Everything was ready. Only the final step remained: returning this stone stele, which had originally belonged to the Venerable God, to its rightful owner.
"Xu Chen, take the stele. I'll cast a protective spell for you."
As Ban Kuizhen spoke, he naturally handed the stone stele to Xu Chen and began activating his secret art.
Yet just as the stele in Xu Chen's hands began to glow and the protective spell was about to take shape, a sudden change erupted.
"Pfft—!"
Ban Kuizhen seemed to have suddenly suffered some sort of attack. He spat out a mouthful of blood and dropped to his knees.
The next instant, as though summoned by something, the stone stele abruptly broke free of Xu Chen's control and shot toward the five-colored halo within the black flames.
"What?!"
Xu Chen's face drained of color. The Grand Elder of the sect had personally linked this item to his divine sense. How could it suddenly lose control without any warning?
"How could this happen?! Could there be a Three Realms of Enlightenment cultivator hidden here?!"
The situation was dire, leaving Xu Chen no time to think. He hastily activated the method the sect's Grand Elder had taught him, intending to retrieve this secret treasure of the sect.
Yet for some unknown reason, no matter how he activated the spell, he could no longer establish a connection with the treasure.
At that moment, the stone stele seemed to have been utterly isolated by some mysterious force. No matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain.
The thought of losing the sect's supreme treasure in his own hands made Xu Chen increasingly restless and anxious.
But the stone stele had already entered the area covered by black flames. Even the Jade Firmament Sect's four Perfected Cultivators could