Thirty years had already passed by the time news of Chen Xun's departure spread throughout the Nine Provinces of Supreme Unity.
The Hall of Reflection of Fushi Sect had long since erupted into chaos.
"Master, Sixth Junior Brother is in mortal danger. The only way is to invite the Immortal of our sect to leave seclusion!"
Ling Qingzhi stood in the center of the great hall with a grave expression, hands clasped in salute. Her voice was neither servile nor overbearing. "Junior Brother left the mountain without permission. Could it be that our sect's Immortal had not indulged this matter...?!"
"Eldest Sister." Yuan Chengsi's gaze was exceptionally solemn. "Our sect's Immortal contemplates the world and lays plans for all living beings. How could he keep watching Sixth Brother within the mountain gates? Such words must not be spoken again."
He knew quite a few inside details concerning this matter. He had, in fact, been keeping watch over Sixth Brother from behind the scenes, yet he had never detected in the slightest how exactly he had left...
When he went to Chen Xun's cave abode, the place had already been emptied of people, leaving behind only a stone stele.
Yuan Chengsi stood silently there for a long time before departing without a word.
As for the Supreme Elder, there had been no need for Eldest Sister to say anything; he had gone long ago. Yet he had only been told that the sect's Immortal could not leave the Nine Provinces for now, that there were more important matters to attend to, and that Futian's fortune ran long and deep, so he would not encounter great calamity.
That single sentence had dismissed him.
Yuan Chengsi had also investigated the devastated scene of the demon headquarters beyond the Divine Firmament Immortal Pass. Judging