At the same time.
The countless demons stationed in the Mystic Kui Mountain Range, where the Dragon Mane Elephant Clan resided, as well as the four other Mystic Vein territories nearby, all spread out in every direction to search for traces of Ling Pengyun and the others.
As the territory under search grew ever larger, more and more demons gathered into this search party.
In the end, more than ten million demon beasts joined the search. The Earth Splitting Bear Clan's territory, spanning over a hundred million li, was turned upside down by the demon beasts, yet unfortunately, they still failed to find any trace of Ling Pengyun and the others.
Elsewhere.
Deep within the Earth Splitting Bear Clan's territory.
The Dragon Mane Elephant King, who had reached Golden Core Completion, and his Dao Companion, the Dragon Mane Elephant Queen, were both kneeling beneath a spirit mountain that towered into the clouds.
Only after several months of waiting did movement finally arise from within that towering spirit mountain.
A somewhat rough male voice then descended from the mountaintop.
"Why have the two of you come? Is there something you need?"
The Dragon Mane Elephant King beneath the spirit mountain immediately brightened at those words and recounted how his only descendant had been snatched away by human cultivators.
To draw the attention of the one in the mountain, he even revealed that his descendant possessed the Na Kui Spirit Body.
"You two are truly blessed to have produced a little elephant with a five-percent chance of Nascent Soul Formation. Not bad, not bad!"
"But how could cultivators snatch away your descendant from your clan grounds? Could it be a human of the Nascent Soul realm?"
The voice atop the mountain carried a few more notes of puzzlement.
"No."
"Some time