Ding Mao’s second floating island is a place where various types of people, including both exceptional individuals and independent cultivators, converge. Due to the pressure from the Sea Race, established organizations also exist here.

After the first floating island was devastated and destroyed, this became the safest location in the Ding Mao realm domain.

The island’s protective array and numerous military weapons were preserved.

There weren’t many sea beasts on the island, and they hadn’t had time to cause any significant disturbances; they were simply eliminated with ease.

After the sea beasts suddenly lost control, Qiao Hongyi and Jiang Cuilin retreated all the way here and took over the island’s defense.

Sea beasts lack intelligence, and even if they escaped from restrictions and went collectively insane, it would be difficult to threaten someone of his divine arrival level.

However, the many sea beasts he had captured and enslaved were the true forms of Sea Race warriors.

These Sea Race warriors hated him intensely and continuously summoned sea beasts to besiege the island. He didn’t want to be worn down, nor did he dare to leave the Ding Mao realm domain, where the sea nests had already been cleared, for potentially more dangerous places. Therefore, he could only guard this location.

Fortunately, among the sea beasts that escaped from the restrictions, there were no Sea Race dukes… he didn’t have the ability to capture those.

“This Chen Zhibo is truly useless! What kind of prohibition master is he?!” Standing on the arrow tower, Qiao Hongyi looked at the vast expanse of sea beasts outside the protective array that stretched beyond the horizon and were still gathering, and couldn’t help but curse loudly. “It’s one thing for our old prohibition techniques to fail, but his doesn’t work either? How dare Diao Hai Lou promote this to various islands? Isn’t this just setting people up?!”

Jiang Cuilin, standing beside him, was also full of worry. “Do you think Master Xu Zeming has received our distress signal and will come to save us?”

“Don’t worry,” Qiao Hongyi said. “We are like-minded individuals who have fought together for common ideals until now. He won’t ignore us.”

He held Jiang Cuilin’s hand. “It’s just hard on you, my dear… following me through hardships, bustling about for a full six months, only to end up empty-handed like drawing water with a bamboo basket!”

“Not hard at all.” Jiang Cuilin shook her head vigorously. “Being with you, I am content.”

Qiao Hongyi was deeply moved and gazed affectionately into her eyes, seeing the ripples of spring water within those beautiful orbs.

One called out “Sister Lin,” the other called out “My Qiao lang.”

Lovers gazing at each other on a solemn battlefield indeed hold a unique romance for the two involved.

They were on the highest arrow tower, and the nearest person was still quite far away, so there was no need for excessive caution. Still, Qiao Hongyi prudently switched to sound transmission. “I just went to check, the island’s military supplies are insufficient, and the protective array cannot last for too long. Wait another half an hour; if no one comes to save us, I will take you and break out.”

“Is that feasible?” Jiang Cuilin blinked. “Will Zhen Hai Alliance cause trouble?”

When they fled back to the second floating island, it was by abandoning the army that helped them capture sea beasts, but that could still be explained as being powerless to change the situation. Anyway, everyone was dead, and no one could come forward to deny it.

Now, with such a large floating island and so many people, surely one or two could escape. How would they explain that?

“Cause what trouble? If we can’t defend it, do we have to stay and die with them? We came to the Mí Jiè to help them. We’ve guarded it until now; we’ve been benevolent to the extreme.” Qiao Hongyi said, “It was Master Xu Zeming who led and reached cooperation with Zhen Hai Alliance, and their official documents were issued! We came to the Mí Jiè to capture sea beasts for this purpose. Now it’s Diao Hai Lou’s prohibition that has problems. How can they blame me? I don’t want to gain merit safely and steadily? Am I willing to work hard for six months for nothing?”

Jiang Cuilin said, “I’m just afraid they’ll be unreasonable…”

“Even if they are unreasonable, they have to talk about benefits!” Qiao Hongyi said confidently, “What level of influence does Tai Xu Illusion Realm have now? Since the Tai Xu Scroll absorbed the Sea Merits List, the number of cultivators rushing to the nearby islands has increased by a full forty percent! And this number is still increasing! Does Zhen Hai Alliance want to push away their helpers? Does Diao Hai Lou not want to introduce more external forces to counter Qi State’s suppression?”

