What to do if you receive the wrong package?

The moment the old couple left, the light in the great formation vanished. Li Hengzhi and Bai Heming, who were originally at the center of the formation, also disappeared along with the light.

As soon as the old woman arrived at the cave entrance, she saw her master rushing towards her in a menacing manner. Facing her master, the old woman dared not hide anything and followed behind him, recounting everything that had happened in the cave.

The master's face darkened, and he remained silent.

When the two arrived at the cave, the scene inside had changed drastically. The huge disc that had appeared in the middle of the cave was gone, replaced by an ordinary patch of muddy ground. There were no traces of footsteps on the ground, and Bai Heming and Li Hengzhi were nowhere to be found. If it weren't for the deep crater left by the old woman's fall on the wall, she would have suspected that the owners had entered the wrong cave.

The old couple stood quietly to the side, watching their master slowly walk around the cave.

The man addressed as "master" by the elderly couple was a middle-aged man. He was not particularly tall, and instead had a somewhat effeminate appearance. His voice was unusually high-pitched and shrill, sounding rather harsh.

"You just said two young men?"

"Yes, one of them seems to be named Hengzhi."

"Investigate. These two must have clues to activate the great formation. Remember, bring them back alive, don't kill them." The man's tone was not angry, but rather revealed a hint of joy.

He'd tried so many methods without success, but these two had managed to unravel it so easily. Thinking of the enormous light he'd just witnessed, a meaningful smile crept onto the man's lips. If he could capture these two, not only would what they obtained from activating the formation be his, but the remaining Seven Star Stones would also be his.

"The stuff is gone, so there's no need to stay here any longer. Tell the second and third brothers and the Great Shaman that we're about to leave."

"Yes, I obey."

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In fact, Li Hengzhi had already noticed something as the disc slowly rotated. He intended to tell Bai Heming about this, but was surprised to find that his body seemed unable to move.

The sounds of Bai Heming and the old woman clashing swords kept ringing in his ears. Because he was worried about Bai Heming's condition, Li Hengzhi tried his best to lift his head, but his body remained motionless. However, he could miraculously see everything that was happening in front of him.

He watched helplessly as Bai Heming held onto the old woman, standing firm in front of him despite being covered in blood from being slashed. He refused to fall and remained steadfastly in her presence.

Li Hengzhi was heartbroken, as if being stabbed with a knife. He just wanted to rush to Bai Heming's side immediately and shield him from all harm.

But he couldn't move.

Li Hengzhi was on the verge of collapse. His eyes were bloodshot with anxiety, but he couldn't utter a sound, only able to helplessly watch Bai Heming being wounded beyond recognition. Every wound on Bai Heming's body was like a sharp blade, constantly piercing Li Hengzhi's heart.

It hurts so much! Does Heming feel this much pain too? He's usually the most afraid of pain.

The crane cries.

The crane cries.

Li Hengzhi called out silently.

He wanted to cry, but no tears came out.

He saw Bai Heming being kicked to his side by his grandmother, saw him using all his strength to hold his hand, and even saw the bright smile Bai Heming gave him before being swallowed by the light.

"Hengzhi, I'm here to keep you company."

Surrounded by the light, Li Hengzhi was able to move. Ignoring his wounds, he lunged at Bai Heming beside him, wanting to hold him tightly in his arms.

But as soon as she touched Bai Heming's body, she saw him turn into countless points of light before her eyes and dissipate into the light.

"The crane cries!"

Li Hengzhi reached out as if to grab something, but he couldn't grab anything.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hengzhi suddenly felt a huge suction force coming from below, and his body fell rapidly downwards uncontrollably before he lost all consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself surrounded by a white void.

Li Hengzhi did not move, his face as pale as a stagnant pool, his open eyes devoid of any light, his mind filled with the image of Bai Heming fading away, and he murmured involuntarily, "Heming".

"Huh? You called me?"

A familiar smiling face suddenly appeared above his head.

Looking at the face he had been longing for, Li Hengzhi gave a self-deprecating smile. He hadn't expected that he would actually be hallucinating, a hallucination that he just wanted to indulge in and never wake up from.

He raised his hand to touch it, but was afraid that the person in front of him would shatter if he touched them.

Bai Heming looked at Li Hengzhi's trembling hand with a touch of sadness, then tightly grasped it and pressed it against his face.

"Hengzhi is me, the real me."

Feeling the warmth in his hand, Li Hengzhi sat up abruptly. At that moment, the joy of regaining what he had lost was mixed with sadness, and he could no longer hold back his tears, which welled up in his eyes.

With his other hand, he carefully placed it on the arm of the person in front of him, slowly groping upwards, as if trying to confirm something.

