Everyone had come to fulfill the seven-year promise. They did not gather in the hamlet for fear of disturbing the villagers. Instead, they gathered at a hill not far away. Duo Ji had left seclusion as well. After several days of closed meditation, he had regrown his severed arms and reforged his bones. It was as though he had been granted a new body. He looked more than 10 years younger, and his aura reached the very peak of his cultivation realm.

When Little Guo Po saw the recovered Duo Ji, hope was reignited in his eyes, and his trust in Xiang Shaoyun reached an unconditional level. 

Xiang Shaoyun swept his gaze past everyone present before saying, "Today, I gather...