At these words.
Cheng Wenxin walked into the hall and, facing the red-robed light phantom standing in midair, smiled and bowed.
Then spiritual light flickered across his body, countless patterns surfacing over it.
In the blink of an eye.
His figure became a source of light, blazing to the utmost brilliance.
Then an earth-shaking explosion thundered through the hall!
A radiant firework blossomed overhead in the hall.
At the same time.
Inside a certain secret chamber, atop an offering table...
A Jade Box covered in patterns flickered faintly, then vanished into thin air!
Elsewhere, outside the Abandoned Mansion.
Through their puppet incarnations, the true bodies of Cheng Wenxin and Cheng Liu clearly saw what had happened within the Abandoned Mansion.
Naturally, they also understood Ancestor's purpose in having Cheng Wenxin transform into a puppet.
It was practically an unmistakable warning.
Immediately.
The two outside the Abandoned Mansion fled at top speed.
Clearly.
They also knew that if they remained there, they would very likely be controlled or have their bodies seized by that old monster.
Especially Cheng Wenxin, who was in the Qi Refining Realm—he was the likeliest target for possession.
After all.
Qi Refining Realm Mortal Cultivators were the finest vessels for body seizure.
Otherwise, once that old monster entered a Mortal Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness, he could only control them.
Before this!
That had been the old monster's plan: to control Ancestor's divine soul.
At this thought!
Three hundred zhang underground!
Without the slightest hesitation, Cheng Liu's thought stirred!
A streak of Black and White Flowing Spirit Light shot diagonally upward, escaping to a depth of one hundred zhang underground before swiftly charging toward the black-and-white flowing light behind it!
He reached out with one hand!
Cheng Liu directly seized Cheng Wenxin from within the escaping light, then