The short-statured man was naturally the Heavenly Secrets Dao Lord, Ke Ding.
However, this body was still an avatar. Back when he learned that the Five Aggregates Sect had gone into seclusion and fled, he had split into countless avatars to search the entire Desolate Heaven Domain, even mobilizing certain hidden forces to seek out Chen Xun's whereabouts.
But alas, Immortals could calculate all living beings, yet Immortals themselves were the one thing they could not calculate. A venerable elder Immortal like him had searched for decades without result, while Chen Xun had sent him no news at all, as if he had vanished from the face of the world...
In the end, he had gone to seek out Qi Xiao of the Firmament Formation Dao Palace. Only then had the latter pointed him toward a path, saying only that his younger sister had returned from the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
Ke Ding understood at once and had finally intercepted Chen Xun at the edge of the Desolate Heaven Domain!
He was currently being watched closely by the Immortals of the Taiyi Great World. The Desolate Heaven Domain was gripped by an air of alarm and dread; even he dared not take another step outside, much less inquire into news of the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
Ever since those heaven-and-earth Overlord Clans had wiped out the Chaos Clan, they had become somewhat strange... as though they had finally run out of patience.
Ke Ding was skilled in calculating the great currents of heaven and earth, but Heavenly Secrets were now muddled, baleful stars had suddenly appeared across the Three Thousand Great Worlds, and even he could calculate little more. He knew only that even the fearless Five-Elements Dao Ancestor was preparing to escape.
Not far away.
Boom!
Dust billowed. Chen Xun's expression shifted slightly.