At Martyrs' Hill, Li Ji stood clad in black mystic armor, gazing into the distance at the withered trees, the grass exuding wisps of black qi, the sunless sky, and the scattered animal bones exposed across the wilderness.
Standing behind him was the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator who protected him—Li Qingye, the very leader who had once confronted Luan Jiu head-on with eighty-one flying swords before the Manxi battle formation, leading a group of cultivators through the encirclement.
Ever since returning to the Southern Domain, Li Qingye had kept a low profile until Wang Hao made the Demon race's challenge public. Only then did he seek out Wang Hao, who assigned him to be Li Ji's guardian.
Chapter 114