After leaving Gu An and the others, Li Su hurried toward the Heavenly Lotus Lake.
He was extremely fast. Before long, he could already make out the enormous lake in the distance, as well as the gigantic Heavenly Lotus floating in midair.
Even seeing it again, he could not help but marvel, stunned by its grandeur.
Mysterious patterns covered its entire body, with streams of gilded radiance flowing through them. The extraordinary matter around it was so dense it could be seen with the naked eye. Before even approaching, one could smell an indescribable fragrance, as though it pierced straight through the soul.
There were quite a few cultivators near the lake.
People from top orthodox sects such as the Sky Firmament Sect, Supreme Artifact Sect, Burning Dao Sect, Carefree Sect, Sky Without Trace, and Shenxiao Sect were all present. They remained far away and did not approach.
There were also people from mid- and lower-tier sects, as well as independent cultivators. All of them kept their distance, roughly ten li from the lake.
He even spotted traces of demonic cultivators, though they stood even farther away and deliberately kept clear of the orthodox sects like the Sky Firmament Sect. Clearly, without one of their own supreme experts present, they did not dare approach rashly, lest they be purged in the name of defending the Dao and eliminating demons.
Li Su frowned and did not continue forward. He had expected the lake to draw cultivators from many sects.
After all, the great medicine and scriptures had been taken. What remained now were only the Heavenly Lotus here at the lake, the ancient cauldron in the great canyon, and the Scorching Divine Fire at its core.
Apparently, no one had gone there.
Even Li Su had only managed to reach the