Several days later...
High above the nine heavens, the sea of clouds churned, and a streak of light darted through the boundless void.
Faintly, the blurred silhouette of a Treasure Ship could be seen within that streak of light.
Inside the Treasure Ship!
A Golden Core True Person dressed in the uniform of the Immortal Alliance's Spirit Message Hall strode swiftly to the front of a Quiet Room.
"My lord, a report has arrived!"
The next moment.
The door before the Golden Core True Person opened on its own.
Seeing this, the Golden Core True Person quickly entered the Quiet Room. The first thing he saw was a figure standing with his hands behind his back.
"Speak!"
A calm voice came from the figure's back before the Golden Core True Person.
At those words.
This True Person from the Immortal Alliance's Spirit Message Hall did not hesitate. He immediately relayed, word for word, the information reported by the Mortal Cultivators who had been sent out earlier.
"This lord knows. Cross that sect off and alter the route."
"Your command shall be obeyed!"
"You may leave!"
"Yes!"
Afterward, the Golden Core True Person bowed in salute, then swiftly withdrew.
Though he did not know why this lord had specifically instructed them earlier to send people to keep watch over those sects, it was truly strange that, after learning that the Ancestor of that sect had fled, he made no response at all!
Although this Golden Core True Person was deeply puzzled, he did not dare hope that the lord would clear up his confusion.
But he knew one thing: this lord surely had other schemes in motion.
Therefore.
He had no wish to pry further.
After all, sometimes knowing too much was not necessarily a good thing.
With that thought, the