After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

"My husband..."

She murmured softly, and the world before her eyes began to blur.

My body fell downwards like a leaf.

The wind whistled in her ears, and her consciousness grew increasingly hazy.

-

Below, in the dense forest.

Lin Fengmian sensed something was wrong immediately.

He ripped off the disguise he was using to conceal his presence and made a hand seal.

Five flying swords emerged one after another from within his dantian!

The Little Heavenly Gang Sword, the Shadow Sword, the Golden Edge Sword, and the two spirit swords later seized in the secret realm—five streams of light lined up in front of him, their sword energy crisscrossing!

"White Light Sword Escape!"

Lin Fengmian gave a low shout, and the five flying swords simultaneously emitted a dazzling white light, enveloping his entire body!

next moment--

He transformed into a beam of white light and soared into the sky!

It was incredibly fast, leaving a long white trail in the air!

-

midair.

Nangong Li's body was falling rapidly.

The wind howled, and her dress fluttered in the wind.

She clung to her last shred of consciousness, trying to harness the little spiritual power remaining in her body—

But he found that he couldn't even raise his hand.

"Fengmian..."

She murmured softly, a tear sliding down her cheek.

Just as she was about to fall into the dense forest below—

A white light streaked past from the side!

Lin Fengmian appeared beside her, stretched out his hands, and caught her steadily, holding her horizontally in his arms.

The impact sent the two tumbling through the air several times. Lin Fengmian struggled to regain his balance, stepped onto his flying sword, and slowly descended.

"Li'er! Li'er!"

Lin Fengmian looked down at the person in his arms, his voice tinged with anxiety.

Nangong Li's face was as pale as paper, the mark between his eyebrows had completely faded, and he was so weak that he looked as if he would break at the slightest breeze.

She slowly opened her eyes, and those usually cold and aloof peach blossom eyes were now filled with exhaustion.

When her gaze met Lin Fengmian's familiar face, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a weak smile.

"Husband... thankfully I arrived in time..."

Her voice was as soft as the wind, intermittent.

"Otherwise...otherwise you'll be in danger..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Fengmian felt as if an invisible hand had gripped his heart tightly, causing him so much pain that he could barely breathe.

This woman—

To save him, he forcibly broke through the seal and withstood the combined attack of a fake Nascent Soul Realm expert and sixteen Core Formation cultivators.

Even now, so weak, his first words were still—

Luckily, I arrived in time.

"Li'er, don't speak. I'll take you back to heal your wounds."

Lin Fengmian's voice trembled, and he tightened his arms around her.

He was just about to fly away on his sword—

"Boom—!"

A deep rumble of thunder exploded from the depths of the sky!

That sound was different from the previous heavenly tribulation thunder.

It was even deeper and more vast, as if the entire world was trembling!

Lin Fengmian was startled and looked up.

The once clear sky suddenly darkened.

It's not that dark clouds are obscuring the sun—

Instead, the entire sky began to distort!

An indescribable aura of terror poured down from the heavens!

That aura—

Magnificent, vast, and boundless!

It's like coming from another world!

Lin Fengmian felt the spiritual energy within his body begin to surge uncontrollably, making even breathing difficult.

And in that sky—

A huge crack is slowly opening!

The crack stretched across the sky for tens of miles!

Lightning flashed at the edges, emitting a rainbow of colors!

Within the crack lay a chaotic void, its depths indistinct, only a vague sense of its depth could be perceived—

Something is coming out of that crack!

-

at the same time.

The entire Qingzhou.

Even the entire southern Xinjiang region.

Countless Nascent Soul stage monsters who had been dormant for many years opened their eyes at the same moment!

Deep in Qingxuan Mountain.

An elderly man with white hair, who had been sitting in meditation for countless years, suddenly opened his eyes, and a terrifying glint flashed in his cloudy eyes!

He flashed and appeared directly in the void above the mountaintop, staring intently at the crack in the sky, his voice trembling:

"This...this is the aura of the spirit world!"

"Someone is ascending to heaven?!"

"No—that's not right! No one in this world has ascended to immortality for nearly a thousand years!"

"This is the aura of the spirit world! It's from above! Someone up there has opened a passage!"

The ancestral home of the Zhao family, the Beast Tamers.

True Lord Lieshan burst out of his secluded retreat, his hair disheveled, his eyes filled with wild joy and disbelief:

"The opportunity for ascension! I sensed the opportunity for ascension!"

"This aura—there's absolutely no mistake!"

Phoenix Valley.

Feng Meiniang stood barefoot in the void, her palace attire still untied, revealing large expanses of her snow-white skin.

But she couldn't care less about any of that at the moment; she was just staring intently at the crack in the sky, her beautiful eyes gleaming with a strange light.

"A passage to the spirit world... Someone actually opened a passage to the spirit world..."

"Just what level of cultivation does that being possess...?"

A terrifying aura is awakening throughout the southern border regions.

Streams of divine sense traveled thousands of miles, converging towards the direction of the crack.

Those ancient monsters who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years were now greedily sensing the aura from the spirit world, as if on a pilgrimage.

-

And this moment.

Within that crack.

A figure slowly walked out.

It was an old man dressed in a gray robe.

His face was thin and his beard and hair were all white, and he exuded an aura of transcendence.

He stood there in the void, as if he had merged with heaven and earth.

Even though he was just standing there quietly, he gave people a sense of—

He felt like the center of this world.

The old man's gaze swept across the crowd below, carrying a hint of contempt and indifference.

His divine sense was like a vast net, instantly covering an area of ​​thousands of miles.

The next moment—

His gaze was fixed on Nangong Li, who was in Lin Fengmian's arms.

"Found it."

The old man's lips curled up slightly.

He took a step forward—

Shrinking the earth to an inch!

Even though they were still thousands of miles away, in a single step, they appeared right in front of Lin Fengmian and Nangong Li!

Lin Fengmian only felt a blur before his eyes, and a figure in a gray robe appeared out of thin air.

He didn't even see how the other person got there.

Like teleportation.

Do not--

This is teleportation.

Moreover, it was much easier and more unhurried than the teleportation of the previous Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

Alarm bells rang in Lin Fengmian's mind, and he subconsciously took a few steps back while holding Nangong Li.

The old man didn't even glance at him.

Those cloudy yet deep eyes were fixed on Nangong Li, filled with excitement and joy.

"Miss Nangong—"

The old man's voice trembled, filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"We've finally found you!"

"This old servant has been ordered by the city lord to bring the young lady back to her clan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he bowed deeply, adopting an extremely humble posture.

Upon hearing this, Lin Fengmian's heart sank.

He looked down at Nangong Li in his arms.

There was little surprise on Nangong Li's face.