For the Dark Abyss Forbidden Grounds, half a month of quiet was merely a return to normal.
As the saying went, people believed what they saw with their own eyes.
Supreme Sage Tian Mu and the others had investigated more than half a month ago. They had even followed the Seven Holy Sons of Black Heaven into the Great Prison. They had checked everything and found nothing wrong, so naturally, nothing was wrong.
Whatever doubts they should have had, along with their last shred of vigilance, vanished completely after they returned to their respective places of seclusion.
All their attention turned back to their cultivation.
They might have been Darkness Followers, but that did not mean they no longer needed to cultivate.
A Supreme Sage established his nature and his path, then walked that path. Their paths had all become the Path of Darkness, but walking it was hardly easy.
It took long years of progress, one step at a time.
In fact, they faced even greater urgency than ordinary Sages.
If nothing else demanded their attention, they were the last people who would willingly leave seclusion.
And it was precisely then that Li Yun returned.
Before the thousand-zhang gate of the Great Prison in the western reaches of the Forbidden Land, Li Yun's figure silently appeared once more.
After half a month, the Gate of Myriad Wonders had not disappointed him. It had finally analyzed the flaws and loopholes in the nine layers of seals within the enormous gate.
It proved once again that no seal in the world was absolutely impregnable.
No matter how formidable a seal was, it had flaws.
Once Li Yun knew those flaws, the gate looked entirely different to him.
He still could not force it open with his current cultivation, nor could he