Zhou Ming's Suspicions

Deep in the Depths of Chaos, countless miles from the Primordial World.

Zhou Ming was leading the others toward the Primordial Wilderness at full speed when he suddenly halted without warning.

Behind him, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others stopped as well.

"Elder Brother, what's wrong?"

Houtu looked at Zhou Ming and spoke softly.

Zhou Ming did not answer. He hovered in place, gazing toward the distant Primordial Wilderness.

There was nothing there but silence.

Yet just a moment ago, he had sensed an aura.

Its owner had reached the same threshold of the Dao as he had: the realm of Hunyuan Infinite Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

The aura vanished so quickly it might have been an illusion.

But Zhou Ming knew it was real.

"Elder Brother, what happened?" Zhu Rong asked. Seeing Zhou Ming's grave expression, his heart tightened.

Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, and the others gathered around him, their faces full of questions.

Zhou Ming drew his gaze back from the distance and turned to their anxious, concerned faces.

He spoke slowly.

"I just sensed an aura."

"Its owner has the same cultivation as me."

"A Hunyuan Infinite Grand Unity Golden Immortal."

"What?!"

Zhu Rong cried out.

"A Hunyuan Infinite Grand Unity Golden Immortal? How is that possible?"

"Besides you, Elder Brother, how could anyone else break through to that realm so quickly?"

Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and the others reacted just as strongly. Disbelief was written across their faces.

"Was it Hongjun?" Zhu Jiuyin asked hoarsely. "Did that old bastard break through too?"

"Impossible!" Zhu Rong shot back. "Elder Brother only just broke through. How could Hongjun have done it too? I don't believe it!"

Houtu forced down her shock and stepped forward to face Zhou Ming.

"Elder Brother, do you know who it was?"