Without much delay, just one day later...
Sikong Jing gathered everyone from the Purple Dust Pavilion—including those few alien human race members who were rushing back from the Burial Emperor Tomb—into the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison. He then refined the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc and set off from the Void Rift World.
With Ling Dongyang as a guide, there was naturally no danger of getting lost within the void rifts.
Now...
The small worlds and realm-space arrays surrounding half of Vast Sea were all under the control of the Five Heavenly Emperors' forces. Thus, if other Quasi-Emperor Palaces such as Heaven-Soaring Palace wished to descend into half of Vast Sea, they had to pass through the Void Rift World.
The other Quasi-Emperor Palaces did not possess something like the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc. To descend into half of Vast Sea, they would need a very long time.
As for the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc...
According to Ling Dongyang, they could reach the Heaven-Soaring Realm in ten days.
Of course, given Sikong Jing's current cultivation, it would be easy for him to travel directly to the Heaven-Soaring Realm through the realm-space arrays of other worlds. But before the circumstances on all sides became clear, he did not wish to stir up unnecessary trouble.
At the same time, at Green Leaf Palace...
Fire Pattern Bell returned with his men. As mentioned before, the Five Heavenly Emperors controlled the small worlds surrounding half of Vast Sea, so he could easily pass through one small world after another under Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor's control.
At top speed, he returned to Green Leaf Palace.
Had it not been for that battle nearly twenty years ago, Fire Pattern Bell could have been even faster. That battle had destroyed all the