Ling Tian had been hiding beneath the ice lake for more than twenty years. His long disappearance had no doubt led many Outer Realm Cultivators to suspect that he had blended into the crowd and escaped the Extreme Ice Plains. That suspicion only grew after cultivators at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint scoured the Extreme Ice Plains. In this situation, having Ling Tian send his clone out of nowhere would only further confuse the Outer Realm Cultivators, giving him a chance to escape.
In short, the time had come for Ling Tian to take the next step.
"Mm, it's time to set my clone in motion." Ling Tian nodded. Without another word, he sent his clone an order through their connection. That wasn't difficult for him. Once he had done so, all that remained was to wait for the Outer Realm Cultivators in the Extreme Ice Plains to leave—or, at the very least, for those at the Twenty-third Heaven of Near-Saint to depart.
If he weren't in such a hurry to find all the Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, Ling Tian would have been happy to keep cultivating beneath the ice lake. After all, the immense pressure allowed him to make rapid progress; at the very least, he could improve his strength more efficiently there than elsewhere. Without finding all the Saint-grade Heavenly Treasures, Ling Tian had no chance of breaking through to the Saint level. And without that breakthrough, he couldn't meet the "conditions" set by the Lord of the Universe and rescue his friends and family.
For now, though, Ling Tian's Clone had long been ready to act at a moment's notice. As soon as he received the order from Ling Tian's true body, he sprang into action.
What happened next was simple. Ling Tian's Clone suddenly appeared, then captured