Just as Jadelight Sword hesitated over whether she should wait, the void trembled and the world split open. Six figures appeared. Li Hao was inscrutable, but presences billowed from the others.0

Jadelight Sword raised an eyebrow. They’d all set foot into Sun and Moon! That was too fast! Even she had only barely managed to cross into that cultivation level, and she'd been with Yuan Shuo before and received quite a lot of benefits for it. She’d also been present for each instance of closed door cultivation, apart from the ten that visited Earthflare. Despite all those advantages, she was only just at Sun and Moon.0

“Martial Uncle Hong.” Li Hao smiled faintly and looked at Wu Hongshan. “What brings you here today?”5

He was much more affable when facing her. His teacher had brought Jadelight Sword with him everywhere before; everyone was well aware of what Yuan Shuo thought about Wu Hongshan. The old man hadn’t had a chance to speak of it before he was gone.0

And now, Li Hao wasn’t at liberty to speak of it. But his gesture of giving the northern commander position to Wu Hongshan was laden with a great deal of meaning.0

Wu...0