Throughout Purple Phoenix City, Disciples of Seven Stars Workshop could be seen everywhere. Fortunately, these visitors from Seven Stars Workshop had indeed been just as Shangguan Ji had said — they hadn't caused any trouble in Purple Phoenix City and remained perfectly well-behaved.
This left the higher-ups of Purple Phoenix Palace both relieved and puzzled. Could it really be that Seven Stars Workshop had simply sent these Disciples to gain worldly experience?
But why choose Purple Phoenix City of all places?
However, after extensive investigation, Purple Phoenix Palace finally figured one thing out — the Emperor Realm cultivators of Seven Stars Workshop seemed to be paying extremely close attention to a little girl wandering through the city. At virtually every moment, two or three Emperor Realm cultivators were watching over her in secret.
They only watched her from the shadows, never revealing themselves, never interfering with her life, and leaving her to fend for herself as she scrambled to survive in the city.
And this little girl was the very cause of all of this.
With Seven Stars Workshop placing such importance on this girl, Purple Phoenix Palace naturally grew curious and attempted to trace her origins. But after a thorough investigation, they arrived at a startling conclusion — no one knew whose child she was or when she had arrived in Purple Phoenix City. None of the city gates had any record of her entry. It was as though she had simply appeared out of nowhere.
Though they hadn't figured out the girl's background, they at least understood Seven Stars Workshop's intentions, and Purple Phoenix Palace breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the little girl was clearly involved in something far beyond their understanding, Purple Phoenix Palace didn't dare slack off. The higher-ups issued orders that all personnel in the city should make things as easy as possible for the girl.
From that point on, the little girl's life in Purple Phoenix City grew much more comfortable. She never had to pay for anything she ate, and when night fell, innkeepers would invite her in to rest.
Amid the bustling streets, Yang Kai sat quietly, silently refining resources to cultivate.
He had expanded his Small Universe and set it down, allowing the Ancestor to recuperate and recover within it — this didn't interfere with his own cultivation.
Both Purple Phoenix Palace and Seven Stars Workshop believed the Ancestor to be an ordinary person who had never cultivated, but as the master of his Small Universe, Yang Kai could clearly sense that throughout all of Purple Phoenix City, some unknown force was ceaselessly flowing into the Ancestor's body.
It was the power of the mortal world.
And the refinement brought by this power was the very foundation of the Ancestor's recovery — its mysteries were something even Yang Kai couldn't fully perceive or explain.
While the Ancestor recovered, Yin-Yang Pass kept its grand formations sealed tight. They endured the Ink Clan army's provocations and taunts outside, refusing to engage — only when the enemy drew close enough would they activate the outer formations and Artifacts of Yin-Yang Pass to repel them.
In this manner, more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
One day, while Yang Kai was focused on refining resources, he suddenly felt a stir in his heart and directed his spiritual sense toward a certain location within Purple Phoenix City inside his Small Universe.
Inside Purple Phoenix City, Miao Feiping was faithfully carrying out the Supreme's secret decree, watching the Supreme's descendant virtually every moment. Fortunately, after the previous incident, Purple Phoenix Palace seemed to have realized that the little girl held a special status, and no one dared cause trouble for her anymore — which saved Miao Feiping quite a bit of effort.
At that moment, the Supreme's descendant was eating breakfast at a street stall. Usually, she devoured her food like a whirlwind, but today, for reasons unknown, she suddenly stopped midway through, a contemplative look crossing her face.
Then she stood up and walked straight toward his position.
Miao Feiping was greatly alarmed. After all, he was at the Third Level of the Emperor Realm. At this moment, he had deployed a secret technique that not only concealed his appearance but also completely suppressed his aura. Setting aside an ordinary person who had never cultivated, even most Emperor Realm cultivators wouldn't be able to easily detect his presence.
Yet the Supreme's descendant was walking directly toward him — had he been spotted?
Miao Feiping quickly dismissed the thought. Though the Supreme was formidable, this descendant showed no trace of cultivation whatsoever — there was no way she could have detected him.
So as she drew near, Miao Feiping silently shifted aside.
Who could have guessed that she would simply stop right in front of him, turn her head to look at him, a smile on her small face, her eyes curved into crescent moons?
Now Miao Feiping was truly shocked. He shifted a few more steps, but the little girl's eyes followed him unwaveringly.
"Little Sister, you can see me?" Miao Feiping asked in astonishment.
The little girl laughed lightly. "Little Sister?"
Miao Feiping was beyond shaken — she really could see him! But how was that possible? Over all this time, he had observed her clearly, and the person before him showed absolutely no traces of cultivation. How could this situation be explained?
Just as he was wrestling with his suspicions, the small figure before him smiled again and said, "Forget it. You've worked hard these past days."
Miao Feiping didn't know how to respond for a moment, and stammered, "It's my duty, Little Sister. You're too kind."
The little girl nodded with an air of authority far beyond her years, then suddenly looked up at the sky and said, "Let me out."
The moment the words left her lips, the small figure before him abruptly and inexplicably vanished.
Miao Feiping was left stunned, his mind going blank.