As the Golden Nature fully manifested, the entire Hidden Immortal Land underwent a sudden upheaval of wind and clouds.
Deep within the secret realm, a young man with a gentle, jade-like bearing slowly raised his head, his gaze turning toward the disturbance born within this heaven and earth.
The surrounding void began to tremble violently. Spatial patterns warped and split apart, faintly showing signs of collapse, while chaos gradually arose between heaven and earth.
At the same moment, within the Hidden Immortal Land, a pillar of light that pierced the clouds erupted from the ground with a thunderous roar, carrying countless auspicious vapors and astonishing might.
"Cousin, what happened? The Hidden Immortal Land... seems to be expelling us from the secret realm."
A crisp voice rang out from nearby. The speaker was Wang Yunxi, and standing beside her was Chen Jingqiu.
The two had been searching bitterly all along for the scattered Yu Ke and his group.
Unfortunately, the Hidden Immortal Land's territory was simply too vast.
Chen Jingqiu had repeatedly employed divination arts, yet he had been unable to calculate even the slightest clue to their whereabouts.
The two could only follow their vague intuitions and wander without direction, only to find nothing in the end.
By a stroke of chance along the way, they had even once clashed head-on with the Eastern Lord.
Wang Yunxi had always believed that, among those of the same realm, her cousin's talent and cultivation were peerless.
Yet after witnessing that battle in person, she had to admit that the Eastern Lord was no ordinary person either. He had actually managed to pull himself free from her cousin's grasp and retreat safely in the end.
Chen Jingqiu's expression was grave. As his thoughts raced, inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind, and he realized,