The thirty-thousand-foot stone gate closed. The True Immortal Heaven's Chosen from all fifteen factions-the five Golden Immortals and ten first-rate Heavenly Immortals-had entered.
Outside the tomb, only a handful of Heavenly Immortal Powerhouses remained, each attending their Golden Immortal Patriarch.
Silence returned to heaven and earth.
The wind whimpered, weeping and lamenting.
Yang Zhao looked at Yang Xiaohe, raising his brows as a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes.
"You've already reached the Heavenly Immortal Middle Stage?"
"It seems you do indeed have a reason for remaining at Li Qingyuan's side, fellow Daoist."
Yang Xiaohe was merely an artifact spirit, yet her cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, covering a thousand miles a day.
Who could believe that Li Qingyuan's fortune had played no part in nourishing her?
Yang Zhao pondered for a moment, then said, "Fellow Daoist, the wounds your true body suffered and the damage to your artifact spirit origin would be difficult to repair even with our Yang Clan's current capabilities."
The implication was that the Five-colored Lotus Lamp's true body had such an extraordinary origin and such grievous injuries that even a Golden Immortal Aristocratic Clan was helpless.
Yang Xiaohe bowed in greeting. "Greetings, fellow Daoist Yang Zhao."
She was neither servile nor overbearing, calm and composed.
A mere artifact spirit with Heavenly Immortal cultivation addressed a Golden Immortal Colossus as a fellow Daoist.
Rather than taking offense, Yang Zhao nodded and smiled.
Their Yang Clan had extremely deep ties with Yang Xiaohe.
The Taiyin Primordial Sovereign spoke curiously, his tone casual.
"I am very curious. Just what secrets does Li Qingyuan conceal? He could actually hide a Heavenly Immortal Law Artifact, beyond even a Golden Immortal's Primordial Spirit's scrutiny."
The Nine Heavens Thunder Venerable gave him an indifferent glance. "Taiyin Primordial Sovereign,