Secret Passage of Jing Province

Wulin Marketplace, residence.

After cultivating through the night, Li Yuan opened his eyes.

He had already reported the news of the Ling Province rift cluster to Tianyue Sect, but the origin of that tracking mark still weighed on his mind.

Its method had come from the same source as Yuan Sect, yet its structure contained an extra layer. After the Yuan Sect Master blood-sacrificed the entire sect and left the Lower Realm, everyone in the sect had died, but Yuan Sect had operated in the Lower Realm for centuries. Its secret passages, strongholds, and cultivation grounds might not all have been thoroughly cleared out. Tianyue Sect had investigated Yun Province, but Jing Province and Ling Province had not been examined so meticulously.

Li Yuan took out his official guest elder Token and reviewed the task list.

Sure enough, a long-term assignment hung there: investigate Yuan Sect's remaining strongholds and secret passages throughout the Lower Realm's provinces. Upon discovering demonic seals or secret passages, one could accept a cleanup task, with Contribution Points awarded according to scale.

Li Yuan accepted the task, and the writing on the Token changed.

Evasion Light rose around him as he headed for Jing Province.

Jing Province lay in the northwest of the Lower Realm, filled with rolling hills and low mountains. Though Tianyue Sect had a stronghold here, its control was far weaker than in Yun Province. This place had never been the core territory of any major faction. If Yuan Sect had hidden something here, it would have been even more convenient.

Li Yuan did not go to the stronghold. Instead, he traced the spiritual power frequency of the tracking mark from Ling Province and deduced its source in reverse.

Though that mark had already been removed, Dark Fiend Insight had recorded the frequency