True Lord Cheng entered Dragon-Tiger Mountain.
Those outside the mountain dared only watch from afar, not follow him in. The twenty-four qi spirit domains encircling the mountain had not disappeared. True Lord Cheng had merely passed through the Dharma Qi, not destroyed it. The Dharma Qi still slowly revolved, guarding Dragon-Tiger Mountain. Those outside had no confidence that they could stroll inside as leisurely as True Lord Evolving Transformation had.
Those inside the mountain fell into chaos.
Many Zhang clansmen had moved here from outside the mountain, along with many outer disciples who had neither been granted the surname nor admitted into the Celestial Master Residence. These people enjoyed the protection of the mountain gates and lived within the bounds of the twenty-four qi, but outside the Three Luminaries and five rosy radiances. The light and radiance guarded only the Celestial Master Residence.
These people reacted in all sorts of ways when they saw that great three-headed lion, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, carry the young Daoist who seemed to be Dragon-Tiger Mountain's nemesis into the mountain.
Those with cultivation, or who had heard of and understood True Lord Evolving Transformation's past deeds, fared somewhat better. They could still maintain the most basic reason, staying rooted to the spot, afraid to move lest any action of theirs lead to a misunderstanding on the True Lord's part.
But those mortals without cultivation, or minor cultivators who had only just set foot on the path, regarded the Zhang Family as heaven and Dragon-Tiger Mountain as sacred. They knew little of the cultivation world outside, and thus little about this Daoist who had broken into the mountain. All they knew was that this was the man who had attacked the mountain twenty years ago and established its eight-hundred-li confinement boundary, Dragon-Tiger