Bzzzz.
The void trembled as a spatial rift appeared out of nowhere beyond the Azure Spirit Realm.
Dozens of figures tumbled out of the rift in miserable disarray. They were none other than Gu Chen and his group.
"My lord, we... we're back."
A Sage looked at the familiar outline of the world in the distance, his voice hoarse and filled with the relief of surviving a catastrophe.
Gu Chen raised his head and gazed at the Azure Spirit Realm, his eyes complicated.
They were back.
But they had also led back a group of unimaginably terrifying enemies.
He did not know whether this decision would bring them a sliver of hope or complete destruction.
But he had no time to think about that now.
He could feel the cold, sinister presence locking onto them all drawing ever closer from behind.
"Fellow Daoist Liu Yuan! Senior! Save us!"
Gu Chen let out a desperate roar toward the depths of the Azure Spirit Realm.
"Powerful enemies from the Ten Great Dao Realms are hunting us! They possess a supreme treasure capable of countering Senior's talismans!"
His voice was like thunder, instantly spreading throughout the entire Azure Spirit Realm.
Azure Spirit Realm.
Inside a cave abode rich with spiritual energy, Liu Yuan sat cross-legged.
Three clumps of Hunyuan Wuji Origin were slowly being refined within the world inside his body, their vast power continuously washing over his limbs and bones.
His cultivation at the peak of Hunyuan Taiji became increasingly stable, even showing faint signs of loosening further.
Just then, Gu Chen's terrified and desperate cry for help pierced through layer after layer of restrictions and exploded directly beside his ears.
Liu Yuan abruptly opened his eyes, and the aura of laws within the cave abode fell into turmoil.
"A supreme