"Crown Prince!" Li Huo chased after Ya, feeling utterly self-satisfied. "I heard you suffered a lot in the mortal world, all to take care of her. And now, she has turned against you, ungrateful for all you’ve done."
Upon hearing this, Ya immediately stopped his forward stride.
He turned back to look at the woman in a fiery-red long dress behind him, her black hair cascading down in waves, her figure lithe and delicate features exquisite, a rarity even in the Immortal Realm.
"Summon the guards, escort His Highness Li Huo back to White Cloud Hall. For unauthorized use of divine relics and the destruction of Goddess Temple, let the elders decide her fate."
Li Huo was petrified on the spot.
Was she to be held accountable? It was she who had taken the Divine Fire without permission and destroyed the Goddess Temple...
Color drained from her face, leaving her speechless.
Gu Xiaoxi returned to the highest point of Caixia Pavilion within Goddess Temple, which had been her abode for many years.
Artificial mountains and flowing water, mist swirling around, beneath the pavilion grew a Heavenly Fragrance Tree towering a hundred meters tall.
This tree emitted a fresh fragrance year-round, smelling it could invigorate one like cultivation, refreshing the mind and spirit.
The pavilion was perched right at the top of the Heavenly Fragrance Tree.
Pushing open the window, one could just make out the distant rosy clouds enshrouding the sky.
Here was the highest point in the Immortal Realm, even slightly above the Heavenly Palace of the Nine Heavens.
She stood before the window, looking at the half-destroyed palace from the recent battle, fear arising within her.
If a princess from Bai Yun’s hall had come to provoke her, she must have had a strong backer.
If Ya had intervened to save Li Huo, could it be that the Heavenly Court and all the hall masters were allying to target her, to corner her into a deadly situation?
She was plagued by a headache from all these questions.
Zi Yun stood behind Gu Xiaoxi, gazing at the woman’s proud silhouette.
Her blue dress sparkled with dreamlike luminescence, her fair skin more exquisite than fine porcelain, the breeze lifting her skirt hems, a subtle Spiritual Energy emanating from her and dancing around.
This Spiritual Energy would eventually disperse to every corner, absorbed by trees and plants, exhaled back out, and then condensed by cultivators, giving rise to countless powerhouses in this world.
She remembered back to when she was with Lan Xi, at that time she was just a dumb stone not yet endowed with Spiritual Wisdom, endlessly fondled by Lan Xi, and over time.
She absorbed the Spiritual Energy from Lan Xi, transforming from stone to jade, then gained Spiritual Wisdom and cultivated into an immortal.
This slow transformation had long since made her one with Lan Xi.
Whatever was on her mind, Zi Yun knew clearer than anyone else.
"Your Highness, if the Heavenly Court truly intends to do this, what should we do?" Zi Yun stepped forward, hands clasped in front of her chest, bowing with utmost respect. Her eyes reddened involuntarily as she lowered her head.
The people below all basked in her grace yet ultimately sought her demise.
Gu Xiaoxi gently shook her head, "I don’t know!"
If she knew what to do, she wouldn’t have been cast into Reincarnation.
"Zi Yun, where are the ancient books?" asked Gu Xiaoxi.
"The Heavenly Court has a Scripture Pavilion. It records every single immortal!"
Gu Xiaoxi’s lips curved slightly, "I understand now."
In a flash, she had vanished.
Zi Yun, in her urgency, cried out, "Your Highness, you can’t go there now! You should see Grand Master first!"
Clearly, Gu Xiaoxi hadn’t heard a single word.
With no other choice, Zi Yun turned and ran swiftly toward Mount Taibai.
Gu Xiaoxi, guided by her vague consciousness, performed several Space Shuttle incantations, and after multiple shifts, arrived at a golden palace enveloped in heavenly mist.
A line of heavenly soldiers stood guard at the palace entrance.
She looked around, no one else in sight, and made her way confidently toward the entrance.
What she didn’t know was that the news had spread throughout the Immortal Realm.
That news was that Lan Xi had returned ahead of time, fought a fierce battle with Lord Bai’s daughter Li Huo, even employing Divine Fire.
Half of the Goddess Palace was unprecedentedly demolished, Li Huo nearly perished, if not for Crown Prince Ya who saved her life.