296 Rank 5 Transcendent, Torturous Cultivation

Almost immediately after, the three other Samsara Monarchs appeared on the island too.

"Is this a first official visit or something?" Kong Xiang thought to himself.

"Oh, this...." Void Reality Monarch suddenly noticed the strange kid. "Wait, isn't this Cai Song?"

Instead of his usual unresponsiveness, Little Master Cai's eyes lit up vaguely at the sound of her voice, and he muttered a word.

"Laila?"

Void Reality Monarch smiled as she said, "Nobody has called me that in years."

"Wait, he knows her?" Kong Xiang was suspiciously puzzled. Void Reality Monarch wasn't.

"Cai Song and I actually go way back," she said, making a seat for herself. "Before I joined the Grand Samsara Temple, I was primarily an Artificer, and we sometimes took on projects together. But oh, we're not actually here for that."