Zhou Xuan looked up.
Above the Purple-Gold Immortal Vein stood a gaunt Old Woman with white hair and an aged face.
She wore an old gray robe and leaned on a wooden staff.
A tiny bronze bell hung from the top of the staff.
The bell made no sound.
Yet the Supreme One Token in Zhou Xuan's palm jolted violently inside his sleeve.
The Alliance Leader, Dark Nether, Cangwu, and Emperor Jiang Wu all stopped in their tracks.
The auras of the four Longevity Realm powerhouses rose in unison, and the cultivators around the Purple Gold Main Hall retreated one after another.
Old Ancestor Dark Nether stared at the Old Woman overhead.
"Who is she?"
Old Ancestor Cangwu shook his head.
"I've never seen her."
The Alliance Leader's expression had also darkened considerably.
"The Court Guardian Pavilion has hidden its strength well."
Zhou Xuan stood half a step behind them.
He could sense that the Old Woman's aura was so profound that even the space around her trembled.
She looked neither at the Alliance Leader nor at Emperor Jiang Wu.
Her attention fell directly on Zhou Xuan.
More precisely, on the Supreme One Token.
The Old Woman spoke.
Her voice was aged, yet it drowned out every bell on the Purple-Gold Immortal Vein.
"The Supreme One Token is a sacred object of the Immortal Court."
"Under an age-old covenant, the Court Guardian Pavilion oversees the relics and seals away the old tokens."
"Hand over the Command Token."
Wuchen stepped forward.
"Pavilion Master, the Supreme One Token has already acknowledged a master, and the gate to Return to Void is about to open. Could we discuss this inside the hall?"
The Old Woman ignored him.
She tapped her wooden staff against the void.
A ring of gray-white law spread outward, and