"Hiss—"
Hearing this, Qi Tianhe couldn't help but gasp, his eyes already wide with shock.
A mere cultivator at the Combined Body realm... could actually unleash sword techniques that surpassed that level...
If these words came from anyone else, Qi Tianhe would have slapped him eighteen times on the spot, beating him so badly his parents wouldn't recognize him.
It was an utterly impossible feat.
However.
When these words were spoken by Ji Xianxuan, the Palace Master of Xuanyuan Palace, there was no reason to doubt them.
"This, this..."
After a long while, Qi Tianhe finally regained some composure.
But his eyes were filled with a deep, lingering shock.
"You said..."
Ji Xianxuan, recalling what Qi Tianhe had said earlier, asked, "Bai Zihe once disappeared for half an hour and then reappeared out of nowhere?"
"Yes."
Qi Tianhe pointed to a spot below, where Penglai Immortal Mountain was located. "It was in that very spot. My divine sense detected no anomalies, yet Bai Zihe vanished before my very eyes and then reappeared..."
This was something Qi Tianhe had been unable to figure out.
"And..."
"When he reappeared, he should have detected me."
Ji Xianxuan remained silent, her brows furrowed even deeper, clearly lost in thought.
"Palace Master..."
Qi Tianhe couldn't help but want to ask.
However.
The next moment, Ji Xianxuan transformed into a stream of light and vanished into the sky.
Qi Tianhe's face followed her.
"Whoosh..."
Moments later.
In the area of Penglai Immortal Island, Ji Xianxuan stopped in mid-air.
"Is it here?"
"Yes."
After confirming, Qi Tianhe nodded.
"Buzz..."
A powerful divine sense instantly enveloped this part of the world.
In an instant, a majestic aura descended, eclipsing the sun and submerging the sea. Ji Xianxuan was the sole ruler at this moment.
"The Palace Master has grown even stronger..."
Qi Tianhe couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
With such power...
Even if she were to undergo tribulation now, there would be no suspense, right?
"Buzz..."
A vast and mighty aura swept forth.
Ji Xianxuan was using her potent true essence, in a unique manner, to investigate the anomalies here.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ji Xianxuan's brow twitched slightly.
She had discovered something unusual.
Although she didn't know what exactly was here.
Ji Xianxuan's cultivation was, after all, that of an immortal. While she couldn't decipher this immortal method, she could still recognize it.
This place...
Was a true blessed land of immortals, albeit one where an immortal's great divine power had concealed everything, making it undetectable by cultivators like Qi Tianhe.
Qi Tianhe's heart stirred involuntarily.
"Junior Ji Xianxuan..."
Ji Xianxuan cupped her fists respectfully towards Penglai Immortal Mountain and said, "I request an audience with the immortal venerable!"
"Whoosh..."
As Ji Xianxuan's words fell, a door suddenly appeared in the void before them.
Through the door...
Was the Penglai Immortal Mountain that Bai Zihe had seen.
Abruptly.
Radiant light erupted, and the plants and trees began to glow.
It was truly suffused with immortal energy and auspiciousness, evoking boundless yearning in one's heart.
"This..."
"The legendary immortal island?"
Qi Tianhe's eyes widened, and he was once again struck with awe.
What he had experienced today...
Was more absurd and heart-stopping than everything he had experienced in the past hundred years.
A flicker of understanding flashed across Ji Xianxuan's face.
"No destined encounter, no fitting opportunity."
"Go back."
A vast and ancient voice echoed from within, that of the Penglai Immortal.
As the voice faded,
The door also closed.
The various phenomena and immortal light that had just emerged vanished instantly, causing no small amount of regret.
Ji Xianxuan's expression froze, but she could do nothing.
In the mortal world of Great Xia.
She might have already stood at the pinnacle.
However, before true immortals, especially those of legend, she hadn't even touched the threshold.
No destined encounter, no fitting opportunity...
Ji Xianxuan shook her head, her thoughts retracting.
Qi Tianhe asked again, "Palace Master, what should we do now?"
"I will go and see Bai Zihe."
Ji Xianxuan pondered for a moment, left this sentence, and vanished from the spot.
An unknown island.
Bai Zihe's sword strike had caused such a commotion that Zhuge Sheng, Yin Linna, and the others all came to investigate.
Seeing Bai Zihe, who was on the verge of exhaustion and could only lean on the Heaven Punishing Sword to sit, they all gathered around.
"Young Master, what happened..."
The last remaining expert of the侠盗神偷 (Rogue Thief) was about to ask, but was interrupted by Zhuge Sheng.
"Brother Bai needs to rest now. Do not disturb him."
He could tell.
Bai Zihe's current condition was exactly the same as when they were at Dragon Island, in the Lava Mountain Range. He must have used that move.
It was just that he couldn't understand.
On this small island...
What could possibly be worth Bai Zihe risking everything to use that move to confront.
"Whoosh—"
Just then, a stream of light appeared and settled before them.
It was Ji Xianxuan.
As she appeared, everyone instinctively took half a step back.
In this dim cave.
Ji Xianxuan glided through the air, carrying an unparalleled immortal aura, like a beam of light in the darkness, making everyone else instantly dim.
She was the sole brilliance at this moment.
To the extent that.
Everyone, in an instant, lost their thoughts, becoming entranced.
"Swish!"
Ji Xianxuan took a step forward, and everyone subconsciously retreated two steps, as if obstructing her path was a great disrespect.
And all of this...
Was merely subconscious behavior, without any coercion.
Zhuge Sheng's heart was already churning with immense waves.
This woman...
Her aura and presence alone were already so astonishing, reaching a level that was frightening and awe-inspiring, like an immortal.
Was she...
Truly a person of this world?
Or a celestial maiden descending from the nine heavens?
"You..."
Zhuge Sheng, seeing her walk step by step towards Bai Zihe, finally mustered immense resolve to block her path, staring fixedly at her, and said hoarsely, "Who... are you!"
"What... do you... want... to do?"
Just speaking these two sentences.
Zhuge Sheng was already sweating profusely, as if he had used up all his strength.
"You are..."
"The Emperor of Great Xia, Zhuge Sheng?"
Ji Xianxuan glanced at him and said indifferently.
"Yes!"
Zhuge Sheng nodded subconsciously in response. After doing so, he realized, his shock only deepened, reaching an unimaginable level.
"Then you should recognize this."
Saying this.
Without any visible action, Ji Xianxuan produced a jade tablet in her hand.
Zhuge Sheng's eyes widened again as he looked at it.
Then.
He also took out a jade tablet from his embrace.
However...
Compared to the jade tablet in Ji Xianxuan's hand, the one he held was like a firefly to the bright moon, a drop of water to the sea.
The two were in no way comparable.
Yet, Zhuge Sheng, in an instant, understood her identity.