I should be close.
Bai Xiaowen raced along Cangzhou Ancient Road and looked ahead.
A faint white pillar of light shimmered in the sky before him.
It was a benefit the Spirit Realm Rules gave Evolvers: a marker for the Spatial Node through which he had entered.
Only Bai Xiaowen could see the marker, and only he could use the node, because it resonated with his Spirit Force.
Without such a conspicuous marker, finding a node amid the vast lands of this plane would be no easy task. Not everyone had Bai Xiaowen's extraordinary memory.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from afar.
"Lu Wang! You're not going anywhere!"
Bai Xiaowen looked back from Rageclaw's back. A figure rode the glow of a talisman across the sky, swept over his head, and landed lightly before him.
"Elder Tang?" Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes.
The newcomer was fair-faced and beardless. It was Tang Ren. With his hands clasped behind his back, he said slowly, "Lu Wang, you robbed my treasury and destroyed my formation. If I let you stroll away, what would become of the Supreme Clarity Sect's reputation?"
Bai Xiaowen curled his lip. "Come on, Elder Tang. It's come to this, and there's no one here but us. Do you really need to keep pretending?"
"What do you mean?" Tang Ren continued to play dumb.
"You're colluding with the Black Heaven Cult, aren't you? Or perhaps you were a high-ranking spy they planted in the Supreme Clarity Sect from the start," Bai Xiaowen said evenly.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Tang Ren snorted.
"Actually, I started suspecting you after the battle at Sword-Test Valley. You were responsible for screening guests for the Supreme Clarity Ceremony. Unless you deliberately let them through, how did so many Black Heaven Cult