Only then did Ditian and Hou Ming confirm that Jiang Yun had not been lying. He had indeed received guidance from Xuan Emperor.
Jiang Yun turned around and gave a slight nod in the direction where Ditian and Hou Ming were watching from, then strode into Black Bird's Dao Field.
Naturally, he knew what the two of them were thinking. But true gold feared no fire; he had come thoroughly prepared.
Moreover, with the Sword Light still present, they had no way to verify anything. Even after the Sword Light vanished, no one would be able to find any flaws.
Only Black Bird's existence was, in the end, still a hidden danger.
Jiang Yun needed to return before Desolate Emperor's Sword Light at the end of the Sea of Realms completely dispersed. He would directly convert Black Bird; if conversion proved impossible, he would kill her.
He could not leave behind the trouble that was Black Bird. The oath he had tricked Black Bird into making only applied so long as she had not escaped her predicament.
Once she broke free, Black Bird might turn hostile as soon as she recovered.
The instant he stepped into the Dao Field, an ancient and weighty aura rushed toward him.
This was the accumulated effort of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor over countless eons. Its foundations were unimaginably profound.
Rare treasures from every era and every Sacrificial Era were stored along both sides of the passage.
Those treasures shone brilliantly, as though recounting the splendor of ages past.
Yet Jiang Yun's gaze remained indifferent. He felt no temptation whatsoever toward those treasures, his target directly fixed on a medicinal garden before a palace resembling a bird's nest.
Within the Void before the medicinal garden, a mysterious spring eye flickered in and out of sight.
Wisps