Just then, the Hunxu Ancestral Spirit within Jiang Yan's body suddenly trembled.
"Right, the Hunxu Ancestral Spirit can evolve!"
Jiang Yan had nearly forgotten about that. He immediately released the Hunxu Ancestral Spirit.
Its instinctive excitement practically surged straight into Jiang Yan's mind.
It first spun around several times on the spot, then, under Jiang Yan's command, transformed into an abyssal maw and pounced fiercely at the law-infused immortal herbs.
"With so much immortal grass, I refuse to believe you still won't evolve."
Jiang Yan sat down cross-legged as well and began absorbing the law fragments drifting through the surroundings.
Meanwhile, outside.
News suddenly spread through the Sect, reaching every elder and disciple with astonishing speed.
"Have you heard? That madman Xiang suddenly became so strong some time ago because he went to Luming Abyss!"
"What? Luming Abyss is bottomless. Rumor has it there are man-eating demons inside. It's a forbidden ground of the Sect—how could anyone enter and return alive?"
"Exactly! But Xiang Yu had always been honest and meek, constantly bullied by his fellow disciples. Then he returned from Luming Abyss and became that powerful overnight. Isn't that strange?"
"Hiss... There might really be something extraordinary within Luming Abyss!"
Three days later.
Night.
Xiao Chunwei sat on a meditation cushion, his face livid. "Who? Who exactly leaked the news about Luming Abyss?!"
He rose from the cushion and stepped beneath the night sky, his handsome face gradually turning cold and sinister.
"It seems someone woke before I did. But who could it be?"
He fell silent for a long while.
"The Heavenly Demon?"
"Impossible. With that fool's intellect, he could never disrupt my plans. Then who is it?"
Several faces flashed through Xiao Chunwei's mind one by one.
At last, a handsome face lingered in his memories.
"My