As report after report came back, the Corpse Ancestor's already hideous face grew even darker.
At the sight, Wen Yan's thoughts churned as well.
Yet he still clung to one last shred of hope and asked:
"Could the news my unworthy disciple sent back have been mistaken?"
The Corpse Ancestor did not answer the question. Instead, his face twisted ferociously as he said, "Let's go!"
Those two words stunned Wen Yan. "Go? Where?"
The Corpse Ancestor pointed into the distance. "To the Savage Wasteland."
Hearing those words, Wen Yan's pupils abruptly contracted.
The Savage Wasteland was tens of thousands of miles away!
In their previous plans, the Savage Wasteland had never even been an option.
Wen Yan suddenly realized that the Corpse Ancestor was afraid!
This supreme expert, who had once roamed unchallenged for two thousand years, had actually been frightened by Xu Changxing!
While Wen Yan stood lost in a daze, he suddenly heard the Corpse Ancestor murmur in his distinctive hoarse voice:
"How exactly did he do it? How could he return to Spirit Transformation in such a short time?
"What realm was he in before his reincarnation...?"
Just as the Yin Corpse Sect's Corpse Ancestor decided to flee far away once more, word that Xu Changxing had forcefully overcome the Immortal Tribulation and returned to Spirit Transformation rapidly spread.
Any cultivator with even a little knowledge had already realized that the balance of power in this world might be about to change.
A Spirit Transformation Ancestor capable of reigning supreme over an entire era seemed about to emerge.
Had Xu Changxing been a rogue cultivator, those demonic Spirit Transformation cultivators might have been able to join forces and kill him while he was weakened from having just survived the tribulation lightning.
But Xu Changxing was a