On Soaring Cloud Continent, the Crimson Tide had yet to recede, but Venerable Chi Yuan had already vanished without a trace.
"This power..."
Stepping out of the teleportation formation and looking up at the sky, True Lord Huang Shang's expression turned solemn.
When Venerable Chi Yuan descended into the world, she had thought it was all over. Yet an abrupt change had occurred, and Venerable Chi Yuan had suddenly disappeared. No—more precisely, he had been teleported away.
"The deity who descended just now possessed boundless divine powers. He was likely already fifth rank. He was not from Divine Dao Founding, but from beyond the heavens."
"Only an Immortal Palace could possibly forcefully teleport away such an existence. From the very beginning, people like us were likely bait and sacrifices..."
Her thoughts clear, True Lord Huang Shang had guessed the truth.
Looking at the scarred and devastated Soaring Cloud Continent, True Lord Huang Shang could not help but feel grief and indignation.
This operation had severely wounded the divine path and shattered its schemes. Though the immortal path had paid no small price, it remained within an acceptable range. But Venerable Chi Yuan's descent had completely dragged the immortal path into the abyss.
At this moment, although Venerable Chi Yuan had vanished, the influence he had left behind had not dissipated.
Under the spread of the Crimson Tide, the minds of the immortal cultivators had already been twisted. As time passed, they would slowly become believers of Venerable Chi Yuan—and these people were the backbone of the major sects.
"Guan Xing, did you know something all along? Was this operation meant to give Zhong Yan a push, so he could climb higher and better bear the power of that deity from beyond the heavens?"
Turning around, True Lord Huang Shang fixed