The moment he slipped into the demon clouds, he transformed himself. Using a spirit insect, he became a sea worm and blended into the million demon soldiers under the Dragon Demon King's command.
To be safe, he had even captured a sea-worm demon and taken its place.
The Dragon Demon King stood at the North Sea's sea eye, and most of the demon soldiers he recruited were sea creatures—insects, beasts, fish, shrimp, and the like.
A small portion belonged to the earth and air categories.
After Emperor Miaoyuan successfully infiltrated them, he did not act rashly. Instead, he waited several days. Seeing that he had revealed no flaws and drawn no notice from anyone watchful, he then followed the secret art to begin sensing the Brocade-Robed Marquis.
Such secret arts were essentially mutual. Before, distance had limited them to only vaguely sensing each other's direction.
Now that the two were within the same formation, when Emperor Miaoyuan sensed the Brocade-Robed Marquis, the Brocade-Robed Marquis sensed him as well.
The two slowly moved toward each other, and before long, they met.
Upon first seeing Emperor Miaoyuan, the Brocade-Robed Marquis harbored some reservations. But seeing that his cultivation was merely that of a four-tribulation Heavenly Immortal, inferior to his own, and that he knew the secret art of mutual sensing between himself and his brothers, he revealed himself and asked Emperor Miaoyuan, "Who are you? How do you know such a secret art?"
Emperor Miaoyuan said, "The Eight Immortals of the Upper Cavern and I were entrusted by Fellow Daoist Nine Lives to seek out the Brocade-Robed Marquis.
The Eight Immortals are not far away. They have already caught up with the Six Heavenly Demon Kings.
The Brocade-Robed Marquis may come with me to meet them."
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