Within the Heaven Temple's Hall of the Nine Sun Divine King, the Nine Sun Divine King, who had been investigating the destruction of the Exile Forbidden Ground, had just arrived after receiving an urgent report from his disciple Hong Ru.
A moment earlier, Nine Sun's true body had still been at the destroyed Exile Forbidden Ground.
The reason the Nine Sun Divine King had been able to arrive so quickly was not his cultivation as a Creation Realm Divine King.
Under normal circumstances, even a Creation Realm Divine King would need either a spatial formation or an enormous amount of time to return from the Exile Forbidden Ground to the Primordial Continent.
However, the Exile Forbidden Ground's spatial formation had long since been destroyed. The Nine Sun Divine King's swift return stemmed from the statues of the Nine Sun Divine King enshrined by the Heaven Temple.
His true self possessed countless mysterious connections with the statues of himself enshrined by the Heaven Temple in various places. In particular, those he had personally blessed allowed him to use a secret art divine ability to descend swiftly.
The statues enshrined throughout the Heaven Temple were far more than mere clay figures and wooden carvings. They possessed all manner of miraculous uses beyond anyone's imagination.
At that moment, the Nine Sun Divine King was digesting the intelligence Hong Ru had just urgently reported, while Hong Ru stood at the side with his hands hanging respectfully at his sides.
Truth be told, the Nine Sun Divine King had become increasingly satisfied with this disciple, Hong Ru.
Yet the intelligence Hong Ru had brought caused the Nine Sun Divine King to knit his brows tightly.
Ye Zhen's whereabouts had been confirmed. Ye Zhen had indeed escaped alive from the Exile Forbidden Ground.
But no one