"True Lord Yuanlong!"
Ji Youzi ground his teeth in fury, sorely tempted to force his way past the concealment and probe within. But he also knew True Lord Yuanlong was no weakling. A forced probe might not succeed, and most importantly, the Golden Palace Continent was already in far too precarious a position.
Yan Zihong and the others had already provoked public outrage by joining forces with the outer realm demon spirits to besiege Qin Hao and his companions. If Ji Youzi acted overbearingly now, the Qiankun Sect and the Nine Heavens Tower would certainly not let the matter rest.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, Ji Youzi suppressed his anger and turned toward Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Star River Ancestor. Like True Lord Yuanlong, Heavenly Martial Ancestor, Star River Ancestor, and the others had summoned Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, Ouyang Jin, Dongfang Wei, and the other Qiankun Sect disciples to question them.
Perhaps sensing Ji Youzi's gaze, Heavenly Martial Ancestor raised an eyebrow. He had intended to use a secret art to block outside probing, but now he refrained and asked directly, "What is the situation in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm? Why hasn't Qin Hao come out?"
"Xie Haiqing, you tell us."
Heavenly Martial Ancestor looked at Xie Haiqing. Star River Ancestor, Phantom Shadow True God, Venerable Nine Suns, and the many other Ancestral God elders also turned their gazes toward him.
"Heavenly Martial Ancestor!"
Xie Haiqing's heart jolted. He had never imagined that Heavenly Martial Ancestor would come in person. The man before him was a seven-star ancestral god of the Qiankun Sect, an immensely powerful existence.
"Reporting to Heavenly Martial Ancestor," Xie Haiqing said respectfully, "after Qin Hao broke through the spatial barrier, Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, and numerous outer realm demon spirits joined forces to