The group reunited and traveled through the Great Void, following the coordinates Cui Yuanxi had provided.
Before long, they emerged from the Great Void, having crossed the Ya Kingdom to arrive near the Ao Kingdom's border.
The Ao Kingdom bordered the East Sea and abounded in moisture, with many mountains within its borders. The moment they emerged from the Great Void, a verdant mountain ten thousand zhang tall blocked their path.
"This mountain... looks a little familiar."
Zhang Yuan raised an eyebrow. The longer he looked at the verdant mountain before him, the more familiar it seemed. Then he noticed buildings on it, along with disciples of some sect walking about, and was utterly astonished.
Weren't those the Mysterious Court's standard Daoist robes?
No wonder the mountain looked so familiar. It was none other than Sky Mountain on the Mysterious Court's Xuan Zu Island, the mountain connected to a certain golden position.
Realizing the problem, Zhang Yuan secretly sent Xiao Yuanjun a voice transmission. Under Cui Yuanxi and Cui Zhaowei's bewildered gazes, he cast [Severing Past and Present, Leaving or Staying] over everyone, including Ao Xiu, concealing their auras and hiding them from sight.
The Mysterious Court had several Immortal Lords, as well as two Great Immortal Lords. Most importantly, both he and Xiao Yuanjun had a feud with the Mysterious Court. If its Great Immortal Lords discovered them, who knew what new trouble might crop up?
Besides their personal feud, the Mysterious Court was also colluding with the Nine Serenities Lu Clan, and a strand of [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts]'s divine sense was hidden within it, plotting who knew what. The Mysterious Court was now fraught with danger on every side. Without powerful backing, it was no friendly place where one could come and go at will.