The Immortal Realm, the Heaven-Patrolling Immortal Domain, one of the Seventy-Two Immortal Domains.
Above a sea of clouds floated an ancient, majestic immortal palace. Three large characters were carved in soaring, dragon-and-phoenix strokes on the plaque above its gates-Heaven-Patrolling Palace.
Deep within the palace stood an ancient bronze bell a hundred feet tall, engraved with the stars of the heavens.
It was the Immortal Court's ninth-tier Immortal Artifact-the [Heaven-Patrolling Bell].
Above, it could monitor anomalies in the Immortal Realm; below, it could track fluctuations throughout the entire Zhou Tian Star-Dipper Grand Formation. It was one of the heavenly court's mighty treasures, as well as one of the formation's foundations.
An old Daoist in Daoist robes, who had been meditating with his eyes closed in a nearby pavilion, suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the [Heaven-Patrolling Bell]. He was in the late Taiyi Jade Immortal stage.
Spiritual light began to churn chaotically across the surface of the [Heaven-Patrolling Bell], which had remained silent through the ages. Then, without warning, it gave a low, far-reaching toll.
The toll was not loud, but the information it conveyed shook his mind.
"Hmm?"
The old Daoist knitted his brows, carefully discerning the information within the toll, and profound astonishment flashed in his eyes.
"The forbidden Heavenly Immortal Method again? Only ten thousand years have passed, yet the [Heaven-Patrolling Bell] has rung again. Another junior in the lower realms who doesn't know whether he lives or dies?"
He was Xuanchenzi, one of the Immortal Court's Heaven-Patrolling Envoy elders.
Ten thousand years ago, he had also been stationed here.
That time, the [Heaven-Patrolling Bell] had likewise rung, eventually locking onto a lower world that was undergoing an evolution.
A Great Unity Golden Immortal lord from the Immortal Palace had personally acted, using the Heaven-Patrolling Bell to