Meanwhile, far away in Central Province, in a silent underground cavern.
A pitch-black World Gate resembled a dark waterfall formed from smoke, pouring endlessly downward out of thin air with the texture of flowing water.
Strangely, nothing beneath it caught that smokelike black substance. It simply hung suspended in the air, cycling over and over, forever maintaining the appearance of a black curtain of water floating in midair.
This was an ancient altar of the Supreme Heaven Sect, one of the places where Elder Yin Zheluo and the others hid.
An order with deep foundations, the Supreme Heaven Sect had long since declined. Sects and aristocratic clans had completely wrested away its authority to rule the world, forcing it behind the scenes to operate among the grassroots. Yet it still possessed profound reserves that many ordinary factions could never hope to match.
For instance, this Otherworld Grotto-Heaven, buried deep underground and independent of the Spirit-Taming World, was one of the secret strongholds under its control.
Such a stronghold appeared unremarkable, but once inside, one would find an idyllic refuge spanning thousands of miles.
Though it held only a small state with a sparse population, it was still equivalent to an entire mortal kingdom. The population maintained within, the hidden blessed lands, treasure ore, and spirit materials were all wealth sufficient to support the cultivation of more than one Earth Rank Spirit Tamer.
This time, Yin Zheluo had entered it to meet several other Supreme Heaven Sect elders concealed inside and discuss the matter of nine records united.
Unlike a newly ascended powerhouse such as Fang Qianyuan, Yin Zheluo had owed his advancement to Heaven Tier to the order's support behind the scenes. Many ties of karma, personal obligation, and even blood bound him to it.
Rather than saying he possessed