The Divine Scion

"Where are the evil spirits?"

Gu Jinlai looked around in astonishment. "Where did that huge group of evil spirits go?"

Lingyu Celestial Immortal, who had come upon hearing the news to welcome Gu Jinlai, looked at him strangely. After a slight start, she hurriedly asked, "Palace Master Gu, did something happen?"

Gu Jinlai did not reply. He merely continued probing toward the depths of the True Spirit World.

The result...

He wandered through the True Spirit World for an hour or two, yet he failed to sense the existence of even a single evil spirit.

"I'm going back to the Lingxiao Palace."

Gu Jinlai offered no explanation. He sent Zhou Yi a message, then accelerated directly.

Using gravity to propel himself into the sky, he entered the vacuum beyond the atmosphere, then effortlessly increased his speed to several hundred times that of sound. He arrived above the Lingxiao Palace's Celestial Master Hall almost instantly, then plummeted straight down.

As he fell toward the star, the Son of the Stars trait activated. At the same time, Gu Jinlai's own spiritual force, powerful enough to interfere with the outside world, surged forth. The two powers worked in tandem, and the atmosphere seemed to be forced apart by an invisible force, splitting to either side. Thus, when he entered the star, his body did not ignite into blazing flames from the violent friction.

In less than a few minutes, he had crossed the distance between the Immortal Kingdom and Qiantian and landed in the Celestial Master Hall of the Lingxiao Palace.

The moment he arrived at the Lingxiao Palace, Zhou Yi, Zhang Lihuo, and several other core Heavenly Monarchs who had received the news had already gathered.

Seeing Gu Jinlai arrive, everyone bowed at once.

"Have you inspected the True Spirit World?"

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