He finally returned to Grand Southern after several years. The prosperous land was no more, replaced by a gloomy death aura.

The once magnificent city became ruins. Blood stained the walls; ominous clouds took over the sky; rivers overwhelmed with blood and Corpse Evils.

Feng Feiyun and Unrestrained Enlightened Being went to the sacred lake first. It was dried now with a cracked bottom, weeds all around the shores. 

She got off the palanquin; her black hair draped to her waist. Her golden robe reached the ground. A slender figure yet curves in all the right places. Even her back looked especially gorgeous, akin to that of a fairy in gold.

She stood next to the hollowed lake and gazed towards the sky with her profound eyes. Who knows what she was thinking? After a while,...