"Little Tanzi. Thank you. I mean it."

Ning Chen said it from the heart.

Tantai Qingyue shook her head, and hesitated. "I have bad news for you."

Something dropped in Ning Chen's chest. He looked at her, tense.

Tantai Qingyue kept her voice low. "I don't think I can bring his body back to life on my own.

He's too far gone. I only took him through one round of nourishing just now, and I could already feel the strain."

Ning Chen's face changed. "Then what do we do?"

Tantai Qingyue said, "Find two more masters above the ranks altogether. If the three of us take turns nourishing your Great Xuan's emperor, he may have a chance of living."

Ning Chen's brows knotted. "Two more? You're the first in the martial arts. If you can't carry it, nobody else is likely to."

Tantai Qingyue shook her head. "Calling me the first in the martial arts is a courtesy. It doesn't mean I'm the strongest under heaven... The world has hidden dragons and crouching tigers in it. There aren't many stronger than me, but there are certainly some.

The Wind and Cloud Rankings put me in the top three among the masters above the ranks altogether... I've never fought either of the other two, but that's proof enough they're no weaker than I am.

If you can find those two, your Great Xuan's emperor should come back to life."

Ning Chen's eyes narrowed a fraction. "Who are the other two?"

Tantai Qingyue said, "Both of them are in the Great Xuan. One is Heavenly Master Bingchen, of the Spirit Roaming Temple. The other is called Liu Baiyi, but nobody knows what he looks like or where he is.

Still, the Great Beginning Pavilion ranked him in the top three masters above the ranks altogether, so they should know how to find him."

Ning Chen was quiet for a moment. "Where is the Spirit Roaming Temple?"

Tantai Qingyue said, "In Suzhou, in the Great Xuan. There's a Spirit Roaming Mountain there, and the temple is built on top of it... I came…