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Chen Xun reacted quickly, instinctively taking two steps back. To outsiders, it looked as though he had foreseen it in advance, faster than thought itself.
Those snowy white jade hands grasped at empty air.
"Chen Xun!" Yu Xuan's eyes flew open as she cried out with all her strength, disbelief seemingly still lingering in them.
"Yu Xuan." Chen Xun smiled and nodded, studying her deeply. Whether it was her bearing, attire, or anything else, she had changed greatly. She was no longer that junior disciple of the Jade Terrace Immortal Palace from that year.
Yu Xuan also studied Chen Xun closely. "How could you arrive here in an instant...?"
"I happened to be passing through on business." Chen Xun's gaze became somewhat solemn. "This battle is the Great Reckoning War of the Boundless Immortal Domain. I cannot involve myself too deeply, and I do not know the full story behind their grievances."
"We haven't met in many years, yet you've changed." Yu Xuan suddenly smiled. "You've become more like an immortal."
"Hehe."
Chen Xun smiled noncommittally. "Come with me. Go to the Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains. It is a pure land of cultivation, and even if unrest breaks out there, it will remain within my control."
Off to the side.
The few surviving Dao Palace immortals cupped their fists toward Chen Xun with dejected expressions, their eyes filled with respect. Inwardly, they also envied the relationship between their Senior Sister and the Dao Ancestor. She had actually brought this man here in person.
...It truly reached the heavens.
Hearing this, a trace of gloom flashed through Yu Xuan's eyes. "Chen Xun, I failed to protect that heaven-defying genius you favored."
The Overlord Clan's majesty shone over the Three Thousand Immortal Territories. As the races gathered in surging tides,