“What in Heaven’s name— Who’s that?!”

Jiang Buping stopped in his tracks when he heard the voice. His head jerked in the direction of the sky with astoundment.

He was not the only one; Ye He, Ye Ying, and Lin Jingxin all looked up at once.

Wearing long robes of shaded lead, an elderly stranger whose long pale beard and hair gleamed in the sporadic glow of the crackling lightning bolts encircling him floated in mid-air. His eyes flared ...