Old Friends (Thanks to Brass Teapot for the 10,000 book coins reward)

Below the cliffside cave.

At this moment, Crown Prince Hai stood cold-faced atop the collapsed altar. The Cosmic Pillar had turned to rubble and completely crumbled before him. Yet the secrets he had longed to uncover—the ancient hidden truths—had likewise shattered beyond recovery along with the destroyed Cosmic Pillar.

"Dragon-Trapping Ascension Formation!!! What a Dragon-Trapping Ascension Formation. The Bright God Sect truly made meticulous plans!" Crown Prince Hai clenched his fists, his voice carrying icy killing intent. An eerie pressure spread through the surroundings, sending chills down one's spine.

"That tomb built from supreme-grade immortal jade... You wanted to revive the person inside it, didn't you? Just who was worthy of using an entire Immortal Mansion as a formation and spending ten thousand years trying to save them..." Cold light flickered in Crown Prince Hai's eyes. Beneath his ordinary appearance, however, he exuded the bearing of one who ruled the world.

In his mind, he continuously replayed the scene of the tomb space collapsing. He clearly remembered that when he destroyed the final Cosmic Pillar and opened that space, there had been a figure inside during that brief period of collapse. Moreover, that figure had felt familiar to him, as though he had only seen them not long ago.

"If I wasn't mistaken, those clothes were a black coat patterned with red clouds. And this cliffside cave was previously acquired from their hands in exchange, so..." Crown Prince Hai drew a deep breath and narrowed his eyes slightly as killing intent filled the air.

He had pursued the answer for so long and expended so much effort to decipher this formation, only for someone else to get there first. The feeling was no different from being slapped across the face.

"Azure Dragon, was it you? I never expected that the