Ten Thousand Caves Mountain.
By the time Chen Lin arrived, True Lord Wanling and Mu Linglong were already there, discussing their next course of action with True Lord Anmu.
"Junior Brother!"
At the sight of Chen Lin, Mu Linglong's eyes shone brilliantly, and she rushed straight over.
With True Lord Huanling and True Lord Anmu present, however, she refrained from doing anything intimate and merely took Chen Lin gently by the arm.
"Ah, Junior Brother, you-you've advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm?"
Feeling the tremendous fluctuations of mana emanating from Chen Lin, Mu Linglong looked up at his face in delighted surprise.
Chen Lin smiled faintly. "I went to the Southern Immortal Cultivation World and happened upon an opportunity, though the breakthrough was a close call. Have you been well all these years I've been away, Senior Sister?"
He looked Mu Linglong over. Her cultivation had returned to the Golden Core Realm, and her complexion looked healthy. It seemed she had not suffered any harassment in the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
Mu Linglong nodded. "Everything has been fine. Senior Huanling and Fellow Daoist Sheng have both taken good care of me."
At this point, she suddenly remembered Sheng Zhenqing and the others. "Oh, right! I still don't know whether Fellow Daoist Sheng and the others are safe. I need to send a Transmission Talisman to ask."
"No need."
Chen Lin waved his hand. "I already met him and Ice Cloud Fairy earlier. Their situation wasn't exactly good, but their lives weren't in danger."
After a moment's thought, he also explained that Zhuo Baiyu was a Xuanyin Clone.
"Zhuo Baiyu really was a Xuanyin Clone?"
True Lord Huanling approached, speaking in surprise.
When Chen Lin had left the Heavenly Dao Alliance, he had told him that he suspected the woman was a