Lin Bai rose on his sword and entered the first layer.
Along the way, Lin Bai's expression was solemn as he pondered inwardly: "On the first layer of Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain, everyone is a martial artist who has just entered this place. The only offering on them is a single red pearl."
"Engaging the other powerhouses now clearly isn't a wise choice."
"Right now, the other martial artists should be planning, just like me, to find puppets as quickly as possible after entering the first layer. Once they kill them and obtain the offerings, they'll hurry to the second layer."
"Once they reach the second, third, or fourth layer... by then, defeating martial artists will yield a large number of red pearls."
Lin Bai secretly calculated this in his heart.
"Then I'll look for puppets first and leave the first layer before making any further plans."
Lin Bai made up his mind. While on the first layer, he did not want to fight too many powerhouses. He would first find enough red pearls, leave the first layer, and then decide what to do.
Lin Bai looked up. High above the first layer's sky was another stretch of land—that was the second layer.
"Although Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain is called a mountain, it's actually formed by nine islands stacked atop one another. Formations separate every island, so it's impossible to fly up. We can only ascend through the teleportation arrays on each layer."
Lin Bai glanced at the second stretch of land overhead. After pondering for a moment, he continued flying forward.
The island of the first layer was enormous. Even accommodating a hundred thousand martial artists would have been easy, yet after those hundred thousand martial artists entered the first layer, they vanished without a trace.
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