Qingyi flashed, and Li Qingyun emerged from the formation, darting straight toward the Muddy Field that hung alone at one corner of the ruined ruins.
Over the past six years, the ruined ruins layer had continued to shrink, with more than half of its edge regions already gone. Yet the Muddy Field was clearly extraordinary. Like a nail, it remained firmly hammered in place, not shifting in the slightest.
Now, the Muddy Field resembled an isolated island, connected to the ruined ruins only by a sliver of a passage.
Daoist Lu Ya had been hiding within the Muddy Field these past few years.
On the day the Eternal Frozen Corpse had nearly revived, Lu Ya had originally intended to use the Mud Channel to return to the Outer Void and seek refuge. But after the frozen corpse was taken away by the Supreme One, he had continued to remain here.
"Lu Ya knows far too much. If he remains in the Muddy Field, that means this place also holds a heaven-shaking opportunity—perhaps one no less than the Ice River Ancient Ruins!"
"And the Empress of Burial has also been concealing herself within it all this time, waiting for something. That proves it even more..."
Li Qingyun traveled along the "sliver of Heaven" in the void, secretly guarding against the hazy Outer Void surrounding it as such thoughts ran through his mind.
The ruined ruins had shrunk too severely. This tiny connection to the Muddy Field was far too fragile.
As he walked atop this narrow strip of gray cloud from the ruined ruins, the tremor in his Dao heart never ceased. Even across the boundary of the ruined ruins, he could sense several unfathomable gazes from the Outer Void following him with sinister intentions.
Should he reveal even the slightest