After Baili Hong left, Xu Changqing sat alone in the cultivation chamber of the Star Palace.
He did not continue cultivating. Instead, he replayed the other man's words from beginning to end in his mind.
When the Evernight Ruins opened, the Azure Emperor's Garden would open at the same time.
The Azure Emperor's Garden was the number-one Secret Realm for Wood Spirit Roots.
If he missed the Azure Emperor's Garden, it would mean giving up the opportunity of the Azure Emperor Great Dao.
Yet Xu Changqing could not afford not to go to the Evernight Ruins.
His master had personally said that the final portion of the Creation Dao's opportunity lay within the Evernight Ruins.
Moreover, his appointment to battle Demon God Kong Fang had also been set there. Neither matter could be put off.
The best solution now was to miss neither side.
After turning it over and over in his mind, Xu Changqing had an idea.
He would personally go to the Evernight Ruins, while the Spirit Plant Puppet would be sent to the Azure Emperor's Garden.
As it happened, Xu Qiansui, Xu Jiuyou, and Xu Zixiao had nothing to do at present.
That way, neither opportunity would be missed.
Some time later, a message from Second Senior Sister arrived.
The gathering had been set on Heavenly Pearl Star.
Heavenly Pearl Star was the penal hub among the Big Dipper, overseeing immortal laws, heavenly prisons, Spiritual Root stripping, and Star Soul refinement.
The entire star was shrouded in a layer of ever-undispersing clouds of punishment. Punishment platforms covered its surface, and every bolt of lightning contained punishments that cycled without end.
Second Senior Sister's choice of this place as the assembly point was somewhat unexpected.
Yet after Xu Changqing considered it carefully, he found it perfectly