Chapter 1052: sWho Do You Think You Are?” (1/2)

A few hours passed...

Ruan Qingliu, who had returned to summon reinforcements from the Five Elements Sect, appeared on the Martial Spirit Sect’s ancient starship, along with a group of powerful experts.

The leader of the group was a tall, strapping cultivator at the middle Void domain.

Standing behind him were more than a dozen Saint and Void domain experts.

The leader had long, grayish-brown hair, and a sharp, arrogant look in his eyes.

However, a gentle smile filled his arrogant face as soon as he saw Hou Chulan. “Chulan, I came as soon as I heard that you might be in trouble in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin.”

At this point, Ruan Qingliu had already resumed her old lady form. Under Hou Chulan’s displeased gaze, she smiled embarrassedly and explained, “Divine Daughter, all of our elders and Divine Children had important tasks and couldn’t provide us with help, so I...”

Hou Chulan snorted unpleasantly. “So you informed He Lianxiong of our situation?”

Ruan Qingliu nodded, looking down.

Nie Tian’s expression flickered slightly. “He Lianxiong?!”

Not very long ago, when he had met Fang Yuan in the Realm of Remote Heaven, Fang Yuan and Han Wanrong had mentioned this name quite a few times.

Every time Fang Yuan had mentioned him, he had gnashed his teeth with anger, saying that if it weren’t for He Lianxiong, Fang Tianyi wouldn’t have sustained such bad injuries fighting Grand Patriarch Cardy alone, and his subordinates wouldn’t have suffered such heavy casualties.

He Lianxiong was a Stepson of the sectmaster of the Heaven Span Pavilion, who had explored a brand new domain with Sikong Cuo and been set up.

Ever since then, he had hated every single Son of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, which was why he had vented his anger on Fang Yuan.

Similar to the Void Spirit Society, the sectmaster of the Heaven Span Pavilion would choose young talented ones to be his or her stepsons and stepdaughters, and cultivate them wholeheartedly.

Therefore, the stepsons and stepdaughters of the Heaven Span Pavilion’s sectmaster enjoyed similar statuses as the Sons of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, the Divine Children of the Fragmentary Star Palace, and the legacy disciples.

The future sectmaster of the Heaven Span Pavilion would be chosen from the stepsons and stepdaughters by the current sectmaster.

The current sectmaster of the Heaven Span Pavilion had two stepsons and one stepdaughter. Being one of the stepsons, He Lianxiong had a good chance at becoming the next sectmaster in the future.

With a cheeky laugh, He Lianxiong squeezed through the crowd to Hou Chulan’s side. “Chulan, I even ended a sect mission just to come all this way to your aid upon learning that you were in trouble. I didn’t expect you to be moved, but please don’t send me away. As you know, the human world is going through lots of messy things. And the battle in the Dead Star Sea is unprecedentedly intense. Neither your sect nor the other great sects could free powerful experts to come here.

“My stepfather may even blame me for taking it upon myself to come to here to help you. However, I don’t care about that, as long as you’re safe, and we can put an end to the trouble in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin together.”

Hou Chulan sighed softly and said with a headache, “Why does it have to be you...”

She had sought help from the other great sects when the teleportation portals had been discovered in the Domain of Heaven’s Origin, but had intentionally avoided the Heaven Span Pavilion.

That was because she knew that once He Lianxiong learned about this, he would definitely think up every possible method to come help her.

It was no secret to the four great sects that He Lianxiong had been pursuing her.

Having suffered from his badgering for years, she had long since grown tired of seeing him at every turn. This was why she wouldn’t inform the Heaven Span Pavilion even when she got into trouble.

However, she had never thought that Ruan Qingliu would actually inform He Lianxiong of her trouble after failing to summon any reinforcements from the other sects, worrying that she wouldn’t be able to break the Phantasms’ scheme with her own force.

“Rest assured, Chulan. With me here to protect you, I’ll give my life for yours if need be!” He Lianxiong said in a powerful and resonating voice.

Then, he turned to stare at Nie Tian. A cold, arrogant expression replaced the warm smile on his face as he said, “You’re Nie Tian, the seventh Son of the Stars, right?”

“I am,” Nie Tian answered with a composed face.

He Lianxiong didn’t attempt to mask his feelings at all. “To tell you the truth, I hate to work with you Sons of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Both you and that Sikong Cuo passed the Heaven Gate trial and eventually became Sons of the Stars. And that Sikong Cuo... Hehe... I’ve seen him for who he is. Simply disgusting!”

“But you set my senior martial brother Fang Yuan up in the Dead Star Sea, causing him heavy losses. You’re not that different yourself.” Nie Tian said sarcastically.