Time flashed by, and two months passed.
As the news spread through the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm, every force of any standing in the realm, apart from those in a few remote places, learned that something had happened and sent people to investigate.
Now, thirty-five thousand li from the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect, cultivators from numerous forces had gathered to observe from afar, confirming the sect's situation and the presence of the Earth Immortal whose Dao Epithet was [Return to True].
As for why they stood so far away...
The [Great Grotto Yin-Scenery Immortal Domain] enveloped everything within thirty thousand li of the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect.
The mountains and rivers near the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect had all vanished. Within those thirty thousand li, bloody light filled the sky, and all manner of killing intent, foul qi, and poisonous qi pervaded the air. Between heaven and earth, there was only seawater as deep and black as ink, a heaven-piercing mountain at the center of the four seas, and a palace within that mountain radiating black light.
The palace doors stood wide open, and a figure could vaguely be seen sitting cross-legged in meditation inside. Even from so far away, the cultivators of the Boundless Southern Heaven Realm found the distant sight painfully dazzling.
Faced with such a scene, who would dare take even half a step inside?
They did not even dare stand at its edge, instead retreating another five thousand li.
"An Earth Immortal's sanctuary, hidden within the Great Void, spread between heaven and earth..."
"Good heavens, so this is that [Return to True Celestial Person]?"
"Just watching from here makes us tremble with fear. Even if our fellow Daoists in the Grand Hua Jade Heaven Sect aren't beaten to death, they'll probably be scared