Without disturbing the two women's cultivation, he emerged from seclusion alone and went to the Cloud Glow Sect's External Affairs Hall to consult recent intelligence and learn about the situation in the Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm had changed considerably in two years. Among the major developments, spurred on by lavish bounties, cultivators had finally cleared out nearly all the corrupted creatures in the Underground World's Corrupted Region.
They had also uncovered the source of the corrupted creatures. The Black Pit that constantly spewed black demonic mist turned out to be a passage connected to the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, a rudimentary passage into the Immortal Realm that demons had secretly opened.
On the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, after years of deliberate searching, the demons had obtained the coordinates of the Immortal Realm and painstakingly schemed to establish a rudimentary passage using spatial power.
They had originally intended to take advantage of how easily the Underground World escaped notice to establish a bridgehead there, occupy it, and then expand into the Immortal Realm. They had not expected to be discovered so quickly.
But the Immortal Realm could do nothing about them at present and could not resolve the problem of the passage once and for all. For now, the Immortal Realm Alliance could only dispatch Formation Great Grandmasters.
They surrounded the Black Pit with formations, then stationed dozens of Great Luo Golden Immortal-level experts nearby to swiftly slay any demonic beasts that emerged from it.
This approach could not solve the problem at its root, and it tied down a large number of Great Luo Golden Immortal experts.
To deal with the passage completely and seal the Black Pit, they would have to find the source of the passage on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, then wipe out the demons, or charge through and destroy the