Mist billowed through the deep ravine.
Pei Ling withdrew his gaze and gave a slight nod.
The one who had just spoken his true name was an elder of Jade Snow Bat's clan. Jade Snow Bat happened to be breaking through nearby.
It had been some time since he sent her back to Qingyao Mountain. By a twist of fate, he had entered Qingyao this time. First, he had managed to escape the Demon Emperor, then he had been busy undergoing tribulation. He had still had no time to attend to this Demonic Pet.
He hadn't expected to see signs of her and the Snow Fox Demon clan here.
This was the Demon Race's territory, and one of Jade Snow Bat's elders was present, so he didn't need to protect her anymore.
But something was strange. Given his reputation now, everyone across the Nine Great Sects' territory already knew his name.
At any given moment, countless living beings must have been speaking it.
So why could he sense only that Void Return Stage fox demon just now?
"Is the Demon Emperor sealing off Qingyao Mountain?"
"No!"
"After the Demon Emperor sealed off Qingyao Mountain, I spoke the honored name of Patriarch Fu Qiong. Patriarch Fu Qiong was inside the sect, yet he could still sense me..."
"It must be because my cultivation isn't high enough..."
"After all, I'm only at the Tribulation Crossing stage right now."
"Most likely, I can sense only those who speak my true name within a certain range..."
As he pondered, Pei Ling's body suddenly stiffened. He couldn't move a muscle.
He looked down and saw crimson-gold ropes of flame reaching out of the void at some point, binding him tight from head to toe!
Pei Ling's expression didn't change. The next instant...
BOOM!!!
The crimson-gold