Wei Yunqing was the first to spot the pillar of light shooting into the sky. She said to Sheng Yuhong, who was slaying giant beasts beside her:
"Senior Brother Sheng, look over there!"
Sheng Yuhong had noticed the pillar of light as well. It was far too conspicuous in the darkness, and he immediately said:
"Let's fight our way toward the pillar of light."
"Alright."
Wei Yunqing had a feeling that the place might hold a way out of this bizarre forest.
Wei Chenyin and the other three saw the pillar of light as well. After Cao Yi raised a hand and calculated for a moment, he said:
"We go that way. That is where the gate of life lies."
The other three acknowledged him, then adjusted their direction and advanced toward the pillar of light.
Almost every cultivator who had been transported into the bizarre forest headed in the same direction. Meanwhile, the frenzied giant beasts in the forest sensed the threat and began attacking the cultivators with even greater madness.
Among all the advancing groups, cultivators who had once absorbed the forest's Spiritual Qi for cultivation gradually developed bloodshot eyes after fighting for some time. Then, like those giant beasts, they began indiscriminately attacking every living thing around them, including their own companions.
"Qiubai, have you lost your mind?"
"Yunteng, what are you doing?"
"Ah! You actually dare to hurt me!"
"Stop! Wake up!"
Similar cries of alarm and screams played out throughout different parts of the forest.
Only the Buddhist cultivators of Yunmen Temple remained unaffected. Out of consideration for their fellow cultivators, they even lent a hand to those who had fallen into madness, which slowed their advance.
When Yunxi opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a bed beneath pink gauze curtains. She