Time passed swiftly, and the day of departure arrived in the blink of an eye. The Solar Essence Body arrived as promised and waited before the muddy pond where the First Elder lived.
Before long, a figure stepped out of the void. It was the First Elder, Meng Tianzheng.
He nodded toward the Solar Essence Body, rested his broad palm on Shi Yi's shoulder, and said softly, "Are you ready? We're about to embark on a Journey to Hell."
The Solar Essence Body nodded, indicating that he was ready.
The next moment, the First Elder vanished from the spot, and the Solar Essence Body disappeared with him.
Lunar Essence Shi Yi, meanwhile, sought out the Fourth Elder. He wanted to read the Immortal Dao Scriptures in the Heavenly Deity Academy.
"No problem. The First Elder left instructions to grant you unrestricted access." The Fourth Elder agreed without hesitation.
Then he personally led Lunar Essence Shi Yi to an ancient hall.
It stood majestically before them, wreathed in chaos qi and possessed of an ineffable Dao resonance.
"This is a place the Heavenly Deity Academy prepared for peerless prodigies who need to enter life-or-death secluded cultivation. Your talent and strength more than qualify you.
Go on. Everything you need is inside," the Fourth Elder said.
Lunar Essence Shi Yi nodded. "Thank you, Fourth Elder. I'm deeply grateful."
"The stronger you become, the greater the benefit to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. I hope to see the day you turn the tide. Unfortunately, time is pressing. It may already be too late." The Fourth Elder sighed.
They had originally thought there would still be a considerable stretch of time before the Foreign Realm advanced, but what had happened on the Immortal Battlefield showed that day was not far away.
Lunar Essence