Several months passed in a flash.
Only then did one of the Sage Constants guarding the Secret Realm for the Miluo Divine Court furrow his brow.
"Those Rogue Cultivators Great Luo Heaven recruited have been in the Secret Realm for over three months now, haven't they?"
"What's going on?"
"Not a peep from them?"
"Don't tell me everyone we recruited this time is useless. Three months, and not one of them has grasped the mysteries of the Illusory World Blade?"
"Surely not... Three of them are Heavenly Constant Sages. The Illusory World Blade is difficult, but it can't be so difficult that they can't grasp even a shred of it."
"Maybe they've made a real breakthrough this time and are still working through it. That would explain the silence."
"Let's hope so."
"Once they grasp the Illusory World Blade, the Miluo Holy Court will have another formidable Sage Art. With its power, it could rank among the top five of our twenty-seven Sage Constant Sage Arts!"
"Too low..."
"What's too low?"
"I said top five is too low. Top three, at least!"
"One slash of the Illusory World Blade, and all things fade into illusion. Not just any Sage Constant could withstand that. If we master it, I suspect we might even threaten a Mid Sage Constant!"
"A Sage Art that lets an Early Sage Constant threaten a Mid Sage Constant... How could that rank only in the top five?"
"Fair point... Still, I'm uneasy. There's been no movement for over three months. I'd better go in and take a look. If something really has gone wrong, none of us will be able to answer for it."
With that, one of the Sage Constants stood up, ready to enter the Secret Realm himself.
The others laughed.
"You... Always so cautious!"