Lu Ye abruptly turned to look at the nine Heaven-Penetrating Divine Pillars, finally remembering why they felt so familiar.
Under that will's guidance, he had once gone to the Outer Realm to assist an Array Master named Xuan Huai in breaking a seal within a wondrous phenomenon. There had been one such Heaven-Penetrating Divine Pillar there—not nine, but one!
Its bearing had been exactly like what lay before him. Only half of it could be seen, while the lower portion of the pillar sank deep into the unseen, impossible to discern.
Xuan Huai had spent an unknown number of millennia arranging a heaven-shaking Grand Array there, continuously borrowing the strength of Outer Realm cultivators to break the Sealing Power. Unfortunately, his strength had fallen short. The Outer Realm cultivators were ultimately limited in power, so progress had been slow.
Not until the Outer and Inner Realms showed signs of merging, allowing Dao Integration cultivators to enter the Outer Realm without excessive restriction, did the grand spectacle of ten thousand Dao Integration cultivators gathering come to pass.
Had nothing unexpected happened, Xuan Huai would most likely have been able to use the power of that Formation to uproot the Divine Pillar.
Unfortunately, Lu Ye had ruined his plans in the end.
Back then, he had suddenly noticed that some of the marks on the Divine Pillar were identical to the Ancestral Abyss Restriction. They had been left behind by the Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors.
So regardless of what the Divine Pillar was sealing, it represented the will of the Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors. Naturally, Lu Ye had stood unconditionally on their side.
That battle had also marked the beginning of Star Abyss Will abandoning him—the start of his becoming a rebellious son.
Lu Ye had been very curious then about where