The situation with the Hundred Flowers Palace was resolved by the time the sun set. The hundred flowers had been dismissed, and were already long gone, pursuing their collective dream.0

But the fox maiden... was still around. She was now an apprentice of Gongsun Qingmu, and thus had an identity medallion from the Scourgebolt Palace. What was more, she would soon be the palace lord of the Hundred Flowers Palace.0

With those dual identities, Starfire was very close to accomplishing hēr goal. As of now, shē was free to come and go as shē pleased at Young Aurora Hall. As an official cultivator of the immortal palace, it was nothing out of the ordinary for hēr to pay a visit if shē wanted, unless Xu Qing expressly forbade it.0

Considering shē was an old friend of Young Lord Aurora, the only thing Immortal Fairy Spirit Phoenix could do now was flick her sleeve and stalk off. She seemed angry, but that was only half-real. The half of it that was real came because of the things the fox maiden had said to her. The other half was an act for the sake of the agreement she had made with Fourth True Monarch. It was business, nothing more.1

Regardless of how things worked out, thanks to that agreement, she was now under the protection of Fourth True Monarch. As for whether or not Fourth True Monarch got what he wanted out of the deal, that didn’t really have anything to do with her.0

In the guise of Fourth True Monarch was Sir Star Ring, who briefly pulsed with a dangerous aura before saying a few random words and leaving Young Aurora Hall. He was planning to temporarily refrain from doing anything further regarding...0