The Southern Pole Celestial Venerable's taut divine sense sliced through space like an ancestral weapon. Reflections in shattered spaces of varying sizes stood utterly still.
His gaze locked onto the great fog that blotted out the sun and sky.
That immense darkness, as though it could shift the very universe with it, slowly receded like the tide. In truth, it was simply moving away.
For an instant just now, he had indeed sensed the collapse of an ancestral emperor weapon. Yet the shattered mist had not scattered in all directions, but surged toward a single direction as if guided by someone.
"He's gone!"
Wanqi Emperor's voice carried a hoarse roar. The Boundless Demon Eyes stared blankly, then he suddenly turned his head. "He could leave all along?"
Zhengfa Mingrulai nodded faintly.
He had been the first to arrive here and had witnessed the change in Tu Shan Jun's aura.
If he had initially been a gentle, conservative Great Celestial Venerable who did nothing and fought for nothing, then amid that wild laughter, he had revealed the ferocity of a hellish fiend within, completely tearing away his kindly outer skin.
It was more like something had enraged him and caused him to break free of his seal.
"Even a seal laid down by a powerhouse like the Azure Emperor wasn't secure," Wanqi Emperor said, his brow tightly furrowed.
The Azure Emperor was an ancient master of great divine powers, an existence wholly no weaker than the patriarchs of the Three Teachings.
The Southern Pole Celestial Venerable asked gravely, "If not for the Azure Emperor's strength, he could never have captured him."
With a long sigh, he added, "He could be captured, but not killed..."
"After ruling Yin Heaven for so many years, I fear he has already become a Heaven-Commanding Sect