Completely Out of Control

Immortal Spirit Mountain, underground cave.

As the saying went, if one was putting on a show, one had to see it through. With such a massive commotion now underway, only a handful of the highest-ranking figures in the Garrison Manor knew the truth.

The vast majority of Longevity Sect disciples, like the countless cultivators outside, were caught amid countless conflicting rumors, unable to tell truth from falsehood.

Only a very small number of core disciples, under the Garrison Manor's mobilization, could barely come into contact with this so-called ruin, this so-called truth...

Outside the underground ruin, security had long been layered three deep outside and three deep inside. Although, beneath Immortal Spirit Mountain, it was unlikely that outsiders could peer through such tight security and glimpse the truth within, the Garrison Manor had already begun its exploration of the ruin in earnest.

All obstacles around the ruin had been cleared away. The Longevity Sect disciples gathered at the entrance, and under the leadership of several personally taught Golden Core cultivators, they began breaking the ruin's grand formation with an air of absolute determination.

Though it was all an act, breaking the grand formation was naturally only surface-level smoke and mirrors. The true core lay in the Saint Spirit Gu within the ruin.

According to the plan, breaking the grand formation would inevitably alarm the Saint Spirit Gu inside.

Gu insects possessed spirit, and seeking benefit while avoiding harm was also their instinct.

Once it sensed danger, driven by its instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm, the Saint Spirit Gu would inevitably cause all manner of strange phenomena.

Given Immortal Spirit Mountain's current status as the center of attention, let alone a large-scale eruption of strange phenomena, even the faintest clue would likely be watched intently and dissected thoroughly by