Qiao Hongyi’s analysis was clear and logical, directly filling Jiang Cuilin’s eyes with admiration. She most liked Qiao lang’s confident and commanding demeanor, treating worldly affairs as if they were trivial matters.

Just as the two were talking, changes suddenly occurred outside the floating island.

The massive sea beast group was clearly agitated, and the movement from far away rapidly approached the floating island!

“Someone has come to save us!” Qiao Hongyi suddenly leaned forward, straining his eyesight to gaze into the distance. Unstoppable joy was on his face. “I just said, neither Master Xu Zeming nor Zhen Hai Alliance could possibly abandon us!”

He then thought of something and reminded her, “After we go back, don’t speak ill of Chen Zhibo. We still need to cooperate; we can’t ruin the big picture because of our own grievances.”

“Understood!” Jiang Cuilin nodded forcefully. “I’ll listen to you!”

Outside the floating island, the roars of sea beasts were endless. On the floating island, a crowd of warriors all saw hope, became spirited, operated military weapons to provide support, and carried knives and swords towards the island’s edge.

But seeing the brilliant lines of fire spreading through the sea beast group, Qiao Hongyi frowned.

In the Mí Jiè human race, there didn’t seem to be many skilled fire cultivators…

He felt uneasy in his heart and used his fingers with Hao Ran Zhi Qi to wipe his eyes. Then, in that tidal wave of flames, he saw a figure wearing sky-blue battle armor and met a pair of red-gold eyes!

Not good!

The great war between the two races was in full swing. How had this killing god, as the main force of the Qi army, returned?

Had they won? Lost? At least he hadn’t specifically turned back to take revenge?!

Qiao Hongyi had no time to think further. He directly did a somersault, dragged Jiang Cuilin, jumped down the arrow tower, and flew low towards another direction of the floating island.

“Master Qiao, reinforcements have arrived!” The cultivator sending Dao Yuan stones to the array nodes reminded him.

Qiao Hongyi didn’t talk nonsense either. He directly pointed a finger, shattering this array node and directly stopping the operation of the island’s protective array!

“What are you waiting for? Reinforcements have arrived, it’s time to fight for your lives! Follow me and charge!”

Qiao Hongyi gave the order and had already led Jiang Cuilin into the sea beast pile. In his hand, the bamboo joint sword chopped out sword qi that reached the sky, like flying leaves shaking green.

The cultivators guarding this side of the island’s edge hadn’t even reacted when the great array’s light curtain disappeared, and the sea beasts outside the island instantly surged in. Some of them still subconsciously obeyed the order, wanting to follow Qiao Hongyi to charge, but how could they catch up with his shadow?

The gentleman’s sword of the cold three friends of winter is named: Plum Bone, Bamboo Joint, Pine Intent.

Qiao Hongyi held the Bamboo Joint sword, a true inheritance from Hao Ran Shu Yuan. This time, he exerted it fully, killing into the sea beast group as if entering no man’s land.

Like a strong wind sweeping through, the bamboo sea surged, from here to there, only in an instant!

Qiao Hongyi swore that he had never run so fast in his life. He pushed the escape method of Hao Ran Shu Yuan to the extreme. He and Jiang Cuilin were both in the wind.

He seized the opportunity of Jiang Wang’s expedition to the Suopo Dragon Domain to land on the island for the second time to recruit soldiers. On the one hand, he was still firmly completing the Tai Xu task, not deterred by any setbacks. On the other hand, after the cooperation with Jiang Wang, representing Jue Ming Island, broke down, he fully turned to Diao Hai Lou, thus creating a small contradiction as a token of submission.

Of course, there were also indeed a few points of small revenge psychology after being angered. If he couldn’t get revenge on Jiang Wang, could he at least torment a few commoners?

The matter went out of control step by step. To be fair, it was all Chen Zhibo’s fault!

If the sea beasts hadn’t lost control, how could such a big mistake have happened? How could he not dare to face Jiang Wang?

This matter wasn’t entirely his responsibility, but given Jiang Wang’s arrogant nature, getting angry and drawing his sword easily, it would definitely be impossible to explain clearly face to face. He could only avoid him for a while and then find a mediator to reconcile.

With these thoughts turning in his mind, Qiao Hongyi ran even faster.

