Yun Che slowly descended from the sky. He could already feel a familiar aura approaching him right as he touched down on Glazed Light Realm’s soil.

“Big Brother Yun Che!”

A sweet cry of pleasant surprise cut through the air as Shui Meiyin descended from the sky like a lithe black butterfly. “It really is you! Why have you come back all of a sudden? Did you miss me that much?”

She was just about to glomp onto Yun Che when she noticed his disoriented aura and expression. Her smile quickly disappeared as she asked worriedly, “What’s wrong, Big Brother Yun Che? Did something happen?”

Her spiritual perception swept through the area before she asked again, “Where is Wuxin?”

“Meiyin,” he stared straight into Shui Meiyin’s pitch black pupils, “was Xia Qingyue the one who gave you the World Piercer!?”

The sudden question smacked into Shui Meiyin’s face with the force of a blunt hammer, stunning her temporarily.

However, instead of the panic Yun Che had expected to see surfacing from Shui Meiyin’s eyes, he saw only natural astonishment and puzzlement.

“Uh… huh?” She tilted her head slightly in confusion. “The World Piercer… Xia Qingyue? I don’t understand what you mean? The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor was the one who gave me the World Piercer. How could it be Xia Qingyue? Why are you asking such a strange question, Big Brother Yun Che?”

He had caught her completely by surprise, but he couldn’t find anything out of the ordinary in her eyes or her expression.

If she was someone else, Yun Che’s suspicion might have faded for the most part.

Unfortunately, she was Shui Meiyin, owner of the Divine Stainless Soul.

He shifted his gaze away from Shui Meiyin’s eyes and toward the horizon. Then, he said in a calm tone,...