Beyond the entrance was a passage filled with countless floating clusters of colored light. Luo Hong recognized at a glance that they were all exceptionally pure Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
A moment later, a foot-wide disk slowly flew out of the passage along the Golden Light Pillar and hovered at the entrance.
This disk was no different from the Counterfeit Reverse Star Disk Linglong had produced. Spiritual light flickered across it, and it shone with starlight, leading everyone to suspect that this was the true Reverse Star Disk.
Linglong was delighted at the sight and immediately flew toward the disk.
As she drew near, a ring of light emerged from her body and quickly spun down beneath her jade-like feet.
Seemingly due to the appearance of the light ring, the clusters of light in the Reverse Spirit Passage began to emit a clear buzzing hum, and the disk slowly started to turn. Clearly, this ring of light served as Linglong's proof of identity.
Without looking back, Linglong moved and landed on the disk, which carried her into the Reverse Spirit Passage.
At once, multicolored rosy clouds surged through the passage, and in the blink of an eye, Linglong disappeared from everyone's sight.
With a thunderous boom, all the rosy clouds rapidly receded. The passage became pitch-black once more and swiftly began to collapse.
Several breaths later, the Reverse Spirit Passage had disappeared completely, and the Ninth Layer returned to tranquility.
After withdrawing his gaze with a wistful expression, Xiang Zhili turned to Luo Hong and said,
"Junior Brother Luo, my being sealed in Cracked Space this time must have alerted my friends. Would you be interested in meeting one of them and sitting down to discuss the Dao for a few days?"
Old Ghost Xiang was exceedingly cautious in