Li Shun gently shook the jade-green gourd in his hand again, savoring the exquisite taste of the Enlightenment Wine.
Just then, the urgent ringing of the Heaven-Mending Bell unexpectedly sounded by his ear once more.
Its urgency was in no way inferior to the commotion caused by Li Shun's return earlier.
The Heaven-Mending Bell had rung twice in a single day!
This was something that had never occurred since the Imperial Academy's founding.
The Imperial Academy students erupted into an uproar, their curiosity impossible to suppress any longer.
They began seeking every possible means to learn what exactly had happened with the bell today.
"Hm?" Li Shun could not help but freeze, looking toward the direction from which the resonant bell chimes came.
"Could it be that, at the same time, someone else has brought back Outer Heavenly Dao Marks?"
"I was only able to cause such a stir because I carried along a remnant god..."
Li Shun was naturally deeply interested in the other person who had rung the Heaven-Mending Bell.
Yet before he could investigate, another matter forcefully drew away his attention.
For a long while now, the Enlightenment Seeker formed from the Ancient Web had been moving through Mount Taibai's primeval forest.
Neither hurried nor slow, he walked at an unhurried pace.
Li Shun could not see the slightest connection between this journey and the supposed reshaping of a divine soul and body.
Until now.
The Enlightenment Seeker had reached the foot of Mount Taibai's main peak. He turned and looked back.
A long wind swept past, rustling the leaves of the wilderness forest.
Flowing past his feet had originally been a murmuring little stream. Yet once it passed through the entire forest, it had become a rushing river.
A faint smile surfaced on the Enlightenment Seeker's