Having finally made up his mind, Li Dalong felt a sense of relief, as though the burden on his shoulders had grown much lighter.
Time was pressing. He immediately descended to the ground, carefully opened the caves holding the Cloud Glow Sect disciples, knocked them unconscious, and brought them into the Heaven and Earth Pearl.
Only Li Dalong had the means to take these disciples away without anyone being the wiser.
He only dared bring them out while they were completely unaware, not daring to reveal even the slightest hint of the Heaven and Earth Pearl.
Fortunately, his cultivation had reached the early-stage Golden Immortal realm, so the puppets whose cultivation was far below his could not immediately detect his movements.
Working from the inside out, he opened the restrictions at the small cave entrances, then knocked the Cloud Glow Sect disciples imprisoned within unconscious and brought them into the Heaven and Earth Pearl.
The rescue proceeded exceedingly smoothly. Each time he opened a small cave and moved its occupants, he restored the restrictions at its entrance as closely as possible to their original state.
For the time it took to drink a cup of tea, no puppet discovered him. But after he emerged from a branching passage, an accident occurred in the last small cave while he was rescuing the final Cloud Glow Sect disciple. Three cultivators were imprisoned inside, one of whom was a Cloud Glow Sect disciple.
The accident occurred after he opened the entrance restrictions and went inside to take them away. His earlier successes had stripped Li Dalong of much of his vigilance.
He had not expected one of the prisoners to suddenly attack. Li Dalong had not confirmed whether she had regained her senses, and when he entered the cave, this cultivator from another