Outside Heavenwater Abyss, the three Origin Core Stage Cultivators still had not reached an agreement, each forever distrusting the others. Fireclear Daoist, Eldest Princess Fengyang, Scholar, and the rest were frantic with anxiety, yet helpless.
By now, all these Cultivators knew perfectly well that the three Dao Integration Stage Cultivators simply had no desire to enter Heavenwater Abyss. Scholar, in particular, secretly hated Shen Hong bitterly. Shen Hong clearly did not wish to enter Heavenwater Abyss either, but found it difficult to refuse. Then the Tianyang Kingdom imperial family had sent these two men, giving him the perfect excuse to extricate himself. Otherwise, if Shen Hong had been alone, Scholar would have had ways to force him into Heavenwater Abyss.
Yet Prince Qin and Prince Wei also refused to let Shen Hong enter Heavenwater Abyss alone. Their reason was, absurdly, that they feared he would enter the abyss and prey upon female disciples; they even said that a princess of the Tianyang Kingdom imperial family would be entering this time. Eldest Princess Fengyang was nearly burst with rage. In truth, the two of them feared that Shen Hong would enter alone, monopolize the credit, and obtain the treasures. Prince Qin and Prince Wei then claimed that neither of them could enter Heavenwater Abyss on their own, and that only with Shen Hong's aid could all three enter.
Just as everyone was at their wits' end, a streak of white light suddenly flew from the entrance of Heavenwater Abyss and arrived before Scholar. At the sight of it, Scholar's expression changed drastically. With a sweep of his sleeve, he gathered the white light within.
He said, "My apologies, but something major must have happened inside Heavenwater Abyss. I have urgent business to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
Hearing