Deep within the world, divine light blazed, tearing the darkness to shreds.
"The aura of the True God is growing clearer. Perhaps we really are close to finding it."
Dan Xi breathed out a stream of alchemical fire, parting illusion to glimpse the truth. Excitement crept into her voice.
Hearing this, the other Saint Lords felt their spirits lift.
Their search had not gone as smoothly as expected. The aura of the True God's Corpse appeared and vanished, leading them to the wrong place several times. At last, they had found a genuine trace.
Watching the other Saint Lords, Divine Lord Qiyuan showed nothing on his face, but his heart sank.
I can't stall any longer. If I do, they'll notice something is wrong, and then things will get troublesome. They want the True God's Corpse and the Immortal Realm Fragment, but so do I—even more desperately than they do.
This is all the fault of that fellow from the Mountain-Chasing Dao—or rather, the Impermanence Sect. If he hadn't killed Scarlet Spirit, I wouldn't be in such a passive position.
Unable to delay them any further, Divine Lord Qiyuan thought of the trouble ahead, and his hatred for Jiang Chen flared anew.
Because of Sage Lord Xiyi, he had not pursued Scarlet Spirit's killer himself. But he had not been idle. Since he could not act personally, he had ordered the Divine Dao Founding to gather information.
The Divine Dao Founding had not disappointed him. Though the War-Stopping Immortal Abode had covered up the incident afterward, the upheaval had been too great to erase every trace. Following those traces, the Divine Dao Founding had identified Jiang Chen.
*I must admit, the Impermanence Sect has given me quite a surprise. Who would have thought a sect that had nearly been wiped