Lu Yun rubbed his nose in embarrassment at Qing Han’s words. Those were the very words he’d said himself in the beginning. Come what may, he was now even more positive about a certain conjecture of his.

The girl called “Qing Yu” must have left a strand of her nascent spirit on Qing Han in order to emerge at critical times to confront powerful threats.

“Do you want her to come out again?” Qing Han grinned and winked at him.

Lu Yun shook his head. “The last time she appeared, it almost cost you your life. And it wasn’t much better this time around.”

Qing Han blinked, a strange sentiment gleaming in his eyes. Outwardly, he seemed to have recovered somewhat, but he’d truly exhausted too much of his energy. If he hadn’t refined the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals, the starstone would’ve already drained his life.

This time, he’d released the power of his nascent spirit to boot, and used it to activate the starstone in order to subdue the...