In the Spirit-Taming World, at a scenic spot in Central Province known as Two Worlds Mountain, Grand Elder Guizang paced through a courtyard, distracted, with plainly visible worry on his face.
"Guizang, you look rather anxious. Why trouble yourself so?" Rogue Person White Crane asked.
Rogue Person White Crane was one of the mighty Ancient Cultivators the Sacred Sect had awakened earlier. By now, he had fully recovered his former strength, putting him ahead of his fellow cultivators.
Without waiting for Guizang to answer, he continued, "I can guess some of it. You must be worried about the fighting over at Hermit Mountain, yes? The Heavenly Dao Alliance came on with tremendous force and even wiped out the important hidden piece you planted in the Universal Trade Association in one stroke. They might even track us down here..."
"But we have already gathered nearly a hundred experts here, including many Ancient Cultivators from outside the sect. Even if the people of this age poured out in full force, they might not be able to do anything to us."
His words were not empty boasts. In recent years, the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects had devoted themselves to awakening their fellow cultivators in the Reincarnation World, hoping to crush this era's Ten Sects and Five Households with overwhelming strength and regain control of the entire world.
Although they had suffered defeat after defeat in the earlier battle at Inkcloud Ward and during the tide of Fengshan, seemingly without any ability to fight back, that was because Yellow Venerable, Celestial Pivot, and the others directing the overall situation had deliberately held back. They did not want to expose those already awakened too soon.
After all, these were Dharma Dao experts from ancient times. To recover their strength, they still needed