Somewhere.
The Star Ripple Clan Honored Envoy who had once demanded tribute from them gaped, his mouth opening and closing as it trembled. Even his eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets.
He slowly leaned against a building amid the clouds and sat there limply. At last, he buried his head in the soft cloud layer that molded around his body. Recalling those events from that year, his entire body went weak, and even his Heart Lake became boundlessly empty.
"An illusion..." After making that sound, he fainted.
High above the clouds.
Chen Xun raised a hand and swept up Ni Canghuan's body. He merely cast a calm glance at the Star Ripple Clan Spirits trembling in fear around him and said, "The Xing Lan Region is vast enough for you to live well. I will take this man away. Do not stir up war again."
"Understood!"
"We shall remember Senior's words..."
The remaining four Sky Ripple Saint Rulers wore grave expressions, their words laden with deep reverence.
They were the first batch of Innate Lifeforms in the Immortal Realm, as well as the holy ancestors of the Star Ripple Feather Clan. Yet after Ni Canghuan descended upon the Xing Lan Region ten thousand years ago, they had been unable to resist, and their entire race had become his servants.
But one cloud always rose higher than the next. Even this supreme Immortal Lord had been suppressed with a wave of the honored superior's hand...
They had also come to understand a truth: above the cloud-crowned firmament lay the Sea of Dao, above the Sea of Dao lay other regions, and beneath the clouds in the lower realm lay earthly territories. The world was boundlessly vast, and powerful beings were endless. They could only hold reverence in their