The moment Tian Ming said this...
The unease in Li Chang'an's heart climbed to its peak.
Not only him—the faces of Yan Ruxuan and the other Ancient Cultivation Sect cultivators all filled with worry.
"The Immortal Sects were destroyed in the Great Tribulation. They can't possibly reappear in the world. What does Tian Ming want to do?"
"Could there be a Legacy left behind by an Immortal Sect beneath Thousand Mines Cave?"
They looked at one another, none of them willing to guess in the worst direction.
Tang Yan's expression, however, was extremely grave.
"I... I suddenly sensed the sect master's aura."
"The sect master?"
Hearing this, everyone froze.
A thought they could scarcely believe gradually surfaced in their minds.
"Fellow Daoist Tang, by the sect master you mentioned, you mean..."
"The final sect master of the Nether Prison Sect, Heavenly Lord Gui Ming!"
"What?"
Everyone's hearts sank.
Heavenly Lord Gui Ming should have died in the Great Tribulation ninety thousand years ago. Why would his aura appear inside the Fissure?
Could it be that he, too, had lived to the present age through a World-Avoiding Coffin?
Even so...
It would be very difficult for him to return to the Soul Transformation realm in the present Cultivation World.
At that moment...
Tang Yan spoke again.
"It isn't only the sect master. There are also the auras of other Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords, such as Bliss Heavenly Lord."
At these words, everyone was even more shocked.
Could it be that none of these Soul Transformation experts had fallen in the Great Tribulation?
That Great Tribulation back then had come too quickly and ended too quickly. Many people had vanished for no reason amid utter chaos.
So much so that...
The final outcome for both sides of the Great Tribulation remained a