Dark clouds poured across the sky like spilled ink, hanging low over the entire Supreme Council Undersea City. The air was thick with a suffocating, oppressive feeling.
The silver curtain walls covering the thirty-six towers that stood throughout the city reflected warped shadows, as though they too were trembling beneath the heavy gloom.
Every Void Return Realm cultivator in the city had been roused. Those in the Dao Integration Realm or above felt as if an unparalleled blade light had appeared before their eyes, pressing down upon the nine heavens and shining through all ages.
Some young Void Return cultivators were panic-stricken, unable to understand what had happened.
Fortunately, this did not last long.
As the dark clouds dispersed, the full moon and stars reappeared overhead, and the oppressive feeling vanished with them.
At the same time, Xu Xing returned to the residence the Righteous Alliance had arranged for the Immortal Sect's Observing Envoy.
Yuanjun had arrived early and was waiting there.
When she saw Xu Xing return, she gave a slight nod. "Dao brother."
"Mm." Xu Xing went over and sat across from her, then looked out the window as well.
"After so many years apart, Fellow Daoist Gu Mo has finally reached this stage."
The aura and pressure just now had been utterly undisguised, so Yuanjun had naturally sensed Gu Mo's current state.
He was only one step away from breaking through the Immortal Pass.
But...
That step would not be easy to take.
And the aura she had sensed during the day had been even stronger than Fellow Daoist Gu Mo's.
After a pause, Yuanjun asked, "Did everything go smoothly for you this time, Dao brother?"
"Quite smoothly." Xu Xing produced the unremarkable-looking piece of cyan jade in his hand and sighed. "Yuan used his divine ability