Ever since the ninth layer opened, incandescent pillars of light had shot into the sky from the teleportation Great Array above the temple at irregular intervals.
Powerful fluctuations of void energy rippled outward.
Everyone knew these signaled the arrival of powerful cultivators. The opening of the Ninth Layer of the Yin Ruins was a major event not only for the Tianli Sect, but for the entire Tianli Sword Domain.
Yet they were arriving far too quickly. In barely half a day, several waves of powerful cultivators had already arrived.
Even Ji Mingfeng was beginning to sweat. Every one of those arriving cultivators was someone he could only look up to.
These were figures he would ordinarily never even get to see, yet now they were descending in groups.
Each activation of this interrealm teleportation array consumed enormous amounts of energy and resources. During previous trials, it had only been activated once a year. Today, however, it had been running continuously. The energy expenditure was incalculable, yet no one cared.
He looked into the void at those terrifying figures standing in imposing majesty, and his heart involuntarily tightened.
If they took action, they could probably sweep away the Mechanical Empire in a single push.
Even more alarming were the terrifying consciousnesses reaching across realms. Those were the projected consciousnesses of mighty cultivators, all focused on the Yin Ruins. He realized that the Yin Ruins were far more important than he had imagined.
Seen in that light, the Secret Realm had good reason to value Fang Mo. He finally understood why Venerable Qingyun had acted as she had.
She had even seized the opportunity to snatch Fang Mo's clanspeople away and place them under protection in her Dojo.
He had been a step too late. He had never expected Chi Yu and