Published: February 26, 2025
Hu Yan Zhang laughed heartily, "Then it's settled. After we promote to the great perfection of the dao ancestor realm, we will attack the Southern Divine Domain!"
After saying this, Hu Yan Zhang looked at the four grand marshals and said, "After the banquet, you should also enter seclusion to increase your strength!"
...
A year later, Hu Yan Zhang led the high priest and the guardian saint elder back to the Elysium Sect within the Western Continent Mountain Range to enter seclusion...
At the same time.
A red beam of light flew swiftly through the sky above the Western Continent Divine Sea. An hour later, it transformed into a red-skirted, masked girl, standing in mid-air at the edge of the ravaged Heavenly Gate Divine Island.
The girl had a slender figure, with curves in all the right places, a small waist that seemed too delicate to grasp, and a pair of beautiful eyes gazing down at the Heavenly Gate Divine Island, revealing a look of sadness and longing.
The red-skirted girl was none other than Fang Zixi!
Suddenly, Fang Zixi raised her brows, sensing the presence of thousands of dao emperor realm auras sweeping past her.
At this moment, the thousands of generals lurking in the sea surrounding the Heavenly Gate Divine Island were terrified when they found they couldn't discern the masked girl's realm, each secretly wondering if she was a remnant of the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace.
As the generals hesitated to surface, Fang Zixi's icy voice clearly reached their ears and the ears of hundreds of thousands of divine soldiers, "I am not from the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace."
"I am a friend of the Marquis of Divine Valor, and I have come today to find the Marquis of Divine Valor."
Upon hearing this, the generals finally breathed a sigh of relief. The leading general transmitted, "Junior has met the elder. I was ordered by the Marquis of Divine Valor to lurk in the water and wait for the remnants of the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace to take the bait, so I will not surface. Please do not hold it against me, elder."
"It’s fine." Fang Zixi transmitted, "Where is the Marquis of Divine Valor?"
"Reporting to the elder, the marquis has been lurking within the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace." The general truthfully transmitted.
"I understand now." After transmitting, Fang Zixi's skirt fluttered as she swiftly traversed the vast Sea of Clouds, only stopping when she reached the ruins of the Mountain Gate. She gazed at the massive void created after the destruction of the space-time gate, her heart aching, "Hu Yan Zhang, Western Continent Emperor, you destroyed my Mountain Gate and slaughtered my palace, I, Fang Zixi, will definitely make you pay a heavy price!"
Filled with deep sorrow and anger, Fang Zixi flew into the dark void.
Almost simultaneously, at the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, within the Tower of Longing for the Lord standing amidst the ruins, Tan Yun sat cross-legged. He suddenly opened his eyes, sensing someone approaching the barrier at the entrance of the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, and immediately transmitted to all the women inside the Tower:
"Someone is coming, stay inside the tower and do not go out."
After transmitting, Tan Yun vanished from the cultivation room, appearing outside in the ruins, looking up at the void.
"Buzz—"
Tan Yun waved his right arm, dispelling the barrier, and said in a deep voice, "Who goes there?"
As Fang Zixi was about to fly out of the void, she heard the voice she had longed to hear even in her dreams. Her delicate body trembled, and her beautiful eyes grew misty. Concerned that there might still be others in the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, she deliberately altered her voice, "Marquis of Divine Valor, it’s been many years, I hope you are well."
Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Tan Yun raised an eyebrow, and soon saw a red-skirted woman flying into the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace, landing gracefully before him.
"Who are you?" Tan Yun asked.
Fang Zixi did not answer immediately but instead asked, "Marquis of Divine Valor, are there any others here?"