected: Mu Lingxi's grandmother.

But the two were very different.

"She is already gone. Why grieve?"

Ye Zichen's voice was calm.

A woman blessed with fortune and the Myriad Poison Immortal Physique had been dead for five hundred years. There was no telling where she had reincarnated by now.

Mu Lingxi's grandmother's soul, however, had been brought back by Ye Zichen on the very day she died. The two cases were worlds apart.

Ye Zichen could summon her mother back, but the price involved more than karma, and no one in this world could afford it.

Besides, even if that woman, who had already begun a new life, recovered her memories, would she still be her mother?

Hearing Ye Zichen's words, the Poison Fairy's silent tears fell once more. After a while, she said:

"I overstepped, Senior."

The Poison Fairy wiped away her tears and slowly stood, her spirits low.

The Heavenly Dao treated everyone fairly, except things like the Corpse King that defied heaven and earth.

Looking at the Poison Fairy, the Heavenly Dao was powerless to help even if it wished to. Such an ability was beyond its reach.

"All right, the Western Continent is free now, and everyone in the city is still waiting for your good news! Only these tens of millions of the Human Race remain on the Western Continent. The Western Continent is vast, so you must lead them to glory once more!"

The Heavenly Dao came closer and wiped away the Poison Fairy's tears, speaking earnestly.

"That's right, Miss Poison Fairy. The people in the city still don't know who won out here!"

Long Han promptly added his own words of comfort.

Looking at the enormous city behind her, the Poison Fairy felt at peace for the first time. The Western Continent would regain its former glory here!

"Go on, child. The people in the city will always believe in you."

The Heavenly Dao wiped the Poison Fairy's tears away and spoke gently.

"From this day on, you shall be the Western Continent's first empress."

Ye Zichen's final words spurred the Poison Fairy to move forward.

The Poison Fairy put on a smile and, at last, was the first to walk through the city gates!

"Everyone! We've won! The Western Continent is at peace!"

The Poison Fairy dispelled the barrier behind her, and her warm words reached all the common people and cultivators beyond it.

"R-really?"

"Long live the Poison Fairy!"

"The Poison Fairy should be the Western Continent's first empress!"

The joyful words of the crowd reached the Poison Fairy's ears.

More and more people ran out into the streets. Seeing the lush green grass in the city and the trees growing once more, they thanked the Poison Fairy at the top of their voices!

"Big sister!"

The girl who had timidly tugged at the Poison Fairy's sleeve to speak to her that day now boldly ran out, calling to her at the top of her voice.

Seeing that smiling face, the Poison Fairy felt she had found a reason to live again.

At last, the Poison Fairy looked back with a smile. Joy spread across her flushed face like rippling, gentle sunlight, and her smile was full of ease and release.

"Thank you, Ice Face!"

Then she disappeared into the crowd.

"This girl still has no respect for her elders."

The Heavenly Dao spoke indulgently, unable to help marveling at the Poison Fairy's mischievousness.

"Then, my lord, I shall take my leave first."

The Heavenly Dao asked Ye Zichen for permission to depart.

Ye Zichen nodded, and the Heavenly Dao disappeared as well.

"Let's go. We've been out for nearly half a month. It's time to go back."

Long Han transformed into a size just large enough for Ye Zichen to ride, and the two gradually flew back to the Central Continent.

Three days later, upon returning, Long Han also reached Peak Half-Immortal.

Seeing the two return, Liao Yunxiao wept tears of joy. Those two had gone off somewhere to have fun and left him at home without a care!

"Keep fooling around and I'll bring out the ruler."

Ye Zichen finally brought out his ultimate weapon, and Liao Yunxiao finally shut up.

A month after Ye Zichen returned, news was announced that the poison gas had dispersed and the Western Continent had been liberated.

Word spread like wildfire that Zhao Qianxue had defeated the Corpse King and become an empress, taking the title Empress First Snow!

Two and a half years later.

As he often did, Ye Zichen left the city that day to see patients in a nearby village.

"Doctor, is my illness serious?"

"Not serious, not serious. Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll prescribe you two doses of medicine, and you'll be fine after taking them for two days."

"I see. Thank you, Doctor!"

He gave the old man a brief examination. It was a mild cold.

Ye Zichen prescribed two doses of medicine, then left the house, ready to see the patients together in a cottage at the center of the village.

Just then,

It seems some old friends have come?

Ye Zichen sensed with his Divine Sense that several acquaintances had arrived.

He paid them little mind and continued seeing patients.

"Ningshuang, let's rest for a day in the village up ahead. We'll enter Chu Imperial City tomorrow."

Zhang Lingyao looked at Jian Ningshuang, who was skipping along, and spoke helplessly.

Flying was forbidden in the air near Chu Imperial City, so the four planned to leave the flying boat and continue on foot.

"Okay! Senior Brother, and you too, Senior Brother Xiao, hurry up!"

Jian Ningshuang's lively personality had kept the four's journey to the Central Continent from being too dull.

The Sword Origin Holy Land and Chu Imperial City were very far apart. They had flown for over a month in the flying boat before reaching the area.

"Brother Lingyun, let's rest in the village ahead. After that, I'll have to part ways with you."

Xiao Feng gestured to Xie Lingyun as he spoke.

"All right, Brother Xiao. Thank you for your efforts along the way."

Xie Lingyun spoke courteously to Xiao Feng.

Since then, the two had become good brothers of a sort, often sparring together to improve themselves.

By now, however, Xiao Feng had truly surpassed Xie Lingyun in strength, becoming the foremost member of the Eastern Continent's younger generation!

Before long, the four disembarked from the flying boat and entered the village.

"Huh? It looks like someone's seeing patients here?"

Jian Ningshuang had seen several villagers coming out of the same place with medicine.

Villages this small rarely had doctors of their own. They were usually doctors from the city who came to see patients.

"Let's go have a look. We can also ask the doctor whether he came from Chu Imperial City to see patients."

Zhang Lingyao made the suggestion, treating it as a chance to ask for directions.

The four nodded and walked toward the cottage ahead.

"Remember to avoid those foods. Here you are, take care on your way."

Ye Zichen carefully handed over the medicinal herbs as he gave his instructions.

"All right, all right. Thank you, Doctor!"

"Next!"

The four finally entered the cottage, only to see a sight they would never forget for the rest of their lives!

"M-my lord!"