Chapter 52: The Nascent Soul Realm Is But a Step!

The warm, intimate silence of the main hall was a stark contrast to the absolute devastation that lay just outside its threshold. Bai Qingyue rested her cheek against Lin Yuan's arm, her breathing finally beginning to slow as the overwhelming terror of the night ebbed away in his presence.

However, as she slowly opened her tear-stained eyes, her gaze drifted past her husband's shoulders and out into the courtyard.

Suspended above was the translucent sphere of lightning. Inside it, groaning in a pathetic heap, was a middle-aged man in Daoist robes. His face was grotesquely swollen, half of his teeth missing from the brutal slap he had just received, and his once-terrifying aura was now pathetically weak, barely registering at the Foundation Establishment realm.