Chapter 556: Third Step of the Heavenly Ladder

Chapter 556: Third Step of the Heavenly Ladder

Behind Nan Gong Wuyue stood numerous martial artists, Taoists, and high-level Mystic Beasts—all top-tier experts nurtured by the Southern Mansion. They gathered in the plaza, their faces etched with cold sneers.

Zi Hanyan's father, Zi Lianshan, was bound to a bronze pillar by iron chains. Two burly warriors of the ninth-level Earthly Venerable Realm stood on either side of the pillar, gripping 500-kilogram heavy blades, ready to sever Zi Lianshan's head at any moment.

"Father!" Zi Hanyan arrived at the plaza, her heart shattered with grief, and rushed toward Zi Lianshan.

"Whoosh!"

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