Qin Siyu's bangs ultimately were not cut.
Not long after stepping out of the door, the girl, who had grown accustomed to a loose ponytail over the years, hesitated and ended up detouring with Jiang Hou to the vegetable market.
On the way home after buying groceries, Qin Siyu suddenly thought of something while walking on the sidewalk.
"Jiang Hou, I gained a new ability today."
"What is it?"
The girl stuck out her tongue, "I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know. I was busy researching my bangs this morning."
Jiang Hou nodded, "Let's check it out when we get home."
As they spoke, Jiang Hou's phone rang. It was a call from his assistant, Li Mengwu. When she called, something must have gone wrong somewhere, so Jiang Hou opted to answer directly.
"Minister, news came in from Zhangxi Province. The Transcendent sent to track discovered the lingering presence of an Evil God."
Jiang Hou raised an eyebrow, "Tier Seven?"
Li Mengwu 'shook her head' from the other end of the line, "It's still uncertain over there. Since it involves a saint level, the tracker didn't dare to get too close and couldn't determine the specific tier."
"Currently, that Evil God is quite far from the major portal entrance of Zhangxi Province. It might have wandered in from other areas."
"The head over there is worried that the Evil God might breaches the entrance and immediately chose to seek help, hoping you could come over to suppress it."
The head of Zhangxi Province's branch is only a Tier Six Peak Extraordinary. If that Evil God finds the entrance and invades, they wouldn't be able to stop it.
Once the Evil God descends, the intense contaminant energy it emits can instantly radiate through more than half of the provincial city, causing millions to mutate, not to mention the ensuing slaughter.
Jiang Hou said calmly, "Inform them that I will go over in a moment."
"Understood, Minister."
After hanging up the call, Jiang Hou looked at the girl waiting nearby, "Siyu, I have to head out, don't wait for me for lunch today."
Qin Siyu nodded, "Go, and be safe."
Boom! The ground trembled as Jiang Hou turned into a black shadow, soaring into the sky and disappearing into the clouds thousands of meters above in the blink of an eye.
This spectacle left the pedestrians, as well as the shopkeepers and customers in the surrounding stores, all dumbfounded. Though the existence of the Extraordinary had been apparent for months, it was their first time seeing someone 'fly'.
While those people were in shock, Qin Siyu was already humming a tune and walking briskly towards home.
Jiang Hou's identity as a Transcendent was no longer a secret, so neither he nor Qin Siyu cared about the spectacle of him flying away in public.
As for safety, not to mention that the girl was already a Superpower User, Jiang Hou had also equipped her with extensive Extraordinary Equipment, making ordinary Transcendents no match for her.
Additionally, within the not-so-distant home, there was a beast on the verge of awakening, breaking through to Tier Seven.
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Zhangxi Province was adjacent to Yidu, a little over 900 kilometers away. After breaking through Tier Seven with the help of the Yama Prison Demon Blade, Jiang Hou's normal flight speed reached supersonic levels.
Thus, in less than an hour, Jiang Hou appeared over Zhang City.
After briefly consulting the map, Jiang Hou descended from the sky, appearing in the suburban military exclusion zone, the interdimensional portal, where Zhangxi's head, Li Lan, was already waiting.
The woman, in her thirties, greeted courteously, "Minister, you're here."
Jiang Hou nodded slightly, "Let's go, we'll head directly to the place where the Evil God's residual presence was detected and deal with it as soon as possible."
"...Alright." Li Lan was briefly stunned by Jiang Hou's straightforwardness, then nodded and turned, entering the interdimensional space.
Under normal circumstances, even these space portals require entering the ruins only at night, much like the small portals in Yidu.
However, some large portals, upon formation, create large interdimensional spaces where the forces of both worlds converge.
Through this buffer zone, the large portal entrances in Yidu and Zhangxi can be accessed at any time; likewise, monsters and fierce beasts opposite can do the same.
This was also the reason Jiang Hou hurried over immediately.
Of course, besides his duty, he wanted to see if that Evil God could serve as 'food', being a kind of fierce beast.
Feitong's breakthrough this time was expected to take at least a few days. Without the help of the fox beast, finding a Tier Seven Ferocious Beast in the vast ruins would be too challenging.
He might not have anything to 'eat' for the next few days.
Passed through the portal, Jiang Hou soon re-entered the ruins.
In the world veiled in black mist, Jiang Hou and Li Lan followed the coordinates left by the tracker, sprinting quickly, but today seemed to bring numerous events.
Following behind Li Lan, Jiang Hou felt a slight movement on his wrist. Inside the Storage Space, the Seal of the Kings was emitting a faint light.
Jiang Hou subconsciously immersed his consciousness, allocating a portion of his mind to enter the Storage Space. Upon touching the King's Seal, he instantly received a weak thought from Demon God Chi Heng.
"Tongtian, why didn't you join the hunt for the Celestial Stars this time?"
Jiang Hou paused slightly upon hearing this, then his mental will vibrated, "I have just revived, my strength hasn't recovered much, and I can't activate the Seal of the Kings to descend cross-realm."
Of course, this was merely Jiang Hou's excuse.
Activating the Seal of the Kings only required injecting the power of Tier Eight to command. It utilized the Array of All Heavens and Stars arranged by ancient Demon Gods to descend upon remote regions cross-realm.
Demon God Chi Heng was aware of this but didn't expose Jiang Hou.
In his mind, Jiang Hou was undoubtedly cautious due to his recent awakening, his strength being still weak, and with him joining the Alliance of Gods midway upon Chi Heng's invitation, being cautious was normal.
Demon God Chi Heng changed the topic, his tone regretful, "It's a pity not joining this time. The Divine King Origin left in the Celestial Star World was several times richer than any of us expected."
"Once we've absorbed and refined these origins, it will suffice to restore part of our remnant bodies."
Upon reviving, these awakened Demon Gods didn't restore their power through cultivation but by replenishing the deep-seated true body that was largely worn away by time.
Hence, ordinary resources and energy were of no use to them.
A pity indeed, for it was the Divine King Origin, and even a wisp could overwhelm Jiang Hou now.
Yet compared to precious resources, his life was still more important.
Confronting the 'Sovereign' that had already regained strength equivalent to a True God, Jiang Hou had no confidence in hiding from its eyes, at least not for now.
It was at this moment Jiang Hou recalled something, his mental will fluctuating, "Chi Heng, after you divided the Divine King Origin of the Outer World, what happened to the Ancient Alien Race within?"
"Those remnants, naturally, disappeared along with it."
Demon God Chi Heng commented casually, "The so-called Celestial Stars World, in essence, is a Divine Body cleaved by a Demon God from the civilization of the last era."
"For us to obtain its leftover origin, we must reforge the world, return to source."
Chi Heng's tone was very relaxed, but Jiang Hou felt an indescribable coldness within.
This was what it meant to be an Ancient Demon God – eradicating countless 'people' of an Ancient Divine Race, annihilating a world was like having a routine meal.
This wasn't ruthless and murderous, but rather a difference in perception due to disparate life levels.
Just as if an anthill appeared on a wall, to avoid affecting the wall's stability, the homeowner would just boil a kettle of water and pour it to extinguish countless ants.
