Lu Yang's expression turned grave at once.
Of course, he had deliberately put on that show for Upper True Haoyuan. With such an obvious change in expression, Upper True Haoyuan naturally would not pretend not to have seen it.
"Fellow Daoist? What happened?"
Lu Yang immediately sighed. "To be honest, the Xuanling Realm has sent an urgent distress call. It seems to have encountered danger and wants me to return at once, but it did not explain the details."
"The Xuanling Realm is in danger?"
The moment those words were spoken, Upper True Haoyuan narrowed his eyes.
Although he considered the Xuanling Realm a backwater, there was no denying that among such backwaters, the Xuanling Realm was fairly large.
Looking across the entire Void Darkness Light Sea, how many Jietian could force the Xuanling Realm to send out a distress signal, seeming unable even to flee? In truth, there were only their four super Jietian! Xuanyuan went without saying—it had sealed itself off in secluded cultivation and scarcely involved itself in outside affairs. It was simply impossible for it to do anything to the Xuanling Realm.
Which meant—
'The Immortal Pivot?'
Upper True Haoyuan quickly reached a conclusion. Before this, he might not have thought much of it; after all, it was perfectly normal for the Immortal Pivot to capture outsider Jietian.
But this time was different.
'Just now, the flare nebula belt surrounding the home star issued the highest-level Dao Heart alert. The anomaly was very likely caused by the World Honored One.'
'And under these circumstances, the Xuanling Realm suddenly sent an urgent distress call.'
*'Could the World Honored One also be interested in this Du Ye's Dharma Body, intending to use him to search for the Dharma Body Path? It is not impossible. The Celestial Court is