Not long after Zhao Lingyin emerged from seclusion, she learned from Lu Taorui and the other sect members and disciples about the series of events that had taken place in the Scarlet Flame Sect during her seclusion!
Upon learning that Shen Mo had returned to the mountain gate while she was in seclusion, only to lose contact again after battling a seventh-order evil spirit, the joy in her heart swiftly vanished like smoke. In its place arose deep worry.
After returning to Five Dragons Mountain through the passage between the two worlds, she immediately entered the Azurecloud Blessed Land. Only after seeing that this Blessed Land was brimming with vitality did she feel slightly reassured... The Azurecloud Blessed Land was Shen Mo's exclusive minor world. He was effectively the embodiment of this world's will, possessing the power to rule over every being and thing within it. Their fates were bound together—when one prospered, both prospered; when one suffered, both suffered!
If Shen Mo had met with calamity and perished, the Azurecloud Blessed Land would likewise have fallen into decay. Before long, it would have been unable to maintain the form of a Blessed Land and would ultimately descend into the mortal world, becoming a secret realm.
The present state of the Azurecloud Blessed Land indirectly confirmed Shen Mo's condition.
Afterward, Zhao Lingyin made a trip to the Longevity Hall and consulted the sect's detailed records concerning the "Thirteen Immortals Preaching Evil Spirit." She then visited Hong Gu of the Mount Li Alchemy Sect, Qin Zhen of Thousand Mechanisms Sect, and the silver-haired boy from the Hidden Dragon Immortal Sect in succession. Shen Mo had saved them, so they knew the circumstances at the time best.
Even after making the rounds of her investigation, Zhao Lingyin still did not feel at