When Wyatt Barnes and Leilany had already left Qi Lü City, which had been renamed "Lü City," and were heading toward the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation...

The ’floating light and fleeting shadow talisman’ inscribed by an Immortal Lord expert, which had successfully escaped right under the eyelids of Wyatt Barnes and Leilany, had led Lux Nangle, who was hiding in a cave deep within a stretch of lofty mountains, to finally迎 his long‑awaited savior.

"Father... you... you actually came in person?"

What Lux Nangle hadn’t expected was that his father, the current head of the Nangle Family, had actually come personally.

"Augustine... what is going on? Didn’t I have two elders follow you?"

Lux Nangle’s father, the current Nangle Family patriarch, Vance Nangle, was a man of medium build and ordinary looks, but in his eyes there was a glint of shrewdness. At this moment, his expression was slightly gloomy as he looked at Lux Nangle and asked.

Because, in the message Immortal Talisman, Lux Nangle had only said that he’d encountered danger and asked his father to send someone to fetch him, his father still didn’t know what had actually happened.

"Father, the two elders are dead."

"And Nangong Zhi and Nangong You are dead as well."

Lux Nangle said with a bitter smile, "As for me, the only reason I survived was all thanks to that ’floating light and fleeting shadow talisman’ you gave me before, Father."

"You used the floating light and fleeting shadow talisman?"

Hearing his son’s words, Vance Nangle’s pupils suddenly constricted.

Even the two Nangle Family elders behind him couldn’t help having their expressions change slightly after hearing Lux Nangle’s words.

The floating light and fleeting shadow talisman was an extremely precious Immortal Talisman—at least, it was extremely precious to the Nangle Family. Even within their Nangle Family, there were only two of them.

Even those two floating light and fleeting shadow talismans had been obtained at great cost by the Nangle Family.

One was still in the hands of Vance Nangle, the current Nangle Family patriarch.

The other had been given by Vance Nangle to his own son.

And now, hearing that Lux Nangle had used the one in his hands, Vance Nangle and the two Nangle Family elders behind him instinctively felt a stab of heartache. After all, that floating light and fleeting shadow talisman was not some Immortal Talisman that could be easily acquired.

"What exactly happened?"

Vance Nangle asked, his expression solemn.

The two elders he’d assigned to his son were dead, and his son had even used the floating light and fleeting shadow talisman. This made him realize that his son must have encountered tremendous danger and had been forced to rely on the talisman to escape with his life.

In front of Vance Nangle, Lux Nangle didn’t dare lie. As he spoke, he recounted the ins and outs of the whole matter one by one.

"What?!"

"All for a woman?! And on top of that, you were the ones who took the initiative to provoke the other side?!"

As soon as he finished listening to Lux Nangle’s account, Vance Nangle’s voice rose a few degrees, and his tone was filled with explosive fury, as if he wished he could give Lux Nangle a few slaps right then and there.

"Father... she’s not an ordinary woman. Not only is her strength formidable, but among all the women I’ve ever seen, her looks are definitely ’top‑tier.’ Other women can’t even begin to compare!"

Hearing the anger in his father’s tone, Lux Nangle hurriedly argued.

"Just so happens, at the same time those two elders attacked, I used a floating shadow pearl. Although it only recorded a fleeting instant of floating‑shadow mirage, you can still see that woman’s appearance."

As his words fell, Lux Nangle took out a floating shadow pearl and channeled Immortal Origin Force into it.

The next moment, an image that rippled for an instant appeared before Vance Nangle’s eyes and then froze in midair...

Within the frozen mirage image, there were two figures.

A purple‑clad young man and a white‑clothed woman.

Almost at the instant the image froze, the gazes of Vance Nangle and the two Nangle Family elders behind him all fell upon that white‑clothed woman in the image.

And once their eyes landed on her, it was as if roots had sprouted—they simply could not move them away.

For the sole reason that this white‑clothed woman was too perfect!

Her dark brows were like painted strokes, her bright eyes like limpid water; her face was stunningly beautiful, her figure tall and slender. Paired with a single thin white dress, the faint chill emanating from her body was like surrounding immortal aura, pure and transcendent, as if she were untouched by mortal dust—a fairy who had descended from the heavens.

Especially those flawless cheeks of hers, which seemed to be the product of the Creator’s favoritism, as if there wasn’t the slightest trace of blemish from any angle.

Whether it was Vance Nangle or the two Nangle Family elders behind him, before today, they would never have imagined even in their dreams that:

After roaming half a lifetime, with hearts long as calm as still water toward women, they could still be stunned and entranced by a woman’s outward beauty...

"To think there could be such a perfect woman in this world... No wonder Young Master Chaim and those two brats couldn’t restrain themselves."

"If it had been me in my younger days... I absolutely wouldn’t have been able to hold back either."

After coming back to their senses, the two Nangle Family elders both sighed with emotion.

Vance Nangle also let out a sigh.

How could his thoughts be any different?

"I just don’t know... who exactly that man and woman are!"

One of the Nangle Family elders said, his face showing a hint of apprehension.

