“Could it be determined which two of the Eight Sons of Reincarnation did it?” Xuan Yuanjie’s eyes twitched slightly as he asked again.

“It was Yan Zhuo and Xuan Yu. They didn’t conceal their identities and even brazenly demolished the ancestral hall of the Tong Qiu True Person’s sect, seemingly unafraid of the Heavenly Court’s pursuit and retaliation.” The man continued to answer.

“Find out their whereabouts. These two must die. I want to take their souls to make puppets.” Xuan Yuanjie released his palm, placed it behind his back, and instructed.

Just as the people below were about to respond, Xuan Yuanjie’s expression suddenly changed, and their hearts followed suit, rising to their throats.

“Good, good, good… I didn’t expect that after so many years, you could actually return to this point. This time, I want to see if you have any chance to escape again?” Xuan Yuanjie said “good” three times in a row, then suddenly burst out laughing.

The others were confused and dared not speak, so they could only stand there in silence.

“Lu Qingshan, Zhao Yao, the task of tracking down Yan Zhuo and Xuan Yu will be left to the two of you to handle on your own. The rest of you come with me…” Xuan Yuanjie suddenly shouted.

“As you command.” The others replied immediately.

…

Dragon Abyss Immortal Territory, Azure Abyss Continent.

A clear, cloudless sky of ten thousand miles faced a vast, boundless expanse of dark blue water, reflecting each other.

Between the sea and the sky, two streaks of escaping light passed by, leaving a long golden trail in the void, rippling with intense spatial fluctuations.

Within the escaping light were a young man and woman. The man was tall with narrow eyes, thick eyebrows, and a nose that wasn’t too high, but he had a face full of stubble. The woman was dressed in a blue palace gown and was gentle and moving.

“Wan’er, it’s settled. Once we reach the Azure Abyss Continent, you’ll return to the Flower Branch Grotto first. I’ll enter the Tongtian Tower alone to go to the Central Earth Immortal Territory.” The stubble-faced man said to the woman beside him.

This woman was none other than Nangong Wan, and the stubble-faced man was naturally Han Li.

“I know that. I’m just a little worried. Won’t using the Heavenly Court’s teleportation formation to go to the Central Earth Immortal Territory openly be discovered and cause a commotion?” Nangong Wan’s embroidered eyebrows furrowed slightly as she asked.

“It’s fine. I have the Bodhi Token in hand. They will only treat me as a distinguished guest of the Heavenly Court and won’t investigate too closely. Besides, they probably wouldn’t expect that I would dare to do this.” Han Li shook his head and said.

“If you say so, then I’m relieved.” Nangong Wan nodded.

As the two were talking, they could already see the black coastline of the Azure Abyss Continent faintly thousands of miles ahead.

Just then, a strange fluctuation came from ahead.

Han Li’s mind stirred, and he stopped, reaching out to pull Nangong Wan behind him, gazing intently ahead.

The sky above the edge of the coastline was filled with a dark patch of black light, with chaotic buzzing sounds constantly ringing out.

Han Li’s brow furrowed, and a strange feeling rose in his heart.

After a moment, the patch of black light had flown within hundreds of miles, and its appearance became increasingly clear, causing a chill to run down one’s spine at a glance.

Within that area of hundreds of miles, densely packed were all kinds of spirit insects. The larger ones were hundreds of feet in size and shaped like rhinoceros beetles, while the smaller ones were only two or three inches and looked like worms.

If it were just a single tribe of insect swarms, it wouldn’t be too strange, but this densely packed swarm of millions of spirit insects, mixed together and moving across the sky, was very problematic.

“Something’s not right…” Han Li frowned as he watched the approaching insect swarm.

“It’s an insect swarm. There are also some in the Spirit Realm, but not on this scale… What do you think is wrong?” Nangong Wan asked.

“When insect swarms erupt, they are usually from the same tribe of spirit insects, gathering to carry out large-scale devouring and destructive actions. But in this insect swarm, the types of spirit insects are very mixed, and there are even some who are natural enemies. For example, the Star-Marked Rhinoceros Beetle and the Flame-Free Dark Worm should fight to the death upon meeting, not stopping until they devour each other. But here, they can walk side by side without fighting. This is very wrong.” Han Li said thoughtfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed slightly. From within the swarm, they suddenly separated to the left and right, and a golden beetle with a body of a hundred feet rushed out from the center, emitting waves of powerful aura.

