When Zhuang Xuanji mentioned the Yang Clan by name, Nangong Jinghe's heart sank.
It was not that he, the original self of the main soul, cared deeply about the Yang Clan's safety. Rather, the peak cultivator behind the clan was the key to his future search for the Creation Origin on Canglan Continent.
If the powers of the Wave-Chasing Sea Pavilion truly intended to strike at the Yang Clan, as Zhuang Xuanji suspected, then his sect in the Lower Realm would be the first to suffer.
If anything happened to Chen Yang in the process, it would seriously affect Nangong Jinghe's future investigations on Canglan Continent.
They did not yet know how the Sea Pavilion's senior cultivators would move against Canglan Continent, and neither Nangong Jinghe nor Zhuang Xuanji could openly investigate. For now, their only option was to warn the Yang Clan in advance and give them time to prepare for the coming storm.
But just as Nangong Jinghe was about to send word to his soul fragment in the Lower Realm, the Void Stepping Old Monster's gaze sharpened slightly, and his brows drew together.
"Something's changed?"
"Yes."
Nangong Jinghe nodded. "The timing is unfortunate. The Secret Realm's Dao laws just carried my soul fragment to a shattered region, separating him from the Yang Clan. Passing on this message will be troublesome."
Zhuang Xuanji lowered her head slightly. After a moment's thought, she had pieced together most of the situation in the Lower Realm from his words.
Given the Void Stepping Old Monster's mastery of spatial Daoist Magic, and with his soul fragment now in the Dao Awakening Realm, the space within a Lower Realm Secret Realm should not have posed much difficulty for him unless a Profound Insight cultivator intervened personally.
Since he had said it would be