In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
Gu Ding still had not emerged from seclusion, but Miko, Beika, and the others from the Gu Ding Pirate Crew returned one after another.
Only Miko, Beika, and Soya successfully broke through to the Dominator Realm. Fa Te and Dokter were stuck at the Flawless Realm.
However, Sea Emperor's true body also successfully broke through to the Dominator Realm during those three months. He had broken through so late because most of his earlier efforts had gone toward cultivating his two clones. He had thought time would be tight and that the Heavenly Dao Alliance's leader would act quickly after emerging from seclusion, but unexpectedly, an entire year passed without any movement from the other side.
Meanwhile, within the Heavenly Dao Alliance, its leader, wearing a Gold Mask, muttered to himself, "For the past year, I've been in a semi-secluded state, consolidating my cultivation. But that brat Bu Lai has been far too slow. He still hasn't found the Gu Ding Pirate Crew's coordinates after a whole year... Wait, could that brat have been killed?"
"No, if he had fallen, I should have been summoned to him. I left a teleportation mark on him. Could it be that he really hasn't found Gu Ding and the others after an entire year?"
After muttering to himself for a while, he formed several hand seals in succession. They were the seals for activating the Teleportation Jade Plate's communication function, but after waiting nearly a minute, the call still went unanswered.
"He didn't answer! Even if he put the Teleportation Jade Plate into his Storage Space, it would cause vibrations within the Storage Space. That brat Bu Lai couldn't possibly fail to notice..." Only then did the Heavenly Dao Alliance's leader realize something