Returning to the Old Place

Profound Bright Church, Auspicious Star Palace.

Through the physical body of the Taiyuan Divine Image, Gao Xian instantly returned to the depths of Auspicious Star Palace. Layer upon layer of formations protected this place, and Pure Yang Dao Venerable was stationed here. No one could peer into it.

Besides, Origin Province and Ming Province lay billions upon billions of miles apart. Let alone a Spirit Transformation cultivator—even the legendary Heavenly Lords and Celestial Venerables could never extend their divine consciousness across such an immense distance.

The only ones he needed to watch out for were Daoist Lord Xuanyang and Bai Yujing.

Given Daoist Lord Xuanyang's status, he was unlikely to lower himself to spy on Gao Xian. That would be beneath him. The one he truly had to guard against was Bai Yujing.

That woman likely possessed some kind of divine ability for prying eyes, one that had easily seen the Taiyuan Divine Image he kept buried deep within his sea of consciousness.

With the situation so urgent this time, Gao Xian could only bring the Taixuan Divine Image back with him.

The Taixuan Divine Image was one of his trump cards. He could not leave it in the Profound Bright Church; that was far too unsafe. So Gao Xian found an excuse to leave and sent the Taixuan Divine Image away.

After more than twenty days of travel, the Taixuan Divine Image arrived within the former territory of the Azure Cloud Sect.

More than two hundred years ago, the Azure Cloud Sect had been utterly destroyed. This region had since been occupied by the Demon Race and Demonic Cultivators from the Eastern Wasteland. The Azure Cloud Sect had not undergone a brutal war, so Azure Cloud City remained largely intact.

Too many demonic sect cultivators had flooded in, with