"Yes..." As the Deputy Alliance Leader of the Heavenly Alliance, Hao Yue Jushi had naturally pondered this question for a long time. Hearing this, he said with deep feeling, "This junior examined Senior Xiao's Nascent Soul cultivation method some time ago. The modifications to the technique begin with Essence Refining and end with Void Refining. Changes to Essence Refining affect Void Refining cultivation, so if one begins cultivating from the middle, the results are hard to predict. In truth, Senior Xiao's Nascent Soul cultivation method can be considered... an entirely separate and complete cultivation technique. It is of little help to cultivators like us, who have already achieved success in cultivation!"
"Therefore, ever since the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi aberration was first discovered, our Dao Alliance has begun preparing a way out!" Old Man Gu Qiong glanced at Hao Yue Jushi and continued, "Among our discussions, searching for a stable spatial passage to another realm was deemed the most reliable method! How has the Heavenly Alliance considered this?"
Hao Yue Jushi nodded without hesitation. "To be frank with Fellow Daoist Gu Qiong, our Heavenly Alliance has thought the same! Moreover, the Heavenly Alliance dispatched disciples long ago to search throughout our territory for traces of spatial passages. Yet several hundred years have passed, and we have made no substantive progress. What about the Dao Alliance?"
Old Man Gu Qiong smiled bitterly. "If the Heavenly Alliance could not find a spatial passage, our Dao Alliance has fared no better! Otherwise, knowing that Senior Xiao had broken through the realm barrier and arrived here—and that the place he crossed over was at the edge of Yilin Continent rather than near the Ten Great Forbidden Areas—I would not have been so anxious to find Senior Xiao!"
Xiao Hua asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist