Just as Gu Yuanqing broke free from the God Ruins.
Mu Tianheng seemed to sense something. He abruptly turned his head, undisguised astonishment appearing on his face.
"Sect Master, what is it?" Lei Fuyue asked.
"Gu Yuanqing's avatar has left this place," Mu Tianheng said.
"What?" Lei Fuyue was stunned.
Mu Tianheng withdrew his gaze. "Forget it. Once this matter is settled, we'll deal with that man."
The Devil Master had originally wanted to race against time and launch a surprise assault before reaching the Boundary Gate, but the Ancient Realm phantom moved faster than he had expected. He could see that, within the region shrouded by the phantom, everything had frozen still—even the giant red eye in the sky had been affected.
Seeing that the situation could not be salvaged, the Devil Master steered the Forbidden Ground downward, intending to flee.
But how could Mu Tianheng allow him his wish? He immediately controlled the Divine Forbidden Mountain Range and used the power of the Heavenly Law Bell to block him.
The Devil Master attacked in fury, yet found it difficult to break free. In the end, the Ancient Realm phantom descended, and everything returned to stillness.
At the edge of the battlefield, Ye Xuanxiao, who had originally been steering the Nether Edict Forbidden Ground while waiting for an opportunity, slowly approached the direction of the Boundary Gate. When the Ancient Realm phantom appeared, he froze in surprise for a moment, then immediately turned the Forbidden Ground around and left.
Although he had died not long after attaining the Yin-Yang realm and subsequently entered the Underworld Edict Stele, leaving him with little knowledge of the Primordial Divine Sect's true secrets, the appearance of the Ancient Realm's Ancient God Mountain phantom still allowed him to infer many things.
He could also