A piercing peal of bells rang out atop Heavenly Sea Mountain.
The sound then pierced the heavens, reverberating across more than ten thousand li of the surrounding region.
Every cultivator of the Heavenly Sea Sect was shaken.
This was the sect's Heavenly Sea Bell. Although it was no top-grade spirit treasure, it served only one purpose: to announce that something momentous had happened to the Heavenly Sea Sect.
And the Heavenly Sea Bell had not rung for two or three thousand years.
Lin Xuanhai was also startled to hear it now, his brow furrowing into deep creases.
He could not imagine who would attack the Heavenly Sea Sect at a time like this.
Although the Heavenly Sea Sect was not among the strongest of the eight Body Integration Factions, neither was it a faction whose sun was sinking in the west, its legacy in peril.
His figure flickered, and he appeared beside the Heavenly Sea Bell.
Several cultivators were already kneeling there.
Aside from the keepers of the Soul Slip Hall, Venerable Ziyu, the Heavenly Sea Sect's enforcement elder, was also present.
"Sect Master..." Venerable Ziyu did not know how to begin.
He had told Lin Xuanhai that he had seen Lin Tianjiao on the Azure-Green Continent.
But Lin Xuanhai had failed to grasp his hint and had yet to bring Lin Tianjiao back.
Now that something had happened, he actually bore no responsibility whatsoever.
But this was the cultivation world, where the strong reigned supreme. He would never dare make any cutting remarks at such a moment.
"Tianjiao!" Although the other man had not explained, Lin Xuanhai had already guessed what had happened.
His divine sense surged madly toward the Soul Slip Hall.
The terrifying soul power made every cultivator nearby tremble.
The cultivators who had only just flown