Day after day passed in a stalemate.
As the several Spirit Beasts steadily grew stronger, the gazes Ye Qing and the others raised toward the empty heavens became ever heavier, while the worry in their hearts piled up layer upon layer.
The two great powers who had gone into seclusion at the Starfall Trial Grounds and the Phantom Sound Ancient Mirror had returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Rumor had it that their strength had improved, yet they remained tight-lipped about everything they had seen and heard within the trial grounds.
A lingering shadow hung deep within their brows and eyes, concealing a faint trace of lingering terror.
Even great powers at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage were like this. How could they not worry about Lu'er, a mere Golden Core cultivator, entering the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain?
Now, there were only six months left until the Heaven's Chosen Competition began. Next month, they would set off for the Xuancheng Domain.
Ye Qing gazed at the vast sky and let out a long, soft sigh.
Lowering his eyes, he looked toward the open space in the courtyard not far away. The five Spirit Beasts were currently sprawled in every direction, their bellies turned up as they lay limp on the ground in lazy repose.
He knew full well that Jiang Lu's contracts with the Spirit Beasts were firmly connected. As long as the Spirit Beasts were safe and sound, it meant that she must be unharmed within the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain.
Yet though he understood the reasoning, the sorrow lingering in his heart had not diminished in the slightest.
Ye Qing slowly lifted a foot and walked quietly toward the five Spirit Beasts.
With a lift of his hand, several dozen rare spirit plants of superb quality silently appeared in