An Lin was very touched and also extremely guilty.
He felt like he owed Xiaolan way too much.
She had waited for him for an entire century!
And this was when the vast majority of people had thought that he had already perished.
What kind of will and love would that require?
Xu Xiaolan was a stunning goddess who had countless exceptional men yearning for her, but she had never even taken a second look at any of them.
Then again, it was no surprise that none of them caught her eye.
After all, you couldn’t find a man as outstanding as him in the entire Kingdom of the Nine States!
How could he repay such an extraordinary woman?
An Lin really didn’t know how to repay Xu Xiaolan. He would just have to do his best to repay her with the rest of his life.
He was just about to express his thoughts in the form of words when Xu Xiaolan inquired about what he had been up to in the past hundred years.
An Lin thought for a moment and heaved a long sigh before giving her a recount of his tragic past.
“So on so forth, so on so forth.”
Xu Xiaolan listened very earnestly.
She was astonished to hear that the rate of cultivation that could be achieved in that strange space was several hundred times that of the outside world. She was even more shocked to hear about how one day in that space was the equivalent of a year in this world. When she heard about the indescribable torment An Lin had endured as a blade of grass, she broke down into heartbroken sobs and enveloped him in a tight hug.
An Lin also cried like a baby in Xu Xiaolan’s arms, burying his head into her chest and inhaling her familiar, pleasant scent.
At the Four Nine Immortal Sect.
This was the most powerful sect in the entire Kingdom of the Nine States.
It was situated on an extremely vast set of grasslands.
There were all manners of exotic flowers and plants growing here. Even the most precious and rare spirit-rank treasures could be discovered in abundance here.
However, no living being dared to take those spirit-rank treasures, even though there was no caretaker or guard overlooking the site. This was for no reason other than the fact that this was the territory of the Four Nine Immortal Sect!
No cultivator would dare to steal things here unless they wanted to die.
The sect was situated at the very center of the grasslands, and immortal mist and iridescent light revolved in the sky above it. From afar, it looked like the most ethereal and dazzling pearl between heaven and earth.
Apparently, there were less than ten thousand core disciples in the Four Nine Immortal Sect, but all of them possessed outstanding aptitudes. They were not cocky or arrogant in the slightest, and even though all of them possessed different personalities, a sense of justice and compassion was common among all of the disciples.
There were all manners of disciples; some of them were graceful and elegant, while some were rougher around the edges, and some were quite mysterious and unfathomable.
However, regardless of their personalities or outward appearances, the entire Tai Chu Continent had to give them respect for being the core disciples of the Four Nine Immortal Sect.
This was how powerful the Four Nine Immortal Sect was.
It had risen in a short hundred years to become one of the leading powers of the entire Tai Chu Continent.
In fact, just one of their pavilions presented a terrifying force to be reckoned with.
For example, the Dragon Pavilion had two Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures. How terrifying was that!
Or for example, the Flame Pavilion. There were only about a dozen members, but the pavilion lord was the Divine Phoenix Maiden and her steed was a Dao Integration Stage phoenix. Who would dare to mess with a pavilion like this?
Or for example, the Purple Star Pavilion, which possessed a Dao Integration Stage superweapon. Not only did they have the Starfire Battleship, but they also possessed countless technological weapons that sent chills running down the spines of all living beings on the continent. At times, enemies wouldn’t even have caught a glimpse of anyone in the Purple Star Pavilion before they were reduced to dust.
Or for example, the Realm Pavilion. No one had ever managed to get an accurate gauge on just how many powerful beings there were in the Realm Pavilion. Everyone only knew that all of the powerful beings from the Realm Pavilion were extremely unfamiliar and powerful, and there seemed to be no end to them…
Or perhaps the Snow Pavilion. There was no need to elaborate too much on this one. One of the first-rate powers of the continent, the snow maiden race, had now all joined the Four Nine Immortal Sect, creating a sect with terrifying combat prowess.
Or for example, the Blood Pavilion, which was also known as the miniature Dark Marshlands. Even though there weren’t any Dao Integration Stage super mighty figures among their ranks, the number of Return to Void Stage mighty figures there was simply astounding! There were even people who were of the opinion that the Blood Pavilion would be able to raze the Dark Marshlands to the ground, provided that the four Blood Tribe emperors did not intervene.
This was no exaggeration.
There were a total of eight mighty figures at the Return to Void Pinnacle Stage in the Blood Pavilion.
Tobias, Cassidy, Merlin, Bryce, Jin Ling, Jin Yao, Ada, and Jesse. All of them were extremely renowned across the entire continent.
Apparently, the pavilion lord of the Blood Pavilion, Tobias, was extremely close to the Dao Integration Stage.
As for all of the other pavilions, they were also improving at an alarming rate, and it would only be a matter of time before they too became forces to be reckoned with.
The entire Tai Chu Continent had been crippled by war.
The human race was facing an existential crisis, and the Four Nine Immortal Sect was like a beacon of hope for the entire human race and the Heaven Crushing Sect.
In an arduous war like this, the human race needed a hero! The Heavenly Court was like a psychological pillar for the human race, but the Four Nine Immortal Sect was the hero that gave them boundless hope!
The rise of the Four Nine Immortal Sect had been nothing short of extraordinary, and the human race saw hope in their immeasurable potential.
However, in a legendary sect like this, the position of sect leader remained unoccupied to this day.
It wasn’t exactly unoccupied as a certain man who had created countless legends a hundred years ago still occupied the position even though he was long dead.
The Divine Phoenix Maiden was only the stand-in Sect Leader and not the actual Sect Leader.
Most living beings found this to be inexplicable.
Some people felt like the Four Nine Immortal Sect simply didn’t want to face reality, while others felt like the Four Nine Immortal Sect was investing too much into blind hope and reverence. In any case, they felt like it was inexplicable for the position of sect leader to be unoccupied for so long.
They needed a true hero to sit on that throne and lead them into battle.
Among the Four Nine Immortal Sect prodigies, the Divine Phoenix Maiden was by far the one who received the most support to take her place on that throne!
She had reached the Dao Integration Stage in just over a hundred years, and her aptitude was completely unmatched.
Even if she wasn’t the most powerful cultivator in the Kingdom of the Nine States, she was most definitely the most powerful female cultivator of the Kingdom of the Nine States.
In terms of accolades, her title as the number one Goddess of Slaughter of the Kingdom of the Nine States was no joke. In these past few decades, she had slain millions of powerful beings!
Most importantly, she was simply too dazzling and stunning after reaching the Dao Integration Stage and descending upon battlefields atop her phoenix steed. It was no exaggeration to say that she was the most recognizable cultivator on the entire Tai Chu Continent.
If she was to assume the role of the sect leader of the Four Nine Immortal Sect, not a single person in the entire Kingdom of the Nine States would offer up any objections.
However, she simply refused to do so…
And now, Xu Xiaolan was returning to the Four Nine Immortal Sect with its true sect leader by her side!