"Another year of seclusion has passed. I wonder how things are on the island."
His thoughts returning, Ling Pengyun swept his divine sense outward and immediately grasped the situation beyond.
Perhaps because the island's Quasi Fifth Rank array formation lacked the oversight of Star Sea Pavilion's Quasi Fifth Rank array formation master, Starry Sunny Grand Elder, its power had greatly declined.
Under the attacks of the Demon Race outside, it had even begun to sway unstably.
Fortunately, the Demon Race seemed to have run out of high-grade Formation Breaking Talismans, or perhaps they were wary of something else. Otherwise, now would have been the perfect opportunity to break the formation.
"If this continues, the formation will likely be broken within a year or two. When that happens, the cultivators stationed on the island will probably be no match for the Demon Race outside. Even if Old Martial Uncle Yun Qian and I step in, we may only barely be able to protect some of our fellow cultivators."
"Thus, all we can do now is see whether Martial Uncle Xing Qing can leave seclusion before then. So long as she presides over it, the island's array formation will surely stabilize."
The joy on Ling Pengyun's face immediately vanished, replaced by worry.
Although Old Array True Lord Xing Qing's cultivation was rather ordinary among Nascent Soul Completion cultivators, her attainments in array formations could produce miraculous effects in a war like this.
Ling Pengyun promptly emerged from seclusion and sought out Old True Lord Yun Qian, who was likewise concealed on the island.
He was one of the older generation in the sect and held an exalted status, one that even Ling Pengyun could not compare with. He also knew more news.
And just as Ling Pengyun had expected, Old True Lord