The Land of Chaos beyond the heavens.
Inside the Taixuan Sect Ruins.
"Junior Martial Uncle, nearly half a year has passed. Why hasn't Taiping sent us a message yet?"
Sect Master Zhao Qian stood beside Junior Martial Uncle Lü Daoxuan atop Taixuan Peak and asked him with a worried expression.
Lü Daoxuan frowned deeply.
"A Meng personally brought this message back on Taiping's behalf. There should be no mistake."
After the Sword Inquiry of Three Corpses Cave at Qingxuan, Xu Taiping had entrusted a Divine Soul Mark to A Meng (Yun Guanxuan), asking him to deliver it to Lü Daoxuan.
Within that Divine Soul Mark, Xu Taiping had repeatedly instructed Lü Daoxuan and the Azure Profound Sect to wait for his message before heading to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield with True Martial Heaven's sword cultivators.
Zhao Qian frowned.
"Except for the cultivators of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, who also received our message, the cultivators of Youyun Heaven, Peerless Nether Heaven, and Chenglong Heaven have already begun heading to the Heaven-Demon Battlefield in batches."
"If we keep delaying like this, I fear we cultivators of True Martial Heaven won't even make it to the front lines."
How could Lü Daoxuan not understand Zhao Qian's concerns?
After a brief moment of deliberation, he finally made his decision.
"Trust Taiping."
Lü Daoxuan immediately added an explanation.
"Just as we did when we were trapped in the Taixuan Ghost Domain."
At those words, Zhao Qian, who had intended to keep persuading Lü Daoxuan, felt his heart tremble and swallowed the words already on his lips.
Zhao Qian nodded.
"Yes. We'll do as you say, Junior Martial Uncle, and trust Taiping."
Just then, a female disciple's voice suddenly came from behind them-
"Father! Grand Martial Uncle!"
The two turned to look.
The newcomer was none other than