In Qin Mu's view, he had slain Venerable Yuanshi nine times, reducing his cultivation to the Sub-Saint level.
By rights, Venerable Yuanshi couldn't have recovered his cultivation in such a short time.
That meant someone was secretly helping him.
After giving it some thought, Qin Mu came back to himself and murmured softly:
"Why is he going beyond the Nine Heavens at a time like this? Is he going to find Dao Ancestor Hongjun?"
"Or... does he have some other purpose?"
At the thought, Qin Mu narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to watch Venerable Yuanshi's movements.
Just then, all the Saints across the heavens were watching Venerable Yuanshi's movements.
Venerable Yuanshi had arrived at the edge of Chaos, beyond the Nine Heavens.
Chaos stretched boundlessly, with no above or below. Only the violent Chaos Qi surged and roared.
An ordinary Great Principle Golden Immortal who stepped into Chaos could be assimilated and annihilated by the Chaos Qi at the slightest misstep.
But for a Saint, Chaos was dangerous, yet traversable.
Venerable Yuanshi paused for a moment. A look of resolve flashed in his eyes, and he sped straight into Chaos.
After flying through Chaos for some distance, Venerable Yuanshi suddenly disappeared!
He hadn't hidden himself. He hadn't sped up.
He had vanished completely.
The Saints across the heavens could no longer sense Venerable Yuanshi's aura, and every one of them was astonished.
"What?"
"What's going on?"
"Venerable Yuanshi has disappeared?"
"He vanished after entering Chaos?"
"What on earth happened?"
"..."
The Saints were all stunned. They had assumed Venerable Yuanshi was heading into Chaos to find Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
But now, it seemed things weren't as simple as they had imagined.
Even they, the Saints, could no longer track Venerable Yuanshi.
At that moment, inside Zixiao Palace in Chaos,