Outside his body, white gang qi formed a bow, and the bamboo joint sword chopped out the string. He and Jiang Cuilin simply walked on the string. In a single thought, heaven and earth shifted, time was like an arrow that could not be caught!

It was precisely the exclusive secret technique of Hao Ran Shu Yuan, a super-grade Dao method, “Time Like Arrow.”

But just when he thought he had completely left the battlefield, a chill suddenly rose from his spine!

The aura of death touched his soul. Qiao Hongyi flung his hand to throw his Dao companion out and shouted, “Go quickly! Report to my master!”

He himself suddenly stopped in mid-air, stepped on the air three times to jump, but was still forced back by that cold edge at his face. A simple horizontal slash, yet it was like the judge’s pen, Yama’s book, fixed at three and not five. How could he shake it off!

The sword momentum was completely suppressed, and his movement techniques were all calculated.

Under extreme tension, he instead stimulated endless inspiration. Qiao Hongyi followed the momentum and pounced forward. With the bamboo joint sword in his hand, he used a move “Scholar Reaches Cap,” picking at the opponent’s heavenly spirit!

This was a life-for-life momentum, seeking to force the opponent to stop for an instant. In this moment, his understanding of the sword canon “Heavenly Line is Vigorous” seemed to have sublimated, and many previously unthought-of wonderful connections evolved in his heart.

Then he felt the touch of the bamboo joint sword piercing into flesh… and saw a pair of close-at-hand, ice-cold eyes!

He never thought he could stab Jiang Wang!

Of course, he also couldn’t defend and let Jiang Wang grasp his throat.

The five organs were controlled, yet the four seas still flowed!

His body instantly lost strength, and the bamboo joint sword fell from his hand. He gazed desperately at the distant sky, but did not see his beloved junior sister, only a sea-blue thin back rapidly flying away—Diao Hai Lou’s true inheritance, Zhu Biqiong!

All cannot escape… he thought this, and then his five senses went dark.

Black chains drilled out from the void, firmly binding Qiao Hongyi. Jiang Wang carried this person and flew towards the floating island without saying a word.

Under normal circumstances, dealing with just one Qiao Hongyi, even if he needed to win in one move, he would absolutely not lose even a single hair… he was truly quite heavily injured.

At this time, Chen Zhibo and Fu Yanqing had already pacified the crisis on the floating island, scattering the besieging sea beasts.

Jiang Wang carried Qiao Hongyi, walking through the constantly approaching crowd.

“Hou Ye.”

“Hou Ye.”

Greetings rang out continuously in the crowd.

Jiang Wang remained silent.

He was waiting for Zhu Biqiong, waiting for the pair of pitiful mandarin ducks to reunite.

So affectionate, why fly apart?

For the current Zhu Biqiong, chasing Jiang Cuilin fundamentally required no effort.

Gu Huai Xin had given her unreserved guidance. In order to prove that she indeed had the ability to replace Ji Shaoqing, to let Gu Huai Xin no longer resent Jiang Wang and refocus on the future, she had also been unprecedentedly desperate.

The divine ability of Mirror Flower Water Moon had brought her too many possibilities. Relying on the suddenness of simulating various divine abilities, she had even forcefully killed one substitute life body of the Wusheng Sect ancestor Zhang Linchuan. Although that body had hard-to-compensate innate limitations, her ruling force at the outer building level was beyond doubt.

But outer building… now seemed far from enough.

“I want to achieve divine arrival,” she said in her heart.

A gentle female voice responded, “Wait a little longer, you can achieve it naturally, at least without defects or leaks!”

“I must immediately achieve divine arrival!” Zhu Biqiong emphasized in her heart. “Now I can do nothing!”

How could she forget Jiang Wang’s lost and dejected appearance?

That was such a proud person!

“Good, my dear sister, don’t be anxious…” The female voice in her heart advised, “You see this woman, she is also a high disciple of Hao Ran Shu Yuan, and in your hands, she has no power to resist, does she? We are now on the right path, just need a little time to welcome the most beautiful flowering period.”

Zhu Biqiong shook her head. “I cannot wait, I cannot wait any longer…”

At this moment, a third voice rang out in her heart, a male voice. “Calm down, Biqiong. The current situation in the Mí Jiè is so complex, even if you become divine arrival now, you cannot do anything.”

Zhu Biqiong gritted her teeth. “But at least I can accompany him to face it together!”

