There was little light beneath the rift. Only the ore on either side gave off a faint spiritual glow, and even the occasional flickering of the cracks shone brighter.
The larger spatial cracks, in particular, flashed from time to time like brilliant stars in the night sky.
Ye Jingcheng looked toward the Divine Lords and found them all staring after the two departing figures, silent for a long while.
They all seemed lost in thought.
The departure of the two Spirit Transformation cultivators from the Great Demon Sects was indeed rather suspicious.
After all, if Demon Saints had unleashed a beast tide against the two sects, they should have informed the other great immortal sects.
This was hardly the time to hold back.
After all, two Demon Saints had already attacked Ye Jingcheng. Those Demon Saints might well attack cultivators such as Kasyapa, Holy Cloud, and Origin Soul too, losses the two sects would likewise be unwilling to suffer.
Yet both sects had left in such a hurry, and their late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had not come over either.
The two sects probably had another opportunity awaiting them.
This was especially true of the Profound Heaven Sect. They had discovered the realm gate, after all, and had requested entry into the Heavenly Insect Realm.
The explanation that they had come solely for the spatial node did not quite hold water.
"Master! Look inside that spatial node!" Just then, the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven abruptly sent Ye Jingcheng a voice transmission.
Ye Jingcheng immediately looked toward the spatial crack. His Star Illusion Eye, which had previously seen nothing, now caught sight of a spiritual silhouette, resembling both a flood dragon and a snake, moving through the spatial crack as though swimming in a river.
But before Ye Jingcheng could get a clear