No cultivators stood guard near the Earth Rift from which he emerged.
A cultivator qualified to guard an Earth Rift had to be at least in the Divine Sea Realm, and at least Tier Three of the Divine Sea Realm. Only cultivators at that level stood a chance of escaping if they encountered a Big Bug.
If True Lake Realm cultivators were assigned to guard an Earth Rift, then should a Big Bug they could not handle appear, they would not even be able to run, needlessly losing manpower.
Thus, although the Nine Provinces had quite a few Divine Sea Realm cultivators, not every Earth Rift had a Divine Sea Realm master stationed there. Only the larger Earth Rifts were assigned Divine Sea Realm cultivators. Rifts of this smaller scale could only be left as they were.
There was no helping it.
Lu Ye took out the Ten-Part Map to check his location. Not bad—he had not emerged within Myriad Demon Ridge territory, but was still within Soldier Province.
His current location was not too far from Vast Sky City. At his speed, he could reach it in less than an hour.
After fixing his direction, Lu Ye flew toward Vast Sky City while sending a message to the Sect Master.
During this journey deep into the Great Insect Mystic Realm, he had obtained quite a bit of useful information and needed to report it to the Sect Master. As far as he knew, the Sect Master's current task was to investigate the depths of the Earth Rifts. Over the past few years, the old man had ventured deep into Earth Rifts and charged into Insect Paths hundreds of times, only to return empty-handed each time.
A reply came quickly. The Sect Master was not in Vast Sky City, but