“You are indeed still for him!” That gentle female voice suddenly became sharp. “Zhu Biqiong, you are obstinate!”

The scattered light of the world at this moment gathered together, forming a round mirror.

In the mirror was a face where the five features were clearly gentle and bright individually, but gathered together appeared vicious. She looked fiercely at Zhu Biqiong, her mouth letting out a sharp voice. “You forgot what we have experienced!”

Jiang Cuilin, who had been subdued in a few moves and tied beside her, was already dumbfounded at this point. She completely didn’t understand why this Diao Hai Lou true inheritance named Zhu Biqiong, after capturing her, suddenly became lost in thought. This suddenly appearing mirror, and the hideous woman in the mirror, especially made her feel a sense of fear.

She barely mustered the courage. “That one, we can talk about terms—”

Her mouth and tongue were sealed.

Zhu Biqiong simply didn’t spare her a glance, only said to the woman in the mirror, “You remember for me, all that I experienced, I remember.”

“How can there be one good man in the world?” The woman in the mirror wailed, “That Hu Shaomeng—”

Zhu Biqiong interrupted her. “Hu Shaomeng harmed you and later wanted to harm me. Jiang Wang made me avoid harm.”

“You don’t forget the suffering you endured for him! Enduring so much in the Imprison Sea Prison for so long, all because of him! Is this called making you avoid harm?”

“It was I myself who wasn’t smart enough, whose ideas were naive.” Zhu Biqiong looked at her. “Also because my mother-in-law never treated me as her disciple; she only valued you.”

The face of the woman in the mirror instantly squeezed into a ball, distorted to the extreme. “Don’t mention… don’t mention that old woman!”

Zhu Biqiong just quietly looked at her, watched Zhu Suyao in the mirror going mad, twisting, in pain. Such a scene had appeared countless times, from the initial heartache to the current habit.

She knew the only thing to do was wait.

After a long time, the woman in the mirror calmed down, and sad emotions slowly surged in her eyes. “Still not at the step of natural achievement. Now you want to achieve divine arrival. You know what the price is.”

“I am willing to bear it,” Zhu Biqiong said.

Splash!

Suddenly, a drop of water bead jumped out of the air, further expanding into a water ball. The water ball was like a round moon, and within the sphere was a slightly rippling face. He looked affectionately at Zhu Biqiong. “I, on the contrary, have a better method, one that can let you not suffer and still get what you wish.”

The Zhu Suyao in the mirror slowly looked over, as if expecting his method.

Jiang Cuilin, tied on the side, had been in extreme shock all along, listening to Zhu Biqiong and the woman in the mirror chatting about Jiang Wang, chatting about divine arrival, as if divine arrival was such an easy thing. At this moment, her eyes widened even more in fear because she discovered that the face appearing in the water moon was actually exactly the same as Da Qi’s Wu An Hou. But combining the previous dialogue, this was absolutely not Wu An Hou!

What exactly was going on?

She heard Zhu Biqiong’s voice ask—”What method?”

The man in the water moon looked exactly like Wu An Hou, and his voice was also the same gentle and polite.

With a mesmerizing gentleness, he slowly said, “Now there is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, Biqiong.”

His voice held a deep temptation. “Jiang Wang’s protectors are all gone. And Jiang Wang is heavily injured; now dealing with one Qiao Hongyi is strenuous. He also has no guard against you…”

Jiang Cuilin listened with some fear, but at this moment, no power could seal the sense of hearing.

But she heard the male voice in the water moon say, “Why not try to help me, kill him… and become him? I am not as cold as him and will not keep a distance from you. I will love you forever, only love you for a lifetime!”

“I will hold your hand and take you to walk through the mountains and rivers of the world. I will put on wedding clothes for you in front of ten thousand people. I will—”

Splash!

But a sound of water splashing was heard.

Zhu Biqiong’s slender palm directly probed into that water moon-like ball, pinching that illusory face! Of course, she also cut off his words.

“You remember for me, Water Moon,” Zhu Biqiong said coldly. “Jiang Wang is Jiang Wang because of him, not this face, not this cultivation, not these divine abilities. You can learn exactly like him, but you will never be him!”

Before the face in the water moon was about to dissipate, she slowly released her palm. “Dare to say such words again, and I will destroy you.”