"Zhong Kui!"
"It's Zhong Kui!"
"He's finally back!"
Voices swarmed in Anji's head. Unsealing the golden core was easy. Forcing multiple breakthroughs was harder. If not for Gu Ying stabilising her body, Anji might not have succeeded at stabilising her astral body without Grandpa Jin's golden pearl inside her.
As of now, Anji was at the Enlightened Core stage, rapidly progressing into the Radiant Core territory. Her body was breaking down quicker than it could be repaired, but there was still enough time before daybreak. She still had to gain the approval of all divine beast guardians before she could install the new anchor.
"It's me," she confirmed. "How has everyone been? We briefly met when Red Palace was getting attacked. How did everyone become so weak since then? Didn't my shifu strengthen your seals?"
Apart from the White Tiger, who had already been awakened, the Black Tortoise, Vermillion Bird and Azure Dragon sighed.
