Throughout Jiu Qing's life, he had encountered countless battles, large and small, but this time's danger was basically unprecedented in his experience.
Of course he knew Bamboo Gentleman's great reputation. Back then, Bamboo Gentleman had already been at the Body Integration Stage.
Feng Jun said Bamboo Gentleman had successfully undergone Tribulation Transcendence, but who knew whether that was true or not.
Just judging by the strength of Bamboo Gentleman's phantom, Jiu Qing found it rather unfathomable. That was only a Spirit Severing incarnation!
Judging solely from the laws, he vaguely sensed that the other party had truly reached the realm of Tribulation Transcendence, while he himself had failed his tribulation.
But if it was only a Spirit Severing incarnation, he was still confident he could retreat unscathed—losing a wisp of divine sense was nothing.
However, if he confronted the other party head-on and drew out the true body, he would be in serious trouble.
In fact, Jiu Qing was still recovering. He was not even certain he could withstand this Spirit Severing incarnation.
The moment the little girl appeared, he fled into the distance without a second thought.
Because he instinctively sensed it—this was another existence he could not afford to provoke.
As a former peak Ancestral Patriarch, he vaguely sensed that these two beings... should have quite a substantial connection.
Realizing this, he retreated even farther, though inwardly he was puzzled: What was going on?
Two mighty figures around the Tribulation Transcendence Stage had actually come to this godforsaken place. There had to be some reason, right?
Just then, Bamboo Gentleman's divine sense caught up and greeted him. "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Jiu Qing."
"Uh, Senior Bamboo Gentleman." Jiu Qing's divine sense remained composed—for him, he had seen too many terrifying scenes.
He explained neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I had