A massive azure branch spanned the void, one end emerging from nothingness while the other stretched toward an endlessly distant horizon.
Jin Zhixing rode atop a cloud raft, traveling along the branch as it extended onward.
Behind him followed over a hundred cloud rafts of varying sizes. They carried his Hun Xiu disciples, as well as cultivators who had originally been stationed in those Affiliated Heavenly Domains.
Under Ying Chong's orders, he and these people were to be relocated to other Heavenly Domains, thereby evading Celestial Xia's steadily tightening search.
Yet at this moment, he almost wished someone would come attack them, so he could return to Celestial Xia openly and honorably instead of continuing to lurk here.
He even found himself unable to resist the urge to report his location to Celestial Xia. But... he looked down at the azure branch beneath his feet. Its enormous trunk lay spread out like a landmass, while they were no more than tiny specks of dust upon it.
Near the branches of this treasure that suppressed the Dao, he neither knew where he was nor could he be certain that any message he sent would reach its destination.
Moreover, Ying Chong might well have been using this treasure to observe his every move. Thus, he behaved with complete honesty throughout the journey and dared make no suspicious move.
Just then, a mass of radiance suddenly appeared ahead, as if a hole had been chiseled into the void. Gentle light shone out from within, and the other end of the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch extended directly into that place.
A cultivator walked over and gave him a respectful salute. "True Person Jin, this is the place my teacher has arranged for you and your fellow cultivators to settle.
"However, my teacher asked me