Above Spirit Mountain, clouds and mist curled around the peaks, while faint Buddhist chants drifted through the air.
"Send disciples to Xiqi to assist Ji Chang? And the tribulation child is a black panther demon?"
Listening to Jieyin's voice transmission, Zhunti's brows drew together slightly, a trace of suspicion flashing through his eyes.
Since the Investiture Tribulation began, the Western Sect had repeatedly suffered schemes against it. This sudden "fortunate opportunity" instead filled him with vigilance—could this be another arrangement by the Jie Sect? If that tribulation child had long since been bought over by Tongtian and was deliberately luring the Western Sect into the game, then when the Shang Dynasty settled accounts with Xiqi, would not all Three Religions be dragged into the tribulation as well?
What concerned him even more was the Primordial Unity Sword Intent that had flashed by outside Biyou Palace that day.
Senior Brother Jieyin and Yuanshi had both said Tongtian had never left, yet his senses could not have been wrong—that sword had truly reached the Primordial Unity realm!
Either everyone had been deceived, or... there was a second Primordial Unity expert within the Jie Sect besides Tongtian!
But how could that be possible?
The Primordial Unity realm was even harder to attain than Sainthood! Among the Jie Sect, only Six-Eared Macaque had the aptitude to hope for it—his bloodline came from the Chaos Demon Ape, and he was innately attuned to the laws of battle. Now that he had fused with the origin of the Red-Buttock Macaque, if he could find the Long-Armed Ape and the Spiritual Stone Monkey as well, reconstruct the Demon Ape True Body, then perhaps he could truly prove the Dao through battle and step into Primordial Unity...
"Since Senior Brother has chosen Xiqi, there must be a deeper