Four Gods Star, Western Continent.
The Western Continent was wild and desolate, full of deep mountains, sheer ridges, miasmic valleys, and lonely ravines. Far from the bustling main cities, few people ever ventured there.
Great Black Heaven's secret stronghold here was hidden in an underground Limestone Cave shrouded year-round in Black Mist and battered by ceaseless Gale Winds.
Layer upon layer of Formations covered the place. Concealed patterns blocked Divine Consciousness and masked auras. Any ordinary Sage who entered would find even their Divine Soul restrained.
Those measures might fool the Saint Kings stationed here by the Golden Eagle Dynasty, men who cared only about their own cultivation and had never seriously inspected Four Gods Star. But hiding the place from Li Yun was impossible.
Late that night, eerie blue-green lights burned inside the Limestone Cave. Several figures in black-patterned robes sat apart in silence, their auras sinister.
There were eight in all. Even the weakest were Great Sages, while the two leaders were Heavenly Sages.
After all, hiding in a strategic border world like Four Gods Star while avoiding the Saint Kings' notice would have been difficult without the strength of a Heavenly Sage or above.
Inside the cave, they were speaking in low voices.
"I heard people from White Emperor City did reach the Through-Ancient Dynasty, but they still couldn't find Li Yun. They say White Emperor City's Saint Emperor personally sealed off Silver Fox Star to force Li Yun to show himself. Even that failed."
"The higher-ups suspect Li Yun has probably escaped the Through-Ancient Dynasty."
"And in so little time, he can only have gone to two or three places: the Flying Star Dynasty, the Divine Dragon Dynasty, or here, the Golden Eagle Dynasty."
"If he fled to the Golden Eagle Dynasty, he'd probably lie low.