Xuanming did not return to Floating Cloud Mountain.
He suspected that the Mighty Experts held one another in check and had other reservations, so they would not attack him.
But even if the odds were ten thousand to one, he could not risk that one.
Despite his calm, unruffled appearance, his heart had been in his throat the entire journey, the Mountains and Rivers, Society and Millet Diagram poised to act.
Thus, Xuanming had no intention of returning to the Truth-Seeking Abbey. As long as he roamed outside, the Mighty Experts would not dare act rashly against it. After all, who did not have friends and family?
If they struck on the first day of the month, they would naturally fear retaliation on the fifteenth.
The rubbing of the Taiping Scripture bore a Spatial Mark that could open a gateway to the Peaceful Heaven Sect Microcosm.
Though he regretted the loss, Xuanming activated the Spatial Mark without hesitation. The rubbing of the Taiping Scripture was destroyed, space rippled, and a gateway appeared. He plunged straight through it.
He was too fast.
Though the other mighty beings reacted swiftly and struck to sever space, they were caught off guard and still let Xuanming escape.
The Mighty Experts behind the Three Divine Dynasties grew anxious. They knew that fluctuation all too well—it was the Peaceful Heaven Dao Master's handiwork.
The Peaceful Heaven Sect's headquarters drifted without a fixed location, and they could not find it at all. Xuanming had vanished. If he truly colluded with Peaceful Heaven, the consequences would be unthinkable.
They wanted to strike at the Truth-Seeking Abbey, but feared breaking the vessel while trying to kill the rat. A botched move might drive Xuanming to leap over the wall like a cornered dog, while forcing the other Mighty Experts