At that moment, Ning Wangshu had no idea what was happening inside the Godly Sword Pavilion. He was still focused on cultivating the Zhe Technique.
However, the very next day, just after he left the villa at Yuxi Yueting and was preparing to head to school, he suddenly received a call from Xuan Yuan Jingxiu.
Seeing Xuan Yuan Jingxiu's name on the screen, Ning Wangshu's heart tightened. He thought that the being in Japan—the one who had annihilated Heaven and Earth Longevity with a single hand—had appeared.
Xuan Yuan Jingxiu was calling to ask for help, to request that he step in.
Ning Wangshu hurriedly answered the call.
But after the call connected, what Xuan Yuan Jingxiu told him wasn't what he had expected. It was about something else entirely.
"Mr. Xuanyuan, you mean that last night, a huge vortex suddenly appeared atop Mount Tai, accompanied by countless rays of Immortal Light and numerous mysterious Array Markings and Seals?"
"And it lasted until around eight this morning, when all the Immortal Light, Array Markings, and Seals suddenly vanished. Then a mysterious passage appeared in the empty space above Mount Tai?"
"Through that passage, you can just make out what seems to be an immense world on the other side. You suspect that a secret realm has emerged?"
Ning Wangshu asked.
Xuan Yuan Jingxiu's voice came through the phone again at once. "That's right! I'm at least ninety percent certain that the passage connects to some secret realm."
"We just don't know which secret realm it is yet. Also, so far, we haven't seen anyone come out of it."
After a brief pause, Xuan Yuan Jingxiu continued, "I'd thought that even if these secret realms did emerge, it wouldn't happen so soon."
"I never expected that, after the mysterious seal in