Shi Hao had definitely left this thing behind. The old grounds of the Ancient Heavenly Court had once been its headquarters; Shi Hao must have laid some arrangements there.
With an Immortal Emperor's methods, pulling someone into those old grounds from anywhere in the Boundary Sea would be simple.
None of this had appeared in the original story of the Perfect World era, but that did not mean Shi Hao had never done it.
Whether before he first left the Boundary Sea for the Heavens, or after he returned, became the Sole Ruler of Eternity, and departed for good, there was no way he would have left his family, brothers, friends, and subordinates without safeguards.
And a Heavenly Court headquarters they could enter at any time, wherever they were, was clearly a good choice.
"But does that give you a reason to mess with me?" Meng Chuan fumed. Should I start calling you Brother Shi Hao?
[If you want to. It isn't quite right given our seniority, but I suppose I can accept it.]
Meng Chuan could now sense a stretch of Immortal Soil: the old grounds of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
But that response startled him. Can Shi Hao see what I'm thinking?
[I can't see it, but I can guess.]
"Oh, you're so very clever!" Meng Chuan snapped. Shi Hao's methods weren't merely present in those old grounds; Meng Chuan was certain of something else.
Shi Hao could still control this place!
The one answering him now was definitely not the old grounds themselves!
[Since you called me clever, I'll let you in!]
"Who called you clever?" What a talent for twisting words!
Then a mysterious force appeared out of thin air and enveloped Meng Chuan, drawing him toward a stretch of Immortal Soil. Without a sound, no