"Interesting." Wang Xuan watched the scene. "Was this intentional, or not?"
Intentional or not, his purpose here was simple and clear.
To retrieve the Immortal-Slaying Formation Map and the four killing swords.
This was what he had promised. As for how to retrieve them, that naturally had to be left to the true master of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
With a thought, the figure within his Inner World sensed it.
The next moment, the Void behind Wang Xuan rippled slightly, and Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's avatar stepped out.
He wore a plain Daoist robe, his face exactly as it was in the legends, with a calm composure between his brows that had weathered the vicissitudes of countless ages.
He stood in the starry sky, his gaze sweeping across this vast starfield as a complicated look surfaced in his eyes.
His physical body lay across the nearby starry sky, having been turned into a battlefield by the various later races.
"I never expected that, in my lifetime, I would be able to appear in this Mortal World once more." He walked calmly, his voice flat, though beneath that calm lay countless tangled emotions.
"Good. It seems my deduction was correct." Wang Xuan examined Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's avatar and nodded. "Although you have been reappointed as Xiantian Divine Spirits and can reshape your physical forms, it is basically impossible for you to leave the Inner World and enter the outside world.
"The Heavenly Heart Imprint does not permit those who have died and returned to life to appear in this universe out of nowhere."
"Yet avatars can move freely without drawing the rejection of the external Great Dao." He paused. "When you return this time, you can bring back the news.
"If other Heavenly Venerables or Ancient Emperors are interested, they can all