Verification

Ghost Soul Sea.

One figure within leaned on a cane.

He resembled an old man.

He narrowed his eyes.

Looking toward the trembling distant sky, he said, "I wonder who laid down such an array, absorbing the Baleful Intent from the ruins beneath the sea and saving us our labor. It has opened several hundred years earlier than we expected."

"Has Fellow Daoist recovered from his injuries?" The other person's expression remained calm.

"Burning Heaven was far stronger than this old man had expected, but so what if he was stronger? Not only have this old man's injuries healed, but disaster has turned into fortune. I refined a thousand-year-old Heavenly Glazed Crystal from the medicinal palace deep within Star Abyss. My cultivation has advanced greatly, and I have reached the middle stage." The old man spoke with a chuckle.

"Back then, you feared that, as a middle-stage cultivator, I would swallow up every opportunity."

"Now that our cultivations are equal, it is time to take back what was once ours." Venerable Chuiyun sneered.

Back then, though Fuyou's strength had also been formidable, there had been quite a gap between them. Only by bringing the East Sea Lord into the fold had he barely achieved a balance.

Ever since his last injury, and after learning that the East Sea Lord had vanished and was presumably dead, Fuyou had remained entrenched in his sect, entering seclusion to heal and break through his realm. Even the Heavenly Roc Sect had fallen silent with him.

Venerable Chuiyun should have been displaying his divine might, but he too had been severely wounded during his spell battle with the two of them and had no choice but to enter seclusion to recuperate.

Likewise, his sect had fallen quiet because of his injuries. Fortunately, Venerable Fire Phoenix