Boom!!! The ear-piercing sound of something tearing through the air roared like thunder as it rapidly drew near from the distance.
In the blink of an eye, the figure flying over crashed into the ground like a falling meteor.
Dust billowed. Clad in gleaming golden scales, blade hanging at his side, the man's eyes were as sharp as a knife edge as they instantly locked onto Chu Mu.
But soon, as though confirming that Chu Mu was human, the sharpness in the man's gaze gradually faded.
The man asked tentatively, "Longevity Sect?"
"Chu Mu, Supreme Elder of the Longevity Sect."
Chu Mu cupped his hands.
The man sheathed his blade and returned the gesture. "Hong Shan, Marshal of the Crimson Flame Army Department of Great Heng."
Chu Mu asked, "What does Great Heng intend by sending an expedition here?"
Hong Shan fell silent, then turned and pointed at the faintly visible, sandstorm-shrouded horizon. "We came for this place."
Without waiting for Chu Mu to ask further, Hong Shan explained, "According to the Imperial Court's deductions, the true location of the Sky Palace Relic should be at the center of this Desert Sea."
"The Sky Palace Relic?"
Chu Mu frowned, somewhat puzzled.
Though he had come into contact with the Sky Palace Relic quite early on, because he feared It, he had always kept his distance when the Southern Sky Cultivation World had conducted its large-scale exploration of the Sky Palace Relic.
Later, he had remained occupied with his injuries. Once they healed, the transformation of his Pseudo Fourth Order body had drawn all his attention toward the matter of forming a Nascent Soul.
By the time he formed his Nascent Soul and gained the most basic ability to protect himself, the Demon Calamity had erupted, and the Human Alliance of