A shooting star tore across the firmament, seeming to split the high sky in two.
Overturning Heavens Senior traveled with Chu Xi at an astonishing speed. He held a Transmission Talisman throughout the journey, immediately relaying any news to Chu Xi the moment it arrived.
Suddenly, his brows furrowed deeply. Chu Xi, who had been recovering, seemed to sense something and abruptly opened her eyes.
Sensing Chu Xi's gaze, Overturning Heavens Senior immediately said, "Sorry for the trouble. Little Tathagata of Spirit Mountain has descended. Although Lin Xuan has exceeded expectations time and again, this time..."
Overturning Heavens Senior did not finish his words, but their meaning was already abundantly clear.
Everything that had happened in Heavenly Elephant City had been relayed to him and Chu Xi at the first possible moment.
Several times, the two of them had believed Lin Xuan to be in danger and had worried themselves sick over it.
Yet not long afterward, news would return that Lin Xuan was safe, even that he had turned the tables and suppressed his opponent. The boulder in their hearts would fall away, leaving them deeply shocked as well.
But this time, both of them felt exceptionally heavy-hearted.
Spirit Mountain was not in Cloud Province, but in Spirit Province among the Nine Provinces of the Upper Realm. The entirety of Spirit Province lay within Spirit Mountain's sphere of influence.
Of course, that was also because Spirit Province was extremely small. Someone in the Celestial River Realm could circle Spirit Province at top speed within a single day.
Spirit Province lay within the Boundless Sea and was merely an island. The only reason it could become a province was because Spirit Mountain upon it was an Emperor-level Lineage.
With Spirit Province as its foundation, Spirit Mountain spread its teachings through