Mount Fangcun, Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.
Following Bodhi Patriarch's instructions, Jia Xin temporarily managed all affairs within the sect. During the half year he spent cultivating the Confucian heart method, Jia Xin learned from disciples stationed around the Apostle Forbidden Zone about everything that had happened in Ling.
The turmoil in the Devouring Realm ended when the Ninth Apostle was killed by Onizuka. Xing Shi had not died.
What concerned him most were the next two matters. First, three new Apostles had taken office. Among them, the Tenth Apostle's name had greatly shaken Jia Xin. Others might not know the name Shi Shou, but how could Jia Xin not know that it was Zhang Chen's title?
Second, the entire western region of Ling had been struck by two successive waves of void energy. All small and medium realms had been devastated, and all life had been extinguished.
"Why would Zhang Chen make such a choice?"
After consolidating his entire body with the Confucian heart method, Jia Xin had integrated all his cultivation arts. His strength advanced by leaps and bounds in a short time, and he had even used the divine artifact, the Azure Python Divine Sword, bestowed upon him by Bodhi Patriarch to communicate with the heavenly phenomena. Every disciple within Three Stars Cave had been utterly convinced of Jia Xin's strength.
Yet Jia Xin found it quite strange that Bodhi Patriarch had not returned for so long.
Until today, when the final deadline Jia Xin had set for himself arrived. Just as he was preparing to leave Mount Fangcun and search for Bodhi Patriarch, the grand formation beneath Mount Fangcun trembled. Two powerful auras that surpassed his own entered the barrier at the same time.
One belonged to Bodhi Patriarch, while the other was Jia Xin's obsession