"General Ning, what just happened to you? You seemed to fall into a daze."
Seeing that Ning Wangshu seemed to have come back to his senses, Xu Jianfeng couldn't help asking curiously.
Ning Wangshu withdrew his gaze and looked at Xu Jianfeng. "Oh, it's nothing. I was just watching that All Heavens Seal and had a sudden insight, so I was a little dazed."
"I see..."
Xu Jianfeng nodded in understanding, then glanced into Kunlun Xu and asked, "General Ning, that All Heavens Seal has disappeared, and that Jianmu tree seems to have returned to normal too. Does that mean there's no problem anymore?"
"Yeah. Those strange blood mists seem to have been driven away, and that Blood cloud has been trapped by the mysterious 'chains' unleashed by the All Heavens Seal. That should mean everything's all right now, shouldn't it?"
Zhang Rui chimed in.
Ning Wangshu nodded, then shook his head. "For now, at least, there shouldn't be any more trouble inside Kunlun Xu."
"However..."
"However what?"
Xu Jianfeng hurriedly asked.
Ning Wangshu said, "You two aren't far enough along in your cultivation to have noticed. Just now, the power of the All Heavens Seal weakened once again."
"Previously, under the suppression of the All Heavens Seal, the highest level ordinary cultivators could reach was the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Now, though, they can reach the late stage of the Out-of-Body stage!"
"In other words, although the All Heavens Seal has suppressed the strange blood mists and that Blood cloud inside Kunlun Xu, it paid a considerable 'price'!"
"This..."
Xu Jianfeng and Zhang Rui exchanged a glance.
They could hear the hint of worry in Ning Wangshu's voice.
"General Ning, may I ask what consequences this further weakening of the All Heavens Seal's power will bring?"
Xu