Black Rock Sacred Stockade stood on the brink of life and death. Tang Changsheng, meanwhile, had already returned to the Spirit Realm of Hongdong Stockade.
The Ancestral God still slept within the Hongdong Spirit Realm, but the Spirit Pool had gradually taken shape. It was now as wide as a washbasin, like a basin of clear springwater.
"Looks like it won't be easy for the Ancestral God to absorb such immense power!"
The speaker was not Tang Changsheng, nor was it Gu Junjie or any of the others.
It was a Daoist in a tall hat, holding a horsetail whisk. The faint golden glow around him made his identity unmistakable and stirred awe in anyone who saw it.
He was a Yang Spirit True Person!
Beside him stood five more figures, each bearing the same faint golden glow. They, too, were Yang Spirit True Persons.
Anyone who did not know better might have thought Yang Spirit True Persons had suddenly become common, for so many to appear at once.
Zhenlingzi, the one who had spoken, crouched and dipped a hand into the Spirit Spring. He closed his eyes, as though sensing something.
A moment later, he rose and said to Tang Changsheng, "You've rendered a great service this time. Your warning came just in time. The Black Rock Mountains have reached the critical point. I can feel the Earth Qi beneath the entire mountain range boiling."
"Is the Black Rock Progenitor about to awaken?" Gu Junjie asked in alarm. "I feel restless too, as if some disaster is about to descend..."
The ancient tree Gu Junjie possessed was native to these mountains. Its roots reached into the mountain's Earth Veins, making it part of the Black Rock Mountains. Naturally, he could faintly sense what was happening.
"No, that's impossible... You've