When Ling Qing woke again, he found himself in Jingming Other Mansion.
Everything looked exactly as it had when they had first prepared to use that "sliver of possibility" to travel to the Investiture of the Gods spacetime.
If not for the absence of Sun Tai and the other six senior brothers, he might have thought they had never set out at all.
Recalling the scene just before they emerged, he suddenly reached out and clasped the air before him. A peal of golden bells and jade chimes rang out, startling Daoist Lingguan and the others awake from their eyes-closed slumber.
Once everyone came to their senses, they looked around. Seeing that they were in Jingming Other Mansion, they too were stunned.
Then they realized what had happened and all turned to look at Ling Qing.
"Senior brothers, junior sisters, let us first return to Yuyu Heaven and take a look," Ling Qing said, rather than making wild guesses.
Yet he had already noticed that the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation he had refined was gone.
"Good!" Everyone rose in succession, left the mansion, used Talisman Seals to split open a gateway, and turned to enter Yuyu Heaven.
White Crane and the other boys had long been waiting inside the gate. Looking at them, he said, "Master summons you."
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
The group followed the boy into the main hall, where they saw that, besides Dharma Master Wudang, two more figures were seated within.
One wore white robes, refined and gentle; the other wore a crimson robe, dignified and lovely.
"This disciple pays respects to Master!" Ling Qing and the others bowed with clasped hands.
Before they could rise, the woman in red smiled. "My dear martial nephews have arrived."
Ling Qing and the others bowed again. "This disciple pays