Bai Heming knew the person in front of him still couldn't believe it, so he simply hugged Li Hengzhi and snuggled into his arms. Li Hengzhi paused for a moment, then immediately wrapped his arms tightly around him, with a force as if he wanted to meld him into his own bones and blood, as if he had found a lost treasure.

Bai Heming was so tightly embraced that he could hardly breathe, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he hugged Li Hengzhi back and gently patted him from behind.

"It's alright, I've always been here."

Hearing Bai Heming's familiar comforting voice, Li Hengzhi could no longer hold back and lowered his head to kiss her without any rhyme or reason.

Bai Heming was stunned by the kiss. While his heart was fluttering, he was also embarrassed. He struggled in Li Hengzhi's arms and pushed Li Hengzhi's head away. His face was slightly red as he asked, "Stop fooling around. We need to get down to business first."

Li Hengzhi knew the person in his arms was embarrassed, so after letting go, he held the person firmly in his hand. After carefully examining him, he was surprised to find that all of Bai Heming's wounds had disappeared, and even his outer clothes had returned to their original clean and tidy state.

"Heming, what's wrong with you?"

"Don't ask me yet, look at yourself first."

Li Hengzhi blinked in confusion, then looked down and quickly glanced around. He found that, like Bai Heming, his wounds and bloodstains were gone.

"This...this is?" Li Hengzhi stared wide-eyed in shock.

"Sigh." Bai Heming looked at Li Hengzhi's simple-minded appearance and suddenly didn't want to talk to him, but still asked, "Did anything else appear beside you after you woke up?"

Li Hengzhi thought for a moment, then shook his head uncertainly. He had only been thinking about Bai Heming since waking up and hadn't paid any attention to these things.

Just then, a small, oval-shaped stone, gleaming with light, rose from the ground. The stone dangled in front of Li Hengzhi's eyes, as if complaining about his lack of attention.

Li Hengzhi suddenly realized that he had indeed been holding this small stone in his hand after he woke up, but he had casually thrown it aside.

He stretched out a finger and poked the round stone in front of him. He saw the stone transform into a beam of light and rush straight towards him. Before Li Hengzhi could react, the light entered his body.

In an instant, Li Hengzhi, with his eyes closed, rose into the air, his clothes fluttering even without wind. Immediately afterward, a powerful aura erupted from his body, and an immense and intimidating presence enveloped the entire area in an instant.

Bai Heming, with great foresight, retreated to a more distant place, calmly took out a fan, and began fanning himself, without any sign of worry on his face.

Soon after, the aura dissipated, and Li Hengzhi landed back on the ground, slowly opening his eyes.

He looked at Bai Heming, who was hiding far away, and a doting smile appeared on his lips. "You know how to hide. Come here."

"You remember now?" Bai Heming waved his fan and slowly walked back to Li Hengzhi's side.

Li Hengzhi nodded. The moment the light entered his body, he remembered everything and couldn't help but curl his lips into a mocking smile.

"Who would have thought that the Jade Balance Stone, which everyone in the martial arts world flocks to, is not just a stone, but a memory."

"And it's a unique memory. Even if we forcibly break through the formation, we won't get anything. Tsk, we've all been fooled." Bai Heming couldn't help but shake his head.

A thousand years ago, a massive war erupted between heaven and earth—the War of the Underworld. Shadow-like, pitch-black, and eerie creatures silently crawled out from the corners of the earth, sky, and sea, wreaking havoc across the six realms. These creatures were immortal; anyone caught off guard would be devoured and become one of their own. The six realms quickly united, determined to exterminate these creatures—this war was the War of the Underworld.

The entire war lasted for nearly a century. Although the Six Realms won, it was a Pyrrhic victory. Countless warriors perished in this battle. Even the seven Immortal Lords of the Arctic Palace, who were extremely powerful in the Immortal Realm, suffered severe injuries. Their physical bodies were destroyed, their cultivation was completely lost, and their primordial spirits were severely damaged, leaving only a wisp of divine essence.

Reconstructing the physical body was not difficult, but restoring the primordial spirit and cultivation was. The Heavenly Emperor could not bear it, and in order to help the seven Immortal Lords, he took the initiative to open the Mirror Heaven.

The Mirror Heaven is one of the four ancient magical artifacts. Immortals who jump to the mortal realm through the Mirror Heaven do not need to go through ten reincarnations. They only need to undergo one tribulation in the mortal realm and overcome the tribulation of love to regain their immortal body and return to the immortal realm.

Before jumping into the Mirror Heaven, Li Hengzhi was one of the seven immortal lords of the North Pole Palace—the Jade Balance Immortal Lord.

"But?" Li Hengzhi looked up at Bai Heming, somewhat puzzled, "Why did you come down too?"

Bai Heming spread his hands innocently, "Isn't it all for you? Who else would you want to go through the tribulation of love with besides me? Back then, Bihua and I grabbed Jiyue and came down to find you."

