Daozong had discovered this horrifying piece of hidden information. Just as he stepped onto the immortal sword floating in midair, intending to rush at full speed toward the central Apostle Forbidden Zone to report the news, the Chaos Tentacles within the enormous cave suddenly lashed out to bind his body.
"Do disembodied tentacles think they can restrain me, Shi Xuyun? What arrogant Chaos creatures."
The immortal swords hovering around Daozong swiftly severed the three incoming tentacles. The broken tentacles posed no threat at all. In Daozong's view, even one of his more capable Inner Disciples would not be harmed by tentacles of this level.
Moreover, after those three tentacles attacked, the other writhing tentacles in the cave showed no signs of launching an assault.
Daozong looked at the three tentacles he had cut off on the ground. All of them pointed in the same direction, deeper into the cave, as though urging Daozong to continue onward.
"After entering the Chaos Realm, investigate everything concerning Azathoth for me. Confirm whether his true body has been hiding in the Chaos Realm all along. Also, if you discover Azathoth's hiding place, search its interior thoroughly. With your abilities, you should be able to do it."
Bodhi Patriarch's earlier request echoed in Daozong's mind.
"Bodhi... I'll keep going deeper and see what is happening here. Just don't get yourself buried at the hands of petty people before I return."
Having made up his mind, Daozong advanced deeper into Azathoth's nest in the direction indicated by the three severed tentacles. Daozong was remarkably well suited to such darkness. After his defeat against Great Emperor Dongji in the Sunken Ghost Realm, when he had nearly been killed, Daozong had ultimately been willing to discard most of his body and replace it with Guo Chen's darkness, gaining