Randeng Descends the Mountain

In Jade Void Palace, the cloud couch still hung high, and Daoist charm was stern and imposing.

Only this time, Yuanshi Tianzun's face was even paler than last time.

The paler it was, the less confidence Shen Gongbao felt.

The moment he entered the hall, he dropped to his knees and prostrated himself.

"Disciple Shen Gongbao greets Master."

Yuanshi Tianzun lowered his eyes to look at him, his voice betraying neither joy nor anger.

"Were they rescued?"

A faint sheen of sweat appeared on Shen Gongbao's forehead.

"Disciple... is incapable."

Yuanshi Tianzun's gaze darkened.

"Speak."

Shen Gongbao could only recount everything that had happened outside Chong City from beginning to end.

From Grand Master Lingbao entering the formation and falling into danger, to the Ten Absolute Formations revealing a flaw, then to Chijingzi entering the formation to assist him—the two of them had already shaken the formation's momentum, but then the formation suddenly mutated, and both were trapped.

The more detail he gave, the colder the atmosphere in the hall became.

By the end, Shen Gongbao's voice had even lowered.

"Now... Senior Brother Qingxu, Senior Brother Lingbao, and Senior Brother Chijingzi are all trapped within the formation."

"Disciple truly has no stratagem left to use, and could only return to Kunlun again to beg Master to send another expert down the mountain."

As his words fell, Jade Void Palace sank into dead silence.

A moment later, Yuanshi Tianzun slowly spoke:

"What fine Ten Absolute Formations."

The sentence was not heavy, yet it made Shen Gongbao's heart tremble, and he pressed himself even lower.

Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly gave a cold snort.

The sound was not loud, yet the entire Jade Void Palace seemed to shake at once.

Outside the hall, immortal cranes startled into flight; inside the hall, the incense smoke