Jiao Yao was quite tactful. He did not ask Zhang Yu for any reason behind his concern and merely bowed. "Court Executor, I will certainly pass the message along. It is only that I have never dealt with that person before, so I do not know his attitude, nor do I know whether he will come with me. If a conflict arises..."
Zhang Yu said, "Fellow Daoist Jiao, simply deliver the message. Should any obstacle arise, you are permitted to act as you see fit."
With those words, Jiao Yao felt more assured. After acknowledging the order, he withdrew from the Pure Profound Dao Palace. Then his Primordial Spirit transformed, instantly returning to his true body concealed amid the heavenly clouds.
Having received the message brought back by his Primordial Spirit, he pondered for a moment, then rose and shook out his sleeves. Looking below, he waited briefly before producing a shadow-transformation avatar from his body, which sped toward a certain place. In less than a single breath, it was already standing before the Spirit Pass he had watched for so long.
Once there, his figure blurred, and he stepped inside.
Strictly speaking, the Spirit Pass was itself a kind of living being. Because of its level, it ordinarily could not contain a cultivator who had attained superior fruition. But Jiao Yao had come here in shadow form this time, merely as a wisp of qi. Coupled with his profound Dao arts, he passed through it smoothly.
Within a cavern in the depths of the Spirit Pass, Spirit Daoist had finished his cultivation for the day and began considering where he ought to gather provisions next.
Ever since everyone and every deity they had stationed in the Tio Divine Kingdom had been severed away, he had known that their original