The Great Hao Divine Dynasty's plans

Gu Yuanqing's words were calm and gentle.

Yet in Ling Yi's ears, they struck like thunder out of a clear sky, and a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes.

Those words seemed directed at the emperor of the Great Hao Court mentioned earlier, but were they not directed at him as well?

Though relatively independent, the Three Great Sects were bound to the Imperial Court by countless threads and, in a sense, also acknowledged Great Hao's supremacy.

For an instant, the atmosphere froze.

Ling Yi did not know how much truth there was in Gu Yuanqing's words. In particular, his claim that he did not have to remain in this world left much to ponder.

As a sword cultivator at the Void Immortal level, he might have been hemmed in by Heavenly Demons, but that did not mean he knew nothing of matters beyond the boundary.

The void was boundless. Even he could not be certain that he would remain safe and sound after leaving this world.

Yet this cultivator from an unknown world seemed to possess a different kind of confidence.

Ling Yi said slowly, "Daoist Friend Gu, confidence is a good thing, but what is too rigid breaks easily. This is the Nine Domains Divine Continent, after all. Your claim that you 'need not remain in this world' may be true, but coming and going freely here, especially venturing deep into the Demon Land to hunt Heavenly Demons, is hardly easy. You should have experienced Demon Lord Xuan You's might firsthand."

Gu Yuanqing smiled faintly. "That is why I followed you to the present-day Nine Regions Divine Continent and came to the Nine Heavens Sword Sect. I believe Sect Master Ling is someone trustworthy, someone worth befriending. I wish to hunt Heavenly Demons, while the Nine Regions Divine