On a floating island reduced almost entirely to ruins, a few scattered towers and wooden buildings still stood, not yet completely toppled. Most of the restrictions on them had lost their original function, but the faint traces of the remaining broken restrictions intertwined, creating the uniquely chaotic scene before them. Ordinary True Immortals would inevitably lose their way if they entered.
Yet the peerlessly beautiful woman standing quietly amid the ruins was an exception.
"The Light-Turbid, Clear-and-Serene Formation!" Xiang Qingcheng withdrew her divine sense from the ground beneath the ruins and spoke slowly.
"The Stone Demon is hiding beneath this formation."
"He sure knows how to hide. He almost got away." Lu Xiaotian thought the Stone Demon was exceptionally cunning. After several days of pursuit, it had fled here. If the formations here hadn't been recognizable to Xiang Qingcheng—thanks to the deep connection between the Purpleclear Immortal Palace and the Purple Firmament Immortal Palace—Lu Xiaotian wouldn't have wasted so much time here.
Yan Jiu, the Yan Fire Punisher, hadn't intended to let him off lightly either. But then something else happened, and Yan Jiu turned back midway with the six Azure Swallow demon immortals under his command. The lion-maned elder and the others had feared Yan Jiu would settle accounts with them, so they'd already fled without a trace. Only Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Qingcheng continued the pursuit.
Staying for a while longer was no problem, but if it dragged on, Lu Xiaotian feared he'd have no choice but to give up. After all, there was nothing in the Purpleclear Immortal Palace that he and Xiang Qingcheng urgently needed now. It wasn't worth taking such a big risk.
Still, the Stone Demon's luck had run out. Or perhaps it was simply remarkable that, so badly injured, it had managed to