Baize tilted her head slightly.

She still remembered that when she last left Earth, Ruan Tang's boundary was only Nascent Soul Realm.

In just a little over a month, she reached the pinnacle of Divine Bridge Realm. Such terrifying cultivation talent, even in their youth, those in the Emperor Realm couldn't compare.

"It fused."

At this moment, Senior Sister Yu Guiwan felt a tightness in her heart.

Three pearls of varying colors fused into the No Righteous Sword. In an instant, seven beams of light shot straight into the sky, resonating vaguely with the light curtain at the end of the White Jade Stairway.

"Not good!"

Baize silently cursed, quickly using her boundary to conceal the seven beams of light. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Her reaction was swift, but still too slow.

Just now.

Baize sensed at least six strands of divine sense tracing the light toward the domain of the old Heavenly Court sect gate.

And this didn't include the Emperor Realm divine senses she might not have detected!

It's possible.

Tiangui Yuan Yin might have already noticed the area.

Baize deployed a Sky-Shrouding Formation personally crafted by The Supreme Emperor, enveloping the Heavenly Court sect gate; she had improved the formation.

It not only conceals the heavenly secrets, but alerts when divine sense of Quasi-Emperor Realm and above are watching nearby.

Baize once tested it with The Supreme Emperor, and the results were very effective.

After waiting for a long time, the Sky-Shrouding Formation didn't change, and Baize breathed a sigh of relief, as Tiangui seemed to have not been watching just now.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Lan asked, nervously.

"Nothing."

Baize shook her head, looking at the No Righteous Sword.

The light stopped flickering and began to withdraw.

The red, blue, white, orange, purple, and green dots of light happily flowed within the blade of the No Righteous Sword, like old friends reuniting after years.

"What should we do next?" Ruan Tang asked.

"Wait."

Baize frowned.

She didn't expect that the call of the three pearls would actually allow the No Righteous Sword to break free from the constraints of the domain space.

And she hadn't expected the No Righteous Sword to emit a glow, as if resonating with the light curtain formed by the Three Realm Gates.

No.

Perhaps it was also resonating with something on the other side of the light curtain.

Like some item, or perhaps... the beings of The Other Shore.

"The coffin of Emperor Wanyun is a relic from The Other Shore, preserving a strand of Emperor Wanyun's divine soul, yet it does not perish; could the No Righteous Sword have protected Qingfeng too?"

Senior Sister asked with a hint of hope.

As soon as she spoke, everyone's gaze spontaneously turned to Baize, a reflexive instinct.

"The few from the Nine Kings' Palace are much stronger than The Supreme Emperor. If what Senior Sister said is true, and they hold relics from The Other Shore in their hands, do you think they could also have survived?"

Baize countered.

Yu Guiwan hesitated, and eventually shook her head.

"It is human nature; people always choose to believe what they wish to believe."

Baize paused, continued, "I prefer to believe that The Supreme Emperor and those from the Nine Kings' Palace all perished under the Karmic Tribulation, otherwise even the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth could not harm Ji Ming and others in the Emperor Realm, as even the strongest Tiangui of the First Era... who could judge them?"

Qingfeng Sword secretly nodded, indeed, it made sense.

Xu Yiyi, who had remained silent all along, ran to the tomb, knocked on the tombstone, and softly asked:

"Dad, are you there? Yiyi misses you. Auntie always bullies Ping'an, and I can't stop her; hurry and wake up to help Auntie..."

"???

Ruan Lan frowned deeply.

The niece really can't say something useful? At such a time, she's still tattling.

"Then what?"

Ruan Tang ignored her younger sister and daughter, and looked towards Baize.

"Wait."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait for the other two pearls... no, the other two keys to come seek us out, which should be soon."

"We."

Ruan Tang asked, "Aren't you going back to the Heavenly Court?"

"Yes."

Baize stated, "I'll leave behind an avatar, asleep for now, and awaken me should any situation arise."

"Okay."

Baize departed.

The avatar left behind was identical to her true self.

It stirred envy in Ruan Lan, who continually touched and examined it, asking, "Senior Sister, at what boundary can you cultivate such a realistic avatar?"

"You can cultivate it at the Immortal Venerable Realm. To achieve small success, you need the Quasi-Emperor Realm; for major success... you need the Emperor Realm."

Yu Guiwan spoke.

Baize's Divine General could actually leave a small portion of divine soul allowing this avatar to freely act and think, but the price would be that the main body wouldn't be fully focused on Heavenly Court affairs.

Given Baize's boundary.

She couldn't yet make the avatar a fully independent entity.

However, Baize couldn't afford even the slightest distraction at this moment, hence letting the avatar sleep.

"Make any more trouble, and you'll return to Earth." Ruan Tang frowned.

Ruan Lan withdrew her hand instantly, muttering gloomily, "I apologize, I'm sorry."

"It's nothing."

Baize's avatar spoke up.

Ruan Lan jumped in surprise, "You... weren't you asleep? Could it be that you've been possessed!"

"Testing the avatar while en route."

"..."

Ruan Lan's earlier thought of taking the avatar back to her room was now completely quashed.

As Baize could suddenly control the avatar and stare straight at you in the middle of the night...

Just imagining it.

Ruan Lan's skin crawled with goosebumps, and she quickly pulled Xu Yiyi away from the tombstone, running off:

"Yiyi, Auntie knows you're afraid; from now on, I'll hold you while you sleep."

On the other side.

Ruan Tang gave a slight bow, "Senior Sister, I'll head back to cultivate now."

Yu Guiwan understood that the departure of Little Junior Brother dealt a heavy blow to Ruan Tang.

Had it been Ruan Lan or Yiyi and Ping'an, Yu Guiwan would hope they strive in cultivation daily.

But Ruan Tang's boundary improved so quickly that it surpassed Yu Guiwan's understanding over the years, always feeling there might be risk.

After hesitating.

She still gently advised, "Junior Sister, Qingfeng is gone, but you must take care of your health, and raise Yiyi and Ping'an well."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister." Ruan Tang nodded.

"Alas."

As she watched Ruan Tang return to her room and shut the door, Yu Guiwan showed a worried expression; Qingfeng Sword calmly said:

"Don't worry, unless she wants to consume the Immortal Fruit to resurrect Xu Qingfeng, reaching the Immortal Venerable Realm is a long journey, she won't overexert herself for now."

"Is that so?"

Yu Guiwan exclaimed in surprise.

Cultivating to the Immortal Venerable Realm meant years of effort.

But given Ruan Tang's day and night cultivation pace, she might just need three years to enter the Immortal Venerable Realm.

No.

She could achieve it in just a year.

Doesn't this imply that a year later, Ruan Tang will still head towards her little junior brother's death, in a desperate attempt flying towards the White Jade Stairway like a moth to a flame?

"Little Junior Brother..."

Yu Guiwan sat by the tomb, gently tracing the five words 'Xu Qingfeng's Tomb.' "

The script was familiar yet scribbled, penned by Xu Lai in his lifetime.

Including the epitaphs of the master and two junior brothers, and hers as the senior sister, all in Xu Lai's handwriting.

In the Immortal Domain, where Xu Lai's written words are worth thousands of gold, they became the tombstones of the Heavenly Court sect gate.

If the master and two junior brothers were alive, how happy they would be.

Yet as the sect's senior sister, she hadn't been able to protect Little Junior Brother...

Yu Guiwan felt a twinge of regret lifting her head, only to notice the No Righteous Sword hovering mid-air, undergoing new mutation.