Others were waiting too: mid-level members of the All Things Unity Society, Head Character commanders, and more.
Xu Yuan counted them.
There were more than twenty in all.
Now that he had reached Foundation Establishment, he could tell that quite a few were Cultivators at the Golden Core level or above. Back when he was in the Qi Refining Realm, he could not tell at all.
Oddity.
Why had they allowed a Cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm to serve as a Head Character commander?
Xu Yuan was puzzled, but he gave nothing away and quietly waited for the meeting to begin.
Before long,
Qi Canghai and Bai Yuanze arrived too.
"Everyone."
The moment Qi Canghai spoke, everyone fell silent.
"Though our attempt to assassinate the Crown Prince failed, it has had little effect on the larger picture."
He swept his gaze over them and continued:
"As the Anchor Point between the Mortal Realm and Ninefold Nether, I have begun to sense it."
"I believe those with sufficiently powerful Bloodlines can sense it too. They can clearly tell that Ninefold Nether's Dimension is about to overlap with the Mortal Realm. Before long, passage between the two worlds will be possible!"
"The Mortal Realm will fall into my hands!"
Everyone cheered.
The gloom left by the failed assassination vanished in an instant.
Xu Yuan, however, was thinking about what Qi Canghai had just said.
A sufficiently powerful Bloodline...
Able to sense it...
Let me try!
He half-closed his eyes and quietly felt the void.
Something uncanny happened!
He seemed to sense countless skeletons deep underground, crawling back and forth in a frenzy, desperate to reach this place.
It's Ninefold Nether!
It's already this close?
Suddenly,
every strange vision disappeared.
Xu Yuan's eyes snapped open. Qi Canghai was looking at him.
Qi