As Profound Immortal Daoist spoke, he gently pressed his palms together and formed a hand seal.
A pale violet orb slowly drifted out from the position of Profound Immortal Daoist's heart.
Within the orb, there seemed to be the shape of a palm-sized turtle, lying motionless inside as though asleep.
After leaving Profound Immortal Daoist, the orb flew straight toward Ye Tian and sank into his chest. Then it fell silent, its light withdrawing as it vanished from sight.
Ye Tian inspected himself inwardly with his divine soul and found that the orb had merely remained quietly within his body. He could detect nothing unusual, yet neither could he exert any control or influence over it.
When Ye Tian found nothing through his inspection and shifted his attention back outside, he discovered that at some unknown moment, Profound Immortal Daoist had already vanished, leaving behind only an empty cave.
Only Ye Tian and the altar bearing the Teleportation Array remained before him.
Profound Immortal Daoist's cultivation and strength were beyond imagination. It was perfectly normal that he could disappear soundlessly before Ye Tian without Ye Tian noticing.
With that, Ye Tian focused all his thoughts upon the Teleportation Array before him.
The leaf pattern of the Star-Veiling Tree between his brows glimmered faintly.
The surrounding scene abruptly changed, returning to the appearance of the real world.
Half the cave had collapsed, burying one corner of the Teleportation Array beneath the rubble.
Not far away, the corpses of Huai and the others still lay where they had fallen. They had at least possessed True Immortal cultivation; perhaps countless tens of thousands of years would pass before their bodies completely decayed.
Ye Tian stepped onto the altar and silently recited the incantation that could activate the Teleportation Array.
Everything was exactly the