Liu Wuxie had kept his calm through nine trials, whether he stood before the Jianmu Star's planet lord or the elders of the Divine Alchemy Sect. Yet when three new figures blocked his path, a rare shadow crossed his face, and his face turned grim.0

"What's the Lingqiong Clan doing here?" Chi Heng asked, staring in shock. The last three trials had been decided by drawing lots, and the final trial should have fallen to the Profound Azure Gate. How had that lot ended up in the Lingqiong Clan's hands instead?0

The nearby elders of the Heavenly Dragon Sect all turned toward their sect master, waiting to see how he would respond, while the surrounding guests exchanged strange looks. Everyone in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain knew about the rift between the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Lingqiong Clan.0

Lingqiong Zhi remained seated where he was without moving, and the three people standing in Liu Wuxie's way were also members of the Lingqiong Clan. 0

The one in the lead was Ling Qiong—a man Liu Wuxie knew all too well. Back in the True Martial Star, they had crossed paths many times, and Liu Wuxie had even shattered his physical body.0

Afterward, a wisp of Ling Qiong's remnant soul fled back to the Indigo Bamboo Astral...0