A faint groan escaped his lips as Ling Feng slowly opened his eyes. Firelight flickered before him, hazy and wavering.0 He lifted a hand, trying to recall everything that had happened before he lost consciousness.0 The final frenzy. The last eruption of power. The desperate clash with the Nine Emperors. The strike that felled the Red Dragon Envoy...0 One memory after another surged through his mind, and at last they all blended into a single unforgettable face.0 Ling Feng jolted upright. He remembered now. In that final moment before darkness swallowed him, Mu Qianxue had stepped in front of him with her fragile body.0 But how could she possibly have resisted those Demon Emperors and Demon Rulers with her strength?0 His eyes darted about the room. This was no hellscape but a dim chamber faintly lit by fire. He himself was lying neatly on a crude wooden bed.0 Ling Feng stared at his hands in disbelief. He remembered the terrible wounds that had torn him apart, every inch of flesh battered and scarred. Yet now there was no trace left. Not a single wound, not even the faintest scar.0 "Could this be a dream?"0 He pressed his temples lightly. He was certain he had endured that brutal battle, so why was he still alive?0 He tested his inner breath. His cultivation had settled at the first level of the Spiritual Element Realm. It was far below the peak ninth-level he had forcefully reached with the four Essence Blood Pearls, but still no small achievement.0 More importantly, after using Chaotic Rebirth, his cultivation should have fallen by an entire realm. Yet he still possessed the first level of the Spiritual Element Realm.0 Clearly someone had intervened. Someone had helped him breakthrough, someone had healed his wounds.0 And there was something else. Flowing within his body was a new bloodline power, gentle and warm, yet not his own!0 But where was Qianxue?0 Ling Feng searched the room with frantic eyes. She was nowhere to be seen.0 The door creaked open. A graceful figure stepped inside.0 His heart leapt, but when he turned, it was not Mu Qianxue he saw. It was the Purple Dragon Envoy, Bai Su.0 "Hall Master…"0 Check latest chapters at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩 A shadow of disappointment clouded his eyes.0 "It is me," Bai Su said as she approached, her gaze sweeping over him before she allowed herself a small smile. "You have recovered well."0 Ling Feng rose quickly to bow. "Hall Master, was it you who saved me?"0 "No. I do not have that ability." Her smile was tinged with bitterness. Before the Canglong Demon Ruler, she had held no authority at all.0 "Then who was it? And Qianxue… Ye Xue. Where is she?"0 "She was the one who saved you," Bai Su answered softly.0 "She?" Ling Feng's eyes brightened, his voice urgent. "Then she—"0 Bai Su sighed softly. "It was she who saved you. But she left one message. From this day on, live as if you had never met her. Do not think of her again."0 "That is impossible! How could I pretend we had never met?"0 His fists clenched. At the edge of death, she had thrown herself before him without hesitation. Even a heart of steel would have been moved. His was not made of steel to begin with.0 "Tell me what actually happened!"0 His eyes burned as he faced Bai Su, his teeth gritted. "Hall Master, I beg you, you have to tell me everything!"0 "I knew you would ask."0 Bai Su shook her head and drew a long breath before she spoke. "Very well. But after you hear it, I urge you to follow her wish. Return to the Tianbai Empire and live in peace as its general. The Silver Wolf Demon Emperor is dead. The Silver Wolf Clan is in disarray, and the wars at your borders will soon fade."0 "Please tell me everything," Ling Feng said firmly. He had to know.0 Once, it was not that he lacked gentleness. He had only buried his heart beneath too many burdens. 1 But when Mu Qianxue had thrown away her life to protect him, he could no longer deny the truth. She had already carved a place within him.0 As Bai Su recounted the past, Ling Feng finally understood. That ragged girl who once carried a black cat had in fact borne a peerless identity.0 She belonged to the divine race!0 A figure so exalted that even Canglong Sanctum revered her!0 "She carries her own mission. That is why she had no choice but to leave you," Bai Su said. She studied him quietly. "Long Fei. I am used to calling you by that name. You are indeed extraordinary, a genius unmatched among humans and demons. Yet the Divine Clan is not the same as us. You and she are from different worlds. Forgetting her would be best, both for her and for you."0 Ling Feng drew in a long breath. Once, he had chosen to run from his feelings. Now he wanted nothing more than to stand before Mu Qianxue and draw her into his arms.1 So what if she belonged to the divine race?0 He was the child of the Heavenly Dao. He was born of the strongest race between heaven and earth!1 "Thank you, Hall Master, for telling me the truth. I understand now. I know what I must do."0 His fists tightened. Nothing would stop him!0 Bai Su sighed. From the look in his eyes, she knew he would not follow her advice. He would go after Mu Qianxue no matter what. At least it proved that her feelings was not misplaced.0 He was, above all, a man who valued loyalty and love.0 "Hall Master, do you know where the Jiuli Divine Clan resides?" Ling Feng asked quietly.0 "I do not know much," Bai Su replied. "But I have heard their divine altar lies within the Zhongyuan Region."0 "The Zhongyuan Region…"0 Ling Feng nodded. The Xuanling Continent was divided into five great regions: The Zhongyuan Region, Nanwu Region, Xijian Region, Beihan Region, and Dongling Region[1].0 Among them, the Zhongyuan Region was the strongest. It was only natural for a transcendent force like the Jiuli Divine Clan to be established there.0 Even so, whether they were hidden in the Zhongyuan Region, the Immortal Domain, or the Divine Domain itself, nothing would stop Ling Feng from finding Mu Qianxue.0 Of course, with his current strength, he could do nothing even if he did find her.0 That did not matter. He would never give up. He was the child of the Heavenly Dao, born with a gift greater than the so-called divine race.0 One day, he would unravel the secret of the Divine Desolation Treasure Box. To do so, he would have to cross the entire continent. Zhongyuan Region would be the final destination of that path.0 Until then, he had only one task.0 He had to become stronger!0 Only with absolute power could he seize his destiny in his own hands!0