The Immortal Path Is Ethereal

It was time for another gathering at the Three Lives Altar.

This time,

it was held in the Golden Court Small Province.

This was also their agreement. To prevent any one of them from meeting with misfortune, the gathering location rotated among the five of them. This way, they could watch over and support one another.

That was another benefit of the Three Lives Altar.

Amid the mountains of the Southern Border lay a place of clear waters and verdant hills, an outlying range of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Whoosh—

A streak of golden light descended onto the lake.

Ji Fan touched down upon the water with the tips of his toes and leisurely cupped his hands toward Li Rui from afar. "Daoist Evergreen, it has been a long time."

"Daoist Ji."

Li Rui returned the gesture with a smile.

Before long, Ye Yuan and Void Gazing True Monarch arrived as well.

"Why is Daoist Hundred Refinements nowhere to be seen?"

Void Gazing True Monarch asked. He had assumed that Northern Abyss Province was the farthest away, so Hundred Refinements had merely needed more time.

Yet unexpectedly,

Li Rui smiled faintly. "Daoist Hundred Refinements has gone to the Outer Heavens. He will not be able to attend this time."

"The Outer Heavens?"

Upon hearing this, the other three all showed surprised expressions.

Li Rui nodded. "Precisely."

He had naturally learned this news from a message sent by his grandmaster, Gao Tianxia.

Gao Tianxia was cautious by nature.

Thus, even though he believed Hundred Refinements True Monarch would not lower himself to such lengths, he had still specially sent word from the Outer Heavens as a precaution.

Li Rui had also made clear in his reply

that he and Hundred Refinements True Monarch were on fairly good terms, but Grandmaster Gao