"I only wanted to escape Xuanming Manor, but instead I stumbled into a struggle between three factions... What in the world is going on here?"
An Jing let out a long breath. His heart was pounding.
Before he had gone to the other world, he had already witnessed the Heavenly Demon being unsealed and two Divine Treasury Adepts making their move... Without a doubt, their power was far beyond anything he could handle right now.
Neither he nor the Sword Spirit had imagined that a Heavenly Demon—one so powerful, no less—had been hiding among the Red Armor Guards, waiting for a chance to unseal its kin.
What was Da Chen thinking? How had they let a Heavenly Demon infiltrate their ranks?!
"How many days can I stay in the other world?"
Steadying himself, An Jing asked. The Sword Spirit, who had been deep in thought until then, came to its senses and answered at once: "Three days."
"Three days..."
An Jing closed his eyes and focused. In the Divine Sea, three points of shining swordlight surrounded the broken sword, enveloping him.
The first point was already growing dim. This was the "three days" the Sword Spirit had mentioned.
"Within those three days, if I want to return, I can teleport to anywhere within a one-li radius of the point where I left Huaixu."
An Jing summed up the situation: "After I complete one round trip, your teleportation will go on cooldown. You'll need to recharge for one full day and night before you can send me again."
"That's right." The Sword Spirit reminded him, "So you'll have to escape on your own for at least a day before you can enter the other world again to take refuge."
"That's a bit of a hassle," An Jing murmured. The Sword Spirit