Although he couldn't figure out what the Lord of the Universe was up to, Po Qiong had a vague suspicion: the Lord of the Universe had taken Ling Tian and the others for seeds. He reasoned that the Lord of the Universe must be doing this to temper them. In other words, the Lord of the Universe would keep finding trouble for them.
After working this out, Ling Tian wasn't so worried anymore. After all, he had great confidence in his own strength.
And so Ling Tian and the others continued to guard the entrance to the Nine Heavens Realm. Since they had received some fragments of Order Divine Artifacts, the disciples of the various major factions could settle down, refining the fragments while remaining prepared to deal with trouble at a moment's notice.
Time flowed on. In the blink of an eye, another thousand years had passed.
One day, as Ling Tian and the others were cultivating and refining Order Divine Artifacts, Lian Yue's brows suddenly furrowed slightly. She opened her eyes and looked toward the Nine Heavens Realm. "Brother Tian, have any of you sensed a strange aura?"
"A strange aura?" Ling Tian was taken aback, then focused on sensing it. After a moment, he shook his head. "No. Everything seems normal."
Even so, Ling Tian grew wary. He knew that Lian Yue's senses were sharper than his.
"It does seem like there's something unusual." Fairy Meng Shang spoke up. When she saw everyone looking at her, she pointed toward the entrance to the Nine Heavens Realm. "It's seeping out from inside. It gives me a chill."
At the words "gives me a chill," Hua Min'er's star-bright eyes gleamed even more. "That's right, it's a chilling feeling. I think we sensed this kind of aura before."
"We sensed