Ye Han stirred his divine sense and swept it into the Space Ring.
He sensed wisps of fluorescent aura emanating from the Rebirth Gourd. They belonged to Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider, who had fought alongside him on the Star Continent all those years ago and nearly died at the hands of that damned Moon God.
Back then, the three of them had joined forces against the Moon God. Both the Immortal-Thief Outsider and Bai Daozi had suffered a slash from the Moon God, and as they stood on the brink of death, Ye Han had used Absolute Ice Seal, a divine ability of the Cold Art, to freeze their bodies and divine souls, preserving a thread of life.
Faced with life and death, Ye Han had decided to save their lives, so naturally, he had spared no thought for anything else. He had not touched their treasures, Storage Bags, or anything of the sort.
After all, in this cruel Cultivation World, trusted friends who would help him to such an extent were already comparable to rare, priceless treasures.
Thus, Ye Han still intended to save them first and worry about the rest later.
In truth, Bai Daozi and the Immortal-Thief Outsider had been rather fortunate. They could also be considered to have successfully passed through the Ascension Passage and reached the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
However, that slash from the Moon God had been far too terrifying. If Ye Han had not saved them, they would certainly have been reduced to drifting ash and scattered smoke, without the slightest chance of survival.
Their bodies had long since been removed from the icicles of Absolute Ice Seal so that their divine souls and bodies could be saved.
Ye Han had placed both their bodies and divine souls inside the Rebirth