At that moment, upon hearing the news, all the people present did not hesitate and retreated one after another.
They executed their movement techniques and fled rapidly into the distance.
Even the elders from the Xuanming Sect, the Cliff Sword Sect, and the Eternal Cold Palace were no exceptions.
The celestial phenomena occurring here had already terrified them to the extreme.
Qingxuzi, with his hands behind his back, tried to peer deep into the secret realm, but he was thwarted by layer upon layer of Temporal Power, unable to succeed.
"What exactly does Wood Sword Immortal intend to do with this sword move? It’s clearly not just about escaping trouble!"
Although he was thousands of miles away at the entrance to the Time Secret Realm, he was always in contact with the Formless Divine Mountain.
"I don’t know, it seems he might want to sever the Time River? This act might severely injure Zhu Guangyin, delay the Divine Tribulation, no wait—"
The pupils of Aox Guo’s eyes dilated with a horrified look, "He is clearly aiming to cut through time, to See Eternity! He intends to extract a Heavenly Rule from the past, present, and future as his foundation for eternity!"
Beyond Super-grade lies ’Eternal’!
Most of the Heavenly Gods exist at this realm.
Upon hearing this, Qingxuzi was momentarily stunned.
He was a profoundly intelligent man, and after a brief consideration, he understood the cause and effect.
"They say Wood Sword Immortal is mild, uncompetitive, and even somewhat slow and dull. It seems that’s a great misunderstanding."
This Wood Sword Immortal forcibly extracted the Time Secret Realm from the Time River, presumably to attain enlightenment through the Power of Candle Light.
"In the competition for the Dao, it is a struggle for that slim chance of survival. No matter how mild his nature, he could not afford not to compete, otherwise he would have perished to a Dao Tribulation long ago."
Aox Guo was actually quite surprised that news of Wood Sword Immortal’s survival came through.
If Wood Sword Immortal had not reached Super-grade in the past, remaining at First Grade, his Wood Spirit body could easily live for several more ten-thousands of years.
Stepping into Super-grade is where the trouble starts, as one has to face Tribulations.
Throughout history, every Super-grade, after about five hundred years, faces a major Tribulation.
The forms of these Tribulations vary: surviving it allows one to keep living; failing means returning to the dust.
It is said that the intensity of these Tribulations continues to compound; every additional five hundred years of life expectancy increases the strength of the Tribulation significantly.
He placed his hands behind his back: "Now let’s see if his plan can succeed. He’s prepared to either achieve the Dao or perish alongside Zhu Guangyin."
"From this, it can be seen that Wood Sword Immortal is indeed noble-hearted."
Qingxuzi sighed deeply.
Song Yan Nian had already thought out how to handle Zhu Guangyin’s future Divine Tribulation when he dragged the heavily injured Zhu Guangyin out of the Time River into the Time Secret Realm.
The location of the Time Secret Realm’s emergence was also precisely in the Cliff Mountain Range, an area devoid of life, ensuring that the process would not harm any mortals.
If it were someone else, even many from the Human Clan’s Martial Cultivators, they would not care about the lives of mortals.
They do whatever is convenient for them—
"I hope everything goes smoothly for him."
Qingxuzi’s tone was sincere.
—The number of gods siding with their Human Clan’s faction was too few, far too few.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing a blue Daoist robe and fiery complexion landed in front of them. It was Huang Hongyan, the Great Elder of Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City, a powerful martial cultivator of Second Grade, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Fellow Daoists, what exactly has happened inside this secret realm? What does your Formless Divine Sect truly intend?"
A Great Elder from the North Heaven Sect also glanced over.
Qingxuzi blinked, then responded with a smile, "Mr. Huang, worry not; this matter concerns our sect’s secrets and is not suitable for outsiders to know. If you truly wish to understand, just watch."
Would he foolishly disclose the reasons?
If those from Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City harbored any ill intentions, it would still be somewhat troublesome.
Huang Hongyan, however, felt quite dissatisfied upon hearing this, "There is nothing that cannot be discussed openly. Your Formless Divine Sect is too secretive, showing just bits and pieces, which is not the way to treat allies."
Aox Guo, however, looked at her with ironic amusement and chuckled, "This matter concerns the rise and fall of our sect, Mr. Huang, it’s best you refrain from asking too much!"
His tone was cold and disdainful.
The Formless Divine Sect was not unaware of the secretive deeds of Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City; they simply chose to ignore them.
As long as the segment of the Cliff Great Wall guarded by Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City did not fall into enemy hands and major principles were upheld, the Formless Divine Sect could still tolerate them.
As long as the Formless Sect remained standing in the world, a First Grade Divine Sect, Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City would always be a loyal ally to the Formless Divine Sect.
Huang Hongyan’s expression slightly changed, knowing she would not get any more information.
She furrowed her eyebrows and looked towards the rough and rustic tall stone tower.
Huang Hongyan instinctively felt that what happened inside the secret realm was likely very unfavorable for their Divine Desolation Eternal Youth City.
At this moment, both above and below the heavens, countless powerful beings had already sensed the anomaly in the north, either by employing high-level spells or by rising to tens of thousands of feet in the sky.
Without exception, they were all looking towards You State in the north with uncertainty.
"Time Secret Realm? What exactly has happened over there?"
"Is someone tampering with the time? Is it that Ancient God Zhu Guangyin? But the Divine Tribulation he triggers is supposed to arrive in seventeen thousand years."
"Such powerful Sword Intent, this is definitely not Zhu Guangyin!"
"What kind of incident has occurred with the opening of this secret realm this time?"
At this moment, eight thousand miles away from the secret realm, atop a desolate mountain, a young Daoist wearing a Star Daoist robe was also deeply furrowing his brow, looking towards the Time Secret Realm.
He was in his early twenties, with a handsome and robust face. However, a tiny sword, thin as a bamboo stick, was inserted at his temple.