Wilderness Heaven.
Jiaye Temple.
"Abbot Jiaye, wh-what exactly is going on?"
Master Xuanzhi looked at the crescent-shaped mass of light in the sky, then turned to Abbot Jiaye beside him in puzzlement.
Just moments earlier, after Xu Taiping entered Jiaye Hall to prepare for his breakthrough, Master Xuanzhi, who had been about to head to the temple entrance with Dongfang Yuejian to stand guard, suddenly discovered that the Moonshadow Stone in his sleeve had escaped his control and flown straight into the sky above Jiaye Temple.
Stranger still.
After flying above Jiaye Temple, the Moonshadow Stone was not affected by the Yin Gods' power in the slightest. Instead, it took the shape of a crescent moon and hung above the temple.
After silently gazing at the crescent moon overhead for a long time, Jiaye suddenly turned to Master Xuanzhi beside him and asked:
"Young Master Xuanzhi, is this Moonshadow Stone's Mother Stone in your possession?"
Xuanzhi immediately shook his head and said:
"When I left Youyun Heaven, I worried that something unexpected might happen during this journey of training, so I entrusted this Moonshadow Stone's Mother Stone to Buddha Child Yelai."
Hearing this, Jiaye nodded solemnly and said:
"That explains it."
Then, under the puzzled gazes of Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian beside him, Abbot Jiaye once again looked up at the crescent moon overhead and explained without turning his head:
"If my guess is correct."
"Some powerhouse in the Upper Realm must have noticed the situation here and wishes to know what exactly has happened."
"But because of the restrictions imposed by the Heavenly Dao Edict, that powerhouse's divine sense cannot probe the Wilderness, so they devised this method."
At Abbot Jiaye's reminder, understanding immediately dawned on Dongfang Yuejian's face as she said:
"That powerhouse is using this Moonshadow