Before long, Han Li was already back in the valley.

He looked up to find that the eight pillars of light were still standing, as was the giant vortex in the sky.

The elder with the Fang surname was also still laying beside the pond in an unconscious state, while the snow lion puppet was on guard duty by his side, and it displayed no reaction to Han Li's arrival.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Han Li descended out of the sky, yet before he landed on the ground, he felt a burst of formidable spatial fluctuation erupting out of the white vortex above the pond.

He hurriedly stopped in his tracks, then looked up to discover that the vortex had begun to revolve rapidly while radiating dazzling white light.

Immediately thereafter, a figure plummeted out of the vortex with their body riddled with wounds that were deep enough to expose bone, while their azure robes were completely drenched in blood.

He appeared to have been in just as horrific a condition as the unconscious Elder Fang, and as soon as he spotted Han Li, he immediately yelled...