As Ren Yunzong moved his hands, countless soul shadows gathered within the third pillar of light, forming a ceaselessly surging gray-white river.
At the end of the river, golden Buddhist light flickered in and out of sight.
Without Ren Yunzong needing to explain, Su Shi'er immediately guessed that the Buddhist light must be connected to Master Jiekong.
Of the remaining two pillars of light, one flashed with mirror light, while the other held a dim yellow lamp flame that swayed unsteadily.
"Of the nine Immortal Pillars at present, five can barely maintain their stability.
"Besides myself, Junior Sister Shen, and Master Jiekong, there are also Jing Chenzi and a fellow Daoist named Sang Xuangu from the Immortal Ruins."
"Jing Chenzi?"
Su Shi'er's gaze stirred slightly, and the figure of that aged cultivator from the ruined marketplace immediately surfaced in his mind.
So the marketplace formation had also been attached to one of the Nine-Pole Immortal Pillars.
No wonder Jing Chenzi knew so much about the power of the Nine Pillars.
No wonder he had merged his life-bound Mirror Stone into the marketplace grand formation, replacing the original Array Eye.
Clearly, it had not merely been to protect the survivors of the Immortal Realm within the marketplace. He had also been seeking a way to stabilize the Nine-Pole Immortal Pillars.
"Looks like you have already met Jing Chenzi. Then again, if you had not met him, I fear you would not have come here so easily."
Ren Yunzong looked at Su Shi'er, unsurprised by this.
Without the Array Hub Token's aid, neither Su Shi'er nor the so-called Hou Sihai could possibly have entered the Immortal Formation under his control so easily.
This had originally been a contingency he left behind after entering the Immortal Ruins all those years ago.
As he