This side story is a speculative future based on the Heaven Expanding Profound Talisman, beginning with the Northern-Southern conflict.5

"Profound Thunder."0

Silver-white mist drifted amidst the darkness as long cyan-white plumes fluttered lightly. A bluish-purple glow streamed down from the white robe of a young woman and scattered along the hem of her skirt into the dark clouds.0

She looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with a delicate nose and misty purple eyes. Purple and white lightning coiled around her, illuminating a breathtaking beauty.0

"Long Profound Heavenly Lightning Talisman is already seventy percent spent… The summoned thunder is becoming even more powerful…"0

Li Qinghong had just slain Xi Zikang and watched the young man collapse at her feet, her expression somewhat complex. The entire formation was channeling the lightning from the Long Profound Heavenly Lightning Talisman into her, and her footwork technique-infused body was nearly coalescing into...0