"The Heavenly Court is looking for me?"
Several days later, Li Ling suddenly received a message from Longevity Hall.
It had been forwarded by his True Disciple Zhan Li. Li Ling had not explicitly told them where he was going on this journey, but he had kept an emergency means of contact open. He had not expected it to come in handy.
"What could the Heavenly Court want?" Mu Qingsi asked curiously.
Li Ling said, "I don't know, but it probably has something to do with the Netherworld Sect's movements."
There was little point in further speculation. At the appointed hour that night, Li Ling soon made his way up the mountain and performed the method for contacting the Heavenly Court.
This was not territory under Mystic Heaven's control, and their communication needed to remain confidential. Between deploying a formation, casting spells, and projecting his soul, it took considerable effort before he finally met the envoy within a void Divine Domain resembling a dreamscape.
The envoy was also a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Dressed in an ancient-style robe and wearing a feather crown, he had the bearing of an immortal and the mien of a sage-a senior expert who looked thoroughly traditional and upright.
After exchanging greetings, he introduced himself. "I am Star Lord Sichen Yuan Guang. I have long heard of your great name. A pleasure to meet you."
Li Ling's heart stirred. Star Lord Sichen Yuan Guang? He's an important figure in the Heavenly Court. In his former life, he seems to have been one of the greatest experts of his age ten thousand years ago, who fell from the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Among the Heavenly Gods of the Heavenly Court, some had been elevated from the Core Formation Realm, while others had fallen from the Spirit Transformation