At that moment, Great Emperor Zhen Yuan and the others were outside the Mine. They had no idea what was happening inside.
Suddenly, space above the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein twisted. A massive Space Vortex appeared, and a beam of golden light shot from its center.
The light pierced straight through the mountain and reached the Mine within the Heavenly Sun Jade Vein, enveloping the Thousand Cold Great Emperor.
Bathed in the golden light, the Thousand Cold Great Emperor slowly rose toward the Vortex in the sky.
When the Thousand Cold Great Emperor emerged from the mountain, Great Emperor Zhen Yuan and the others saw him.
"It's the Thousand Cold Great Emperor!"
"He's broken through!"
Shock spread across their faces. They had thought the Thousand Cold Great Emperor could easily kill Fang Chen once he entered the Mine. Instead, he had broken through.
Yet none of them was happy. They knew he must have been driven into a corner by the Floating Immortal Great Emperor inside the Mine and had chosen, as a last resort, to become a Half-Immortal so he could escape.
Just then, a figure came hurtling through the air. It was the Tang Family's Thousand Hand Great Emperor.
The Thousand Hand Great Emperor had been slower than the Thousand Cold Great Emperor to reach Golden Cicada Ridge. After tracking down Fang Chen's location through various means, he had rushed here at once.
But when he arrived, he saw something he had never expected: the Thousand Cold Great Emperor was ascending.
"What on earth happened?"
The Thousand Hand Great Emperor froze. He stared at the Thousand Cold Great Emperor and could only watch him fly into the Vortex overhead. He wanted to send him a message, but under these circumstances, the Thousand Cold Great Emperor could not reply.