592: I'm back

For Holy King Aurora, hoping for the end of the Great Destruction was the only way; beyond that... he had no other options.

But Li Qi was different. He did not care if the Great Destruction would pause, nor did he care if it would be delayed. Whatever happens, happens...

He would rather face that existence head-on!

He now grasped too many of the Three Thousand Great Daos—over two thousand nine hundred different ones—and he was getting closer and closer to that limit.

And his power... was growing every minute and every second!

This feeling made him feel omnipotent!

That existence could harvest the All Heavens and Myriad Realms and end everything, but with Li Qi's current strength... it was not impossible for him to do the same.

Extraordinary power brought extraordinary self-confidence.

Once he truly reached this height, those mountains that once seemed insurmountable... looking back, they were nothing.

After chatting for a while, everyone left, and Li Qi returned to his secret chamber.

Li Qi's body trembled, and a massive repulsive force emanated from within him. Soon, the five fused Sacred Thrones were expelled from his body by Li Qi.

Previously, when he was casting the [Sacred Mark] secret technique, he needed to observe the connections between the Sacred Thrones, so he had kept these five Sacred Thrones inside his body.

Now that all the Holy Kings had been found and the Sacred Thrones had all been stripped, there was no need to keep the Sacred Thrones inside his body anymore, so he extracted them.

Each Sacred Throne was a ticking time bomb; keeping them inside his body posed a significant risk, so Li Qi decisively removed them.

After stripping away the Sacred Thrones, Li Qi's body felt lighter, as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted. He felt much more comfortable, and even the System's speed in comprehending the Three Thousand Great Daos increased significantly.

"As expected, these Sacred Thrones are nothing but trouble..."

"They cannot be kept."

Toying with the five Sacred Thrones in his palm, Li Qi couldn't help but sneer.

Stripping the Sacred Thrones had caused some impact on his body, resulting in minor injuries, but as his power circulated through his body, these injuries healed instantly, and Li Qi's state returned to its Peak.

Taking one last glance at these Sacred Thrones, Li Qi stopped paying attention to them and put them away.

The secret chamber suddenly became quiet. Li Qi sat silently within, his thoughts drifting back to the past.

"Unknowingly... it has already been several years since I arrived in the Origin Realm."

"I should go back and take a look."

After giving a few instructions to Holy King Aurora and the others, Li Qi's figure flashed and disappeared, stepping onto the starry sky once again, heading towards a certain direction within it...

...

Divine Firmament World.

Immortal Martial God Sect.

Inside Langyuan Palace, a stunningly beautiful and cold figure stood silently, her back revealing a hint of desolation.

"Missing you, thinking of you, sleepless at night, alone in the empty chamber, tears stream down.

A thousand miles apart, the road to the ends of the earth, ten thousand sorrows wind around my heart.

Drinking alone under the moon with no companion, gazing from the window, longing for your return.

Wishing you return to your hometown soon, to spend the rest of our lives together, envying no immortal..."

She didn't know how many times the figure in her heart had refused to fade, yet she longed for his return. As her thoughts turned, Phoenix Lord sang to herself.

Her words were full of longing.

Li Qi had been gone for a long time. He had embarked into the starry sky alone to face unknown dangers, which had kept Phoenix Lord unable to let go.

She didn't know where Li Qi was now...

Nor did she know how he was doing...

She also didn't know if the person she missed had encountered danger or been injured...

"I am so foolish, truly..."

"I should have gone with him back then. If I had insisted a little more, it would have been fine..."

Tears flashed in Phoenix Lord's eyes again, and she could not control her emotions, but just then, a familiar voice rang in her ears.

"What's the rush? Haven't I returned?"

Phoenix Lord was struck as if by lightning, standing frozen on the spot. She couldn't believe what she heard, fearing it was just an illusion.

She didn't even dare to turn around, fearing that if she did, there would be nothing there—only pain and disappointment.

But when a pair of large hands embraced her from behind, she knew... this was not an illusion.

Phoenix Lord could no longer hold back, and tears rolled down from her eyes.

"Shi Qiao, I have returned..."