Gao Xian had always believed the Nine Provinces to be impregnable, that no outsider could possibly stir up trouble beneath Ninth Master's watchful eyes.
Xiao Hongye had undergone her tribulation in the Azure Cloud Sect, yet an outsider had actually spied upon her. It truly exceeded Gao Xian's expectations.
Though the other party had not interfered with Xiao Hongye's tribulation, that act of spying alone was enough to enrage Gao Xian.
Using spiritual sense to observe someone was an overt display of intense hostility. Much less secretly watching from afar like this.
If one harbored no sinister intentions, who would spy on another cultivator? This was all the more true among high-level cultivators.
Such cultivation itself was steeped in malice. There was no other explanation.
Moreover, the other party had actually pierced the protection of the Nine Provinces Dharma Domain. This made Gao Xian deeply uneasy.
He had slaughtered powerful foes everywhere without restraint because he had been utterly confident in the safety of the Nine Provinces.
The facts proved that the Nine Provinces Dharma Domain had gaps as well, and that Ninth Master was not omniscient or omnipotent.
It was also possible that one of the token bearers had collaborated with outsiders to open the Nine Provinces Dharma Domain, allowing them to glimpse what lay within the Nine Provinces.
The Great Might Heavenly Dragon excelled most at passive observation. It could often pierce the defenses of all kinds of formations, Divine Artifacts, and void barriers, seeing through an enemy's true strength.
Gao Xian had never tried to observe the Nine Provinces, since he possessed the You Province Token and the Nine Provinces Dharma Domain posed no obstacle to him.
He did not know whether the spiritual qi mutation had created a flaw in the Nine Provinces Dharma Domain, or