Meanwhile, Nangong Jinghe, who had just arrived in the Northwest, received a decree from the Canglan Immortal Intent.
The Treading Void old monster knew the Canglan Immortal Intent existed, but he had never had any contact with Zhuang Xuanji. He had no idea it would communicate directly with cultivators.
"Nangong Jinghe, you disregarded the laws of the two realms and sent a soul fragment into the Lower Realm without permission. The Azure Waves Dao Principles cannot tolerate this. Do you admit your crime?"
The first decree of such magnitude to descend upon him made him flinch. He thought a Profound Insight cultivator had targeted him, and his spirits plunged to rock bottom.
It was bad enough that his true body was trapped behind closed doors in the Upper Realm by that madwoman surnamed Zhuang.
After all, she could rightly be called the greatest figure Canglan Continent had ever known, and she had now received a decree from the Immortal Gate. Being trampled underfoot by her was nothing to be ashamed of.
But for his soul fragment in the Lower Realm to be threatened with punishment by some mere Profound Insight cultivator was another matter entirely. That was hard to swallow.
In that instant, Nangong Jinghe prepared for the worst. At the slightest sign of trouble, he would abandon this false body and flee far away in the Gold Ring's true form.
Fortunately, the old monster kept his composure, and the Canglan Immortal Intent bore him no obvious ill will.
Once he learned the decree's full contents, his mood reversed in an instant, and the worry in his chest turned to reverence.
To dispel the Treading Void old monster's doubts, the Canglan Immortal Intent also followed Chen Yang's suggestion and mentioned the "person from the Outer Domain" Chen Yang had impersonated.