"No matter who they are... they killed people of my Nangle Family. This absolutely can’t just be brushed aside!"

Vance Nangle said, his tone icy and grim.

As his words fell, he looked again at Lux Nangle and said, "Augustine, once you go back this time, take the ’Floating Shadow Pearl’ you have and go see the Sixth Prince... I think, once the Sixth Prince sees that woman in the floating shadow image, he’ll definitely take an interest in her, and might even try every possible way to obtain her!"

By the end, a hint of scheming had surfaced deep in Vance Nangle’s eyes.

He intended to use the Sixth Prince as a gun in his hand.

Moreover, he believed that, given the Sixth Prince’s temperament, once he saw that flawless, perfect woman in white, he would stop at nothing to get her!

...

Just as Vance Nangle had expected.

When Lux Nangle returned to the Capital City of the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom and delivered that ’Floating Shadow Pearl’ to the Sixth Prince of the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom’s Imperial Family, the Sixth Prince’s eyes lit up, his breathing turning rapid, and he left the main seat at once, flying over to appear before Lux Nangle.

"Lux Nangle... who is this woman?"

The Sixth Prince grabbed Lux Nangle by the collar and lifted him up bodily, asking in a hurried tone.

The Sixth Prince was a young man in a golden long robe, thin of build and with unsteady steps. Between his brows there was a trace of gloom, yet from the speed he had just displayed, one could still see that his strength was not weak.

At the very least, far stronger than Lux Nangle.

"Lux Nangle, the Sixth Prince is talking to you!"

"Lux Nangle, what are you spacing out for? Hurry and answer the Sixth Prince!"

...

While Lux Nangle was stunned by the Sixth Prince’s reaction, a group of young men in splendid robes seated on either side of the main seat began to berate him one after another.

These young men were all scions of major families in the Capital City, and none of the families behind them were weaker than the ’Nangle Family’ behind Lux Nangle.

"Sixth Prince, I don’t know who she is either... I ran into her by chance outside..."

Lux Nangle said with a bitter smile.

"Lux Nangle, you didn’t secretly bring her back to your Nangle Family to hide her away, did you?"

A richly dressed youth who usually didn’t get along with Lux Nangle asked with a cold laugh.

At once, the look the Sixth Prince cast at Lux Nangle grew several degrees sharper.

"Sixth Prince, if I really had brought her back to the Nangle Family, I’d have definitely offered her to you at the first possible moment... The problem is, precisely because I wanted to bring her back and present her to you, I was forced to expend a Floating Light Shifting Shadow Talisman."

"Besides, my Nangle Family lost two elders over this, and two of my clan brothers also died."

Lux Nangle said with a wry smile.

Hearing Lux Nangle’s words, the Sixth Prince finally released his grip on Lux’s collar. "I’ll take it you don’t have the guts to deceive this prince!"

"This Floating Light Shifting Shadow Talisman will count as your reward from this prince for sending over this Floating Shadow Pearl... In the future, if this prince manages to find that woman and obtain her, there will be an additional heavy reward!"

With a casual lift of his hand, the Sixth Prince took out an Immortal Talisman and tossed it at the ground beside Lux Nangle, saying indifferently.

Lux Nangle bent down to pick up the Immortal Talisman while thanking him with utmost respect, "Many thanks, Sixth Prince, many thanks, Sixth Prince..."

That very day, the Sixth Prince issued orders for the experts under his command to pursue the whereabouts of that woman in white inside the Floating Shadow Pearl. For this he even had skilled painters copy the woman in white from the Floating Shadow Pearl and produce a portrait of her.

Like that, in no time at all, nearly the entire Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom knew that within the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom there was a woman so perfect she was without the slightest flaw, and that the Sixth Prince was searching for her.

Moreover, it was said that her strength was not weak, and that even two ’Yellow Stage Daai Law Golden Immortals’ of the Nangle Family in the Capital City of the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom had died at her hands.

Even so, there were still quite a few people searching for that woman’s whereabouts.

Because once someone found that woman, even if they only provided useful clues, they could receive a rich reward from the Sixth Prince.

...

If Wyatt Barnes had left the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom a bit later, he might have learned that Leilany’s true appearance at his side had already spread throughout the entire Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom by way of countless portraits.

While the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom was in an uproar over a single ’portrait’ of Leilany...

Wyatt Barnes had already brought Leilany into the territory of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, and arrived outside the Capital City of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation.

The Capital City of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation, though its buildings were largely similar to those of ordinary cities, in its overall structure and in the vast, imposing aura it emanated imperceptibly, gave Wyatt Barnes an entirely new feeling that shook his heart.

"Brother Wyatt... this city is so big."

Standing beside Wyatt Barnes, Leilany gazed at the Capital City of the Ascendant Dragon Celestial Nation before them. In her limpid, autumn-water eyes, there was also a trace of surprise.

However, in her gaze, aside from surprise, there was even more excitement.

"A city this big... there must be so many fun and beautiful things inside!"

Leilany clapped her hands as she spoke excitedly, like a child who hadn’t yet grown up.