High above a certain lake in the Nine Heavens Upper Realm, a streak of golden light suddenly descended from the sky, plummeting toward the water's surface.
In an instant, the world was engulfed by a blinding radiance.
The light was not merely dazzling — it emanated a sacred aura, as if a deity itself had descended upon the earth.
But after the light erupted, it receded with equal swiftness, and before long… the world had returned to its usual state.
Only now, standing upon the surface of the lake, was a solitary figure.
And that figure was none other than Chu Feng.
Chu Feng had been brought here by the Nine Heavens Sacred Robe.
But the Nine Heavens Sacred Robe on Chu Feng's body had already vanished.
And Chu Feng had finally been restored to his freedom.
"Well, this is bad. I've directly offended two seniors."
"I say, Nine Heavens Sacred Robe, what exactly were you doing? Were you deliberately screwing me over?"
Chu Feng was utterly exasperated. He understood full well that publicly refusing Grandmaster Liangqiu and Grandmaster Long Xuan was a tremendous blow to the dignity of both seniors.
And those two seniors were people who cared deeply about their pride.
Otherwise, they would not have repeatedly reached out to him through secret transmissions, probing him over and over again.
The pity was that Chu Feng had not even been able to speak, let alone directly refuse the two of them.
In the end, under the control of the Nine Heavens Sacred Robe, Chu Feng had pushed those two into a terribly awkward position.
"Forget it. What's done is done. I'll explain things to the two seniors later."
Chu Feng shook his head helplessly, then turned his gaze toward his palm.
"The imprint?"
But upon looking, Chu Feng's expression changed drastically.
He clearly remembered that within the dream, the Spirit Realm Immortal King had left an ancient imprint on his palm.
The Spirit Realm Immortal King had said that with this imprint, Chu Feng could enter the Seven Realms Sacred Palace, and no one would dare stop him.
Chu Feng had originally planned that once he grew stronger in the future, he could use this imprint to enter the Seven Realms Sacred Palace and rescue his mother.
But how had the imprint simply vanished?
After that, Chu Feng employed every means at his disposal to examine his palm, but even with his Heavenly Eyes, he could not locate the imprint in the slightest.
It was as though it had completely disappeared.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that it was all just a dream?"
Chu Feng's brow furrowed tightly as he sank into deep thought.
"Ugh—"
But suddenly, a pained expression spread across Chu Feng's face, growing more intense with each passing moment.
Chu Feng clutched his chest tightly and dropped to one knee on the ground.
"Damn it — this feeling… could it be a backlash?"