Outside Doushuai Palace, spiritual springs cascaded down waterfalls, rare flowers and exotic plants flourished, immortal birds glided through the air, and spiritual beasts ambled along. All was peaceful and serene.
Golden Horn Attendant and Silver Horn Attendant had been waiting outside the palace gates for some time. Seeing Meng Qi appear, they bowed respectfully and said:
"Greetings, Sect Master Uncle. Our Great Lord asked us to pass on a message: when the time comes, all will naturally unite."
At this moment, for the two attendants, it was still before the Investiture of the Gods War. The one who had come to visit was naturally the High and Wondrous Great Dao Lord, the Jade Clarity Purple Void, Supreme Primordial Emperor—Yuanshi Tianzun himself, foremost among the Three Pure Ones and first among the Nine Venerables!
When the time comes, all will naturally unite? What kind of time would that be? The instant before the end of the era? Meng Qi's expression remained calm as he gave a slight nod. Moral Heavenly Venerable had already said as much as he was going to; asking more would be pointless.
Still, he did not turn and leave to return to the present node. Instead, he stood smiling before Golden Horn and Silver Horn, seemingly waiting for something.
Just then, Golden Horn took two objects from his robes and respectfully handed them over.
"The Great Lord instructed us to give these two treasures to Sect Master Uncle."
One was the Immortal Slaying Sword, its keen blade shimmering with ethereal blue light. The other was the Formation Diagram, its surface woven with red, blue, black, and white, suffused with the intent of finality!
Just as expected... Meng Qi showed no surprise as he reached out to take them.
Then he sensed that every trace of the former