Chapter 697: All is Quie (2/2)

Even though he didn’t know what changes a Qi warrior would go through by advancing from the Worldly realm to the Profound realm, he knew that only Qi warriors at the Profound realm or higher would be able to travel in the air without air-transportation spiritual tools.

The fact that Li Langfeng had sped through the sky to this place showed that he had entered the Profound realm.

After landing in front of Nie Tian, Li Langfeng said respectfully, “This is all thanks to you.”

As soon as he uttered these words, his eyes grew wide as he stared blankly at Nie Tian. Then, a smile appeared on his face as he said, “Congratulations, Nie Tian.”

Obviously, he noticed that Nie Tian had entered the Worldly realm.

“How come you’re here?” Nie Tian asked curiously.

“I had nowhere to be. I learned from senior Zhen that you had come to this region, so I came here to wait for you.” Li Langfeng’s face grew grim as he added, “Before, the only meaning of my life was to avenge my family. But now, as the Spirit God Sect and the Poison Sect were eliminated, all of my enemies have died.

“Now that they’re dead, I’ve had my revenge in a sense, but I don’t feel like it, since I didn’t get to slay them myself.”

Nie Tian let out a sigh, not knowing how to comfort him.

Li Langfeng practiced poisonous incantations at the price of his lifespan. All he had wanted was to avenge his family.

However, just as he was about to gain the ability to do so, the Lei Clan had eliminated the Spirit God Sect, the Poison Sect, and the Flame God Sect from their realms.

It appeared that the Lei Clan had done Li Langfeng a favor, but they actually made his lifetime effort seem meaningless.

“What do you intend to do from now on?” Nie Tian asked.

“My life is yours. I’ll do whatever you want me to until the day I die,” Li Langfeng said with a sincere expression. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be standing here today. In fact, I made a decision six months ago in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation that if you get killed by the Lei Clan, I would make avenging you and looking after the Nie Clan my lifetime goals.

“However...” He smiled embarrassedly. “It turned out that I was too pessimistic. Heaven helps the worthy. Who would have thought that the Divine Flame Sect’s grand elder would actually show you such respect, and tell the Lei Clan to take orders from you?”

Upon hearing his words, Nie Tian felt touched, yet with a surprised expression, he asked, “It’s been six months already?”

“Yeah, it’s been six months since you came here and disappeared,” Li Langfeng explained. “I searched every inch of this region for you, but failed to find you. Later, Master Zhen, Hua Mu, and a few others came here one after another, hoping to find you. Yet none of them succeeded.

“I only stayed here because Miss Dong told me that you’d appear in the same place you vanished from.

“She told me to wait for you here.”

“So it was her,” Nie Tian said, nodding.

Back when they had gone on an exploration trip together in the Realm of Dark Underworld, Dong Li had witnessed the Flame Dragon Armor forming a spatial tunnel and sucking Nie Tian into it.

After his disappearance, Dong Li had waited for him in that exact location until he had finally returned.

Dong Li was the only person who knew about this special feature of the Flame Dragon Armor.

Li Langfeng went on to explain, “During the past six months, Miss Dong came back to this place every once in a while, but since this isn’t an ideal place for her to cultivate, she would only stay for a few days before leaving again.

“She reminded me that I should inform her about your return, or tell you to see her once you return.”

“Oh, right,” Nie Tian said. “What’s the situation in the Domain of the Falling Stars during the past six months? Did anything major happen?”

“No, everything’s been quiet,” Li Langfeng replied. “The Lei Clan has already withdrawn from the Realm of Unbounded Desolation and moved to the Thunder Mountain Sect’s headquarters in the Realm of Earth Sieve. They have been spending most of their time in their quarters and rarely visited any places. They also told the Thunder Mountain Sect and the Heaven Expanse Sect to behave themselves. After the elimination of the Poison Sect, the Flame God Sect, and the Spirit God Sect, the Realm of Black Marsh and the Realm of Dark Underworld have remained unclaimed.

“Many major sects have showed a strong interest in those two realms, but none have dared to act on their own to set up bases in them. The Lei Clan sent word that they would need to wait for you to decide how to deal with those realms. Because of this, Hua Mu, Dong Wangling, and many other experts have been searching for you everywhere. Yet none of them succeeded.

“Chang Sen from the Realm of Flame Heaven entered the Soul realm while you were gone. He’s now the first Soul realm Qi warrior the Realm of Flame Heaven has ever seen.

“The Yang Sect and the Yin Sect have also been looking for you. They seem to hope that you’ll go to the Realm of a Thousand Devastations and help them secure something.”

Rubbing his chin, Nie Tian looked down at the ground he was standing on. “The Yang Sect and the Yin Sect...”

He knew perfectly well what Li Muyang and Xing Huanyue wanted, and he had promised to help them secure those things.

The two of them had treated him well. During the time when the Heaven Palace Sect had demanded they give him up, they had sheltered him at the price of their relationships with the Heaven Palace Sect.

Later, when conflicts had burst out between him and the Heaven Palace Sect’s alliance, the Yin Set and the Yang Sect had stood by him the whole time.

“I’ll see if I can pry into the secrets underneath this region first. Afterwards, I’ll head to the Realm of a Thousand Devastations and secure those two scrolls for the Yin Sect and the Yang Sect.” After making up his mind, Nie Tian sat down on the ground and closed his eyes, preparing to uncover the secrets that had been hidden in the depths of the earth.

He had failed to pry into the underground restrictive spell before because his cultivation base had been too low, and his psychic power hadn’t yet transformed into soul power.

Now, he had formed his true soul, and his psychic power had transformed into soul power. He believed that it was about time he uncovered the secrets left by the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

With a thought, his soul awareness instantly plunged into the ground he was standing on and rapidly descended towards the depths of the earth.