The Investigation in the Inner Sea! Emerging from Seclusion

Time slipped by, the years flew like a shuttle, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

A great many things had happened in the Inner Sea over that month.

First, the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City in the Southern Region had suddenly stopped fighting.

Many cultivators in the Inner Sea had thought the fighting between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City would surely drag on for a long time, ending only when one side was defeated.

Its sudden end had genuinely caught many people by surprise.

Low-level cultivators did not know why, but cultivators from some major factions had received confidential information.

The two factions had most likely stopped fighting because of something involving Great Zhou a month earlier.

A month ago, the reigning Holy Emperor of Great Zhou had suddenly crossed regions and fought an expert from the Cultivation Alliance at the Southern Region's border.

That battle had dyed the sky over half the Southern Region gold.

No one knew the outcome of the battle. They only knew that afterward, the Cultivation Alliance had suddenly issued an order.

The entire region was to search for Nangong Yanyue, the eldest princess of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, who was suspected to have been captured by a mysterious cultivator.

The Cultivation Alliance had not given the mysterious cultivator's name, merely providing a brief description of his appearance and identifying him as a Nascent Soul body cultivator.

Many cultivators had been shocked to hear the news.

Nangong Yanyue was an unparalleled prodigy ranked among the top five on the Heavenly Pride Ranking and the Great Zhou Holy Emperor's own daughter. Yet someone had dared to capture her.

But what was even more shocking was that, despite the capabilities of the Cultivation Alliance and Great Zhou, they