"Harmony? I'd sooner trust a ghost!" I gritted my teeth. Fighting him alone was indeed a little strenuous, but after more than a dozen rounds of pursuit, we had already rushed to an extremely high point above the Grand Array. I could even vaguely see the chaotic situation beneath the clouds!
The edge of the Grand Array was nowhere in sight, being far too distant, but I saw many Primordial Ferocious Beasts breaking into it. It went without saying how chaotic things outside must have become!
The Primordial Ferocious Beasts had likewise entered the Heavenly Mandate Cauldron and learned how to intervene, which was why they had reached this central region. But their goal was different: they were rummaging through everything, trying to find Heavenly Dao Powder. After all, these things were no less valuable than Chaos Qi. Perhaps this was also how Xiao Jianlan had lured the beasts here.
I ignored the Primordial Ferocious Beasts. Instead, I was worried about whether Shao Zi and the others could hold out outside.
"City Lord Xia! Hurry up and come out! We've suffered heavy losses—so many brothers have been eaten! We can't drag this out any longer!" Yun Jun wailed. Whenever nothing was happening, this fellow wandered around aimlessly and did nothing. But whenever something happened, he shouted louder than anyone else.
I ignored him and continued chasing Xiao Jianlan upward through the enormous passageway.
The higher we flew, the clearer the situation here became. The Heavenly Dao space above and the sacred land below were connected by a gigantic cylindrical Grand Array. Of the two exits, the lower world was the Nine Heavens itself, while the upper Heavenly Dao space had no direct entrance and relied entirely on the Grand Array for transport. The upper side was equivalent to the entrance