Dao Venerable Ziyang's brows were tightly furrowed as his gaze swept back and forth over Lingxu and the other five. He now strongly suspected that they had been scared out of their wits, which was why they had failed to capture their quarry.
"Nether Crossing, Nether Command has considerable tricks up his sleeve."
Ji Hong replied without a change in expression, "We pursued him deep into the Great Void, only to discover that he had already arranged an ambush to support him. We were outnumbered and could only return empty-handed."
"There was an ambush?"
Ziyang's brow relaxed a little. "Du You really is a crafty one. What matters is that you returned safely.
"The grotto-heaven has only just been established, and we need all the hands we can get. Rest and recover for now, fellow Daoists. We will decide our next steps once Great Dao Venerable Qingxu returns."
He offered them a few more reminders before turning away to handle other matters. Yet Ziyang failed to notice that, after he turned around, all six stared fixedly at his retreating figure.
A dark, eerie light lay deep within their eyes, as though another pair of eyes lurked inside, coldly spying on him.
The main hall of the Brightlight Blessed Land.
Chu Mo sat quietly within, a thousand thoughts running through his mind.
The All Beings Dao was a process of repaying karmic debts to Heaven's Will and broadening the pathways of the Great Dao. By assimilating these Qi Refiners of Radiant Splendor Heaven into Other-Self Aspects, he was effectively bringing an entire heavenly domain's living forces under Heaven's Will's command. Heaven's Will naturally welcomed this, and his karmic debts diminished accordingly. Now, the karma upon him had dwindled to almost nothing. He only needed to break the final shackle to step