Eight months later.
The three airships belonging to Southern Nether Province's three great sects traveled day and night, finally reaching Scarlet Firmament Province and the location of the teleportation array.
It lay amid a range of mountains where spiritual energy was thin.
Within ten thousand li, there was not a soul aside from a few low-level rogue cultivators hunting demonic beasts. It was truly a desolate place.
Who knew how the Azure Flame Sect had discovered the teleportation array hidden here?
The teleportation array lay inside a great mountain, accessible through a cave at its foot.
However, someone had placed formation restrictions at the cave entrance, preventing spiritual sense from probing inside. For now, Song Wen had no way of knowing what lay within.
After the three airships stopped, Wang Qiuyue flew out of hers and, together with the leaders of the other two great sects, descended to a pavilion among the mountains below.
Before long, Wang Qiuyue returned and appeared on deck.
"Apart from the Azure Flame Sect, none of Scarlet Firmament Province's other three factions have arrived yet. We will have to wait a while. Please remain aboard and spend a few days resting and regulating your breathing."
That wait lasted half a month.
During that time, three airships arrived one after another. Each carried five people, with at least two Integrated Body Realm Cultivators among them. The largest contingent had four Integrated Body Realm Cultivators and belonged to a sect called the Sun-Moon Sect.
When the final faction arrived, a middle-aged female cultivator at the integrated body peak stage flew out of the pavilion among the mountains below.
"I am Tian Ming of the Azure Flame Sect. Welcome, fellow Daoists."
"You are too kind, Fellow Daoist Tian Ming."
One person flew out of each of the six