The White Bone Sect was silent.
Everything was orderly again. Everything had returned to normal.
Even the sect's Dao Integration Divine Lord began to emerge from his daze. A trace of doubt stirred in his heart, but after examining himself for a long time, he found nothing amiss. He could only bury that moment's doubt deep in his mind and return to cultivation.
No one knew that beyond causality and space, a terrifying killing intent surged like a tide, roiling and boiling.
"These two people..."
"How do these two know my whereabouts?"
Jiang Ding murmured coldly.
Since arriving in the Upper Realm, he had maintained the strictest possible concealment from beginning to end. He had not relaxed once, touched a single thread of causality, or even allowed the flow of time around him to go undisturbed. Even a Celestial's divination would struggle to find him.
With the protection of his fate-suppressing treasure, even a near-immortal being might not know he existed.
And yet!
Concealment of this caliber had still been pierced by two Dao Integration Divine Lords—two weaklings beneath the Celestial realm.
It was enough to send a chill down his spine and kindle a savage urge to kill. He almost struck them dead on the spot.
Their past ties?
Great Love Divine Lord did not count. Jiang Ding had no friendship with him.
Their dealings had always been work for pay. Everything between them was a transaction, nothing more.
As for Azure Cloud Divine Lord Han Lin, they did have some friendship. Their past association had been as light as water between gentlemen, and they had dealt with each other almost as equals.
But what did equality mean?
When ordinary interests were at stake, one could yield. One could step back.
But fellow Daoist, since you have taken the