Bai Heming, before jumping into the Mirror Heaven, was also a Celestial Lord in the Celestial Realm—the Celestial Lord of Fate.

"Then why are you like me, remembering nothing?"

Bai Heming sighed silently; he hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

"As soon as the three of us jumped into the Mirror Heaven, we received a telepathic message from the Heavenly Emperor. Logically speaking, your affairs should not be interfered with by too many people, but the Heavenly Emperor also knew that he could not dissuade us. In order to prevent the Heavenly Dao from bringing down punishment, he had no choice but to erase our memories and magical powers. Unfortunately, we had already jumped by then, and when we woke up in the mortal world, we remembered nothing."

Looking at the man before him with his arms crossed and a resentful expression, Li Hengzhi smiled, took Bai Heming's fan, and fanned him, comforting him: "The Heavenly Emperor must have his reasons for doing this. When we get back, I'll take you to his Yuge Pavilion, and you can take whatever you want."

Bai Heming nodded heavily, then thought of the other two who had descended to the mortal realm with him, and couldn't help but feel worried: "I wonder where Bihua and Jiyue are now? How are they doing? By the way, quickly sense whether anyone else from the Arctic Palace has returned besides you?"

Li Hengzhi silently shook his head. The first thing he did after regaining his memories was to sense his other brothers, but they didn't react at all.

Li Hengzhi suppressed his worries and thought of another problem.

"The seven of us were originally the Big Dipper, and the Seven Star Stones circulating in the martial arts world are also related to the Big Dipper. I wonder if it's a coincidence or someone deliberately leaked it?"

“Coincidence? It doesn’t seem like it to me. There’s no way it could be such a coincidence. You obtained the memories at Qixia Mountain.”

"But if someone did this intentionally, who could it be? Could it be that the mortal world also knows about the affairs of the immortal realm?"

“When you first entered the Heavenly Realm, the Heavenly Emperor lied and said that you were in seclusion to cultivate, so even in the Immortal Realm, only a few of us know what really happened to you.”

Bai Heming found the more he talked, the more suspicious things became, so he simply put it aside and changed the subject, "Do you have a way to find the other six immortal lords in the mortal realm?"

“I can only sense a thing or two through aura within a certain range. However, although I can't find it, someone else can.” Li Hengzhi raised an eyebrow, keeping everyone in suspense.

"Speak quickly." Bai Heming folded his fan back and gently tapped Li Hengzhi.

"When my elder brother and the others entered Mirror Heaven, they left a token for their loved ones. With this token, we should be able to find them."

"..." Bai Heming didn't want to speak anymore. Now he not only had to find the remaining six Immortal Lords, but also their beloved ones.

All the immortals in the celestial realm knew that the war against the Netherworld was exceptionally fierce, resulting in the deaths of countless immortals, including the beloved wives of five immortal lords from the North Pole Palace. It was precisely the passing of these five that spurred the immortal lords of the North Pole Palace to channel their grief and anger into strength, determined to completely seal away the Netherworld.

So, how are we supposed to find it?

so tired.

Bai Heming thought that once he regained his memories and magic power, he would no longer be in a passive position, but he suddenly found that the mystery before him was getting bigger and bigger.

Li Hengzhi looked at Bai Heming's face, which was scrunched up like a bitter gourd, and patted his shoulder. "Don't think about it anymore. Let's deal with the current issues first. It's time for us to go out."

Bai Heming thought Li Hengzhi's words made sense. He grabbed Li Hengzhi's sleeve, and in a flash, the two of them returned from the white void to the real world, and even returned from Qixia Mountain to a street in the town.

Li Hengzhi looked up and saw that the east was gradually brightening. He hadn't expected that they had stayed in the Void Realm for so long. Fortunately, they came out in time. If they had come any later, there would have been more people on the streets, and the sudden appearance of two living people would have caused quite a stir.

Bai Heming looked around, discerned a general direction, pointed to the road ahead, and turned to Li Hengzhi, saying, "Let's go back to the inn first."

The two walked and looked around, and after only two turns, they arrived near the inn. Bai Heming was surprised to find that the inn was open so early.

This is unlike Ophiopogon japonicus.

The two quickly walked into the inn's lobby, where Uncle Peng was sitting behind the counter.

"Uncle Peng?"

"Hey, you're back. Are you cold..." Uncle Peng answered while looking up, but he was stunned to find Li Hengzhi and Bai Heming standing in front of him.

"Young Master Bai...you're back?"

After saying that, he even stuck his head out to look behind them. "Just you two? Haven't Mumu and Maiqiu returned?"

Bai Heming was completely confused. After listening to Uncle Peng's explanation, he realized that the young people in the shop had all gone to the foot of Qixia Mountain last night to pick up Bai Heming and the others, and also to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, Bai Heming and the others returned, but the ones who came to watch the excitement hadn't.