Because he sensed that the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body in the Northwest Continent had been destroyed once.
Bai Ge decided to take advantage of the more than half a month remaining before the Bodhi Ancient Tree emerged to return to the Northwest Continent and see what had happened.
Thus, through his connection to the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, Bai Ge directly tore open space at the Bai Di Sect and descended upon the place where the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body was located.
The north wind howled, and the setting sun was blood-red.
Dim evening light filtered through the clouds overhead and shone upon a city below.
This was Starfall Fortress, located amid a desolate expanse of Gobi. It stood at the border between the Sun Moon Empire and the Mist Mountain Empire conquered by the Lion Nether Sect.
When the Lion Nether Sect launched its campaign to conquer the Northwest Continent, it had swept through countless empires without resistance.
However, after encountering the Sun Moon Empire, the Lion Nether Sect suffered its first setback because the Sun Moon Empire had the Bai Di Sect of the Central Continent backing it. With the support of the many experts dispatched by the Bai Di Sect, the two sides fell into a prolonged tug-of-war.
Originally, with the Soul Hall supporting the Lion Nether Sect, the Sun Moon Empire had remained at a disadvantage before Bai Ge returned.
But after Bai Ge returned,
as Bai Ge sent the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, Qing Lin, and the Little Doctor Immortal over,
the Sun Moon Empire gradually began to gain the upper hand with the aid of one Dou Sheng and two peak Nine-Revolution Dou Zun experts.
However, just as the Sun Moon Empire recovered all its lost territory and began