Li Zhōujūn said nothing. He spread his palm, and the phantom of a small mountain range appeared in it.
"I've already asked the Old Ancestor. All the Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors of the Central Continent are being held there," Li Zhōujūn said. "But the Old Ancestor still has to protect Luo Baiyu, so I didn't ask him to act."
"I've never even been to this place. If I'm lying, may I remain stuck at the Half-step Dao Saint Realm for the rest of my life!" Old Immortal Liu declared loudly the moment he got a clear look at the mountain phantom in Li Zhōujūn's hand.
"Azure Emperor, what are we waiting for? Let's go there at once and rescue those Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors. Then we'll know who the mastermind behind this really is!"
The Central Great Emperor spoke, then turned toward Old Immortal Liu and narrowed his eyes. "If it really is this old man, I'll extract his soul and skin him alive. I'll make him unable to live or die!"
"Azure Emperor, clear my name!" Old Immortal Liu pleaded hurriedly after the Central Great Emperor's words made him shudder from head to toe.
"The Old Ancestor told me that this mountain is a formation meant to refine the many Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors imprisoned inside into a Dao Saint Blood Pill, which can be consumed to break through to the Dao Saint Realm.
"However, it will take forty-nine days for the pill to be completed. The Ninth-Rank Dao Emperors inside are still safe for now." Li Zhōujūn continued, "This formation is sinister. The Central Continent has never had anything like it, so it should have been passed here from another continent."
At this point, Li Zhōujūn looked at Old Immortal Liu. "If my guess is right, you must have revealed the