Outside the gates of Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley.
The mountain wind howled, moonlight surged, and the wreckage strewn across the ruined gates still held the terrifying aftershock of Dao Resonance.
Ever since Li Yun had carried Young Valley Master Su Fengyun through the gates alone, Li Mu had not followed. He had stayed outside, waiting for this unprecedented upheaval to end.
For one simple reason.
He did not dare.
He was only an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple of Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley, with cultivation at the ordinary Saint King Realm. Within the valley, he was nobody of consequence.
And yet today's disaster had happened because of him.
If he and Qing Yao had not planned to meet in secret inside that abandoned Secret Realm, none of what followed would have happened.
If Li Yun was subdued for forcing his way through the gates, Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley would certainly hold Li Mu accountable. When that happened, he was as good as dead.
How could he dare follow Li Yun inside now?
If he did, he would probably be killed by the furious valley elders before he got far.
But he did not dare run, either.
If something happened to Li Yun and Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley decided to hold him accountable, fleeing would be pointless. With the valley's power, they would catch him wherever he went.
All he could do was wait for the dust to settle.
And pray that Bright Moon Spirit Tide Valley would not kill Li Yun for forcing his way through the gates.
But the wait was destined to be agony...
Every rumble of Dao Sounds and every tremor in the void beyond the gates shook him to his core and set his heart pounding.
Especially when twenty-three ancient waves of Dao