"Someone has been here?"
The Golden Shirt Youth looked at the ruined ground and asked with a frown.
"Yes, two Great Ascension Cultivators. They seemed to know you were coming back, so they fled in advance. They discovered the Ten Thousand Spirits Dao Fruit."
The Black Skirt Matron answered truthfully, without the slightest hint of worry on her face. She was filled with confidence in her own strength.
"Great Ascension Cultivators? They were lucky to escape. I obtained a Eighth Order Lightning Absorption Pearl, so surviving the next Grand Heavenly Tribulation won't be a problem for us."
The Golden Shirt Youth said with a smile. With a flip of his right hand, a green bead appeared in his palm.
They did not understand Artifact Refining or Array Formation, so the Eighth Order Lightning Absorption Pearl could not display its full power.
Even so, it could still provide considerable assistance.
"By my calculations, the Ten Thousand Spirits Dao Fruit will mature within thirty thousand years."
The Black Skirt Matron analyzed the situation.
"A Great Ascension Cultivator has entered. It seems the Dao Field has opened again. To be safe, we shouldn't leave the cave abode. Otherwise, someone might take advantage of a loophole."
The Golden Shirt Youth spoke in a low voice.
After transforming into human forms, they had obtained the Ancient Cultivator's legacy and learned about cultivation.
They had cultivated Secret Arts, slain Great Ascension Cultivators, and learned through Soul Search that the Dao Field opened once every so often.
The Black Skirt Matron nodded in agreement, and the two of them returned to the cave.
More than four hundred thousand kilometers away, in a dense forest, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, and Wang Tuntian stood beneath a sky-reaching tree, their expressions solemn.
"Master, another transformed Demon Beast arrived. He took