Su Yi's vision cleared.
He saw the glazed treasure ship hurtling through space-time at a speed so swift it was utterly shocking.
The Phoenix Ancestor stood at his side, one hand gripping the Purple Long Spear as she gazed into the distance, a rare solemnity between her brows.
Clearly, after deploying every kind of trump card, the Phoenix Ancestor had broken free of Tu Jianshan's entanglement in one stroke and immediately fled with Huang Xuan and him.
"The real danger?"
Su Yi was puzzled.
The Phoenix Ancestor patiently explained, "Tu Jianshan is a retainer of the Mountain God Race. His desperate fight with me was intended to hold me back while waiting for reinforcements to arrive."
"This means that people from both the Mountain God Race and the Three Purities Temple are currently rushing here."
As she spoke, the Phoenix Ancestor's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Those are not especially troublesome. The real trouble lies on the Ninefold Sky Road."
"That heavenly road is rather unique. It is the sole path from the River of Destiny Origin to the River of Destiny."
"One could say that the Ninefold Sky Road is the gateway to the River of Destiny Origin."
"Throughout the ages, the Five Great Heaven Condemned God Races have taken turns guarding the Ninefold Sky Road."
"They rotate every nine thousand years."
"And the force currently guarding the Ninefold Sky Road consists of experts from the Mountain God Race."
Su Yi immediately realized how thorny the problem was.
During their journey earlier, he had already learned from the Phoenix Ancestor that four checkpoints lay between the River of Destiny Origin and the River of Destiny.
They were the Ninefold Sky Road, the Fallen Moon Blood Realm, the Netherlight Void, and Retrace Heaven.
Of them, Retrace Heaven was the first checkpoint