Xian Jue froze for a moment.
Yet he already felt the world spinning. Ke Ding had been smiling as he watched Chen Xun, about to ask about the war in the Three Thousand Immortal Domains, when a blast of howling wind suddenly crashed toward him.
His eyes widened slightly. Before he could even speak, Chen Xun was gone.
"Ke Ding, make proper arrangements for Yu Xuan. She is also the descendant of an old acquaintance of yours, so you must not neglect her. Let her choose any place in the entire Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory. I have urgent business."
"Chen Xun, is it that urgent?!"
"A heaven-shaking matter!"
"Alright."
Ke Ding's expression turned solemn as he cupped his hands respectfully.
When he came back to his senses and looked in that direction, a gleam flashed in his eyes. An inscrutable expression appeared on his face, and inwardly, he instinctively cried out: Oh!
Ke Ding resumed staring straight ahead with a grave expression. He did not even feel like leaving now.
Three days later.
Primordial Forest Sea, outside the Ascension Passage.
A massive tea stall stood nearby. It had always been a place for beings from all corners of the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory to "pay their respects" to cultivators ascending from the lower realms. Yet today, it was exceptionally lively.
A cultivator who had ascended from the universe had actually blended into the tea stall and become the center of attention.
He had short hair and ice-blue skin. He boasted endlessly here, as though ascending had merely brought him home. Not a trace of unfamiliarity or fear could be seen on his face.
The robes he wore were not traditional attire either, but a strange suit of battle armor.
His name was Gong Yu, though his original name had