After Yun Ying introduced herself, no further voices rang out. Those cultivators remained motionless, as though asleep.
These cultivators had been stationed here, guarding this stretch of wall, for a very long time. This was their duty, and it would continue until they died in battle or passed away in meditation.
Runes flickered, the passage vanished, and the white jade altar returned to Yun Ying's hand.
"I wonder how the ancestor is doing?"
After seeing these cultivators, Yun Ying thought of the Celestial Clan's ancestor and could not help feeling somewhat worried.
Back then, before setting out for the Nine Heavens, she had spoken with the clan's Guardian. The ancestor, an expert at the peak of the Self-Severing Realm, had lived from ancient times to the present. His lifespan was nearly exhausted, and he was close to passing away in meditation.
Only if the ancestor could break through and advance to the Escape One Realm could he regain his vitality and replenish his lifespan.
Six or seven years had already passed, and Yun Ying did not know whether the ancestor had broken through his shackles and advanced to the Escape One Realm.
Or perhaps the ancestor had found some divine pills or spiritual herbs that extended his life, allowing him to remain at his peak for a short time. But such a method could not keep working forever.
This was the edge of the inner city. Yun Ying continued flying deeper into it at tremendous speed.
The inner city was vast, like a small universe containing one star domain after another. Yun Ying flew through the air, yet it felt as though she were crossing star domains, showing just how immense the inner city was.
Crunch!
Not long after proceeding onward, Yun Ying encountered an enormous beast, tens of thousands