This insect was none other than a Gold Devouring Immortal whose cultivation level was already close to the Taiyi Peak stage.

“Wan’er, stay here and wait for me.” Han Li frowned and said to Nangong Wan.

Before Nangong Wan could agree, Han Li’s figure had already flashed and disappeared from the spot.

In the next instant, his figure appeared directly in front of the insect swarm, about to be submerged in the vast, endless spirit insects.

However, a golden light suddenly flashed around him, and a golden domain instantly expanded, covering an area of hundreds of thousands of miles. A golden wheel rose high into the sky, scattering thousands of golden rays.

The sea-like spirit insects, the moment they were enveloped by the Time Domain, were all frozen in the void. Some still had spirit light surrounding them, and some were still maintaining the action of flapping their wings, but all were as motionless as if they were dead.

Even the water below was instantly still, and the ripples on the water were frozen in place.

Han Li walked into the insect swarm and flashed through the dense spirit insects a few times, arriving in front of the Gold Devouring Immortal.

He pointed a finger at his brow, and a crystal light immediately shot out, hitting the Gold Devouring Immortal’s head, and then disappeared inside.

After Han Li closed his eyes and probed for a moment, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, opened his eyes, and said, “Such a big thing, and you didn’t even tell me, this is ridiculous…”

After saying that, his figure flashed and returned to Nangong Wan.

“What happened?” Nangong Wan asked with concern.

“Judging from this situation, Jin Tong is probably about to break through and advance. These spirit insects are all going to protect her.” Han Li frowned and said.

“Advance… Is she already in the Great Luo Late Stage?” Nangong Wan asked in surprise.

Han Li shook his head and said, “It’s not the Great Luo Late Stage. She is going to re-combine with the Dao and advance to the Dao Ancestor stage.”

“What…” Nangong Wan’s expression changed slightly, unable to believe it.

“Jin Tong’s devouring law is a talent. Cultivation is different from ordinary people. Moreover, she was originally a Dao Ancestor’s true body split apart. Now she is just reassembling after generations of devouring, so she doesn’t need to cut off the three corpses. The speed cannot be measured by common sense.” Han Li looked at the frozen insect swarm and explained.

“Isn’t this a good thing? Why do you look so worried?” Nangong Wan asked.

“Look at this mighty insect swarm. I’m afraid it’s not an isolated case in this Dragon Abyss Immortal Territory. It’s very likely that such a scene is being staged in many places in various immortal territories. With such a big commotion, it’s hard to guarantee that the people from the Heavenly Court won’t notice it.” Han Li said thoughtfully.

“If that’s the case, then the risk is indeed not small. What are you going to do?” Nangong Wan understood after hearing this.

“I have to go help her and protect her for a while.” Han Li said with a firm gaze.

“You should go, but the current you probably doesn’t know where she is, right?” Nangong Wan nodded and asked again.

“That’s simple. Just follow this insect swarm.” Han Li looked at the dense swarm in the distance again and said.

“You’re still quick-witted. Speaking of which, such a mighty insect swarm protecting her, her advancement must be even more spectacular.” Nangong Wan covered her mouth and chuckled, looking forward to it.

“Time is of the essence. Let’s go.” Han Li said, taking Nangong Wan’s hand, his figure flashed, and he landed on the back of the Gold Devouring Immortal.

Then, he waved his hand and removed the Time Domain. The flow of time in the surrounding void immediately returned to normal, and the insect swarm roared and flew towards the other end of the sea.

…

Somewhere in extraterritorial space.

In a pure void of endless depth, spatial storms swept through everywhere. Occasionally, they collided with each other, emitting dazzling rays of light like auroras.

At the edge of a huge spatial storm, a larger black cloud was suspended, stretching and contracting like a living thing. The clouds inside rolled, lighting up beams of light like lighthouses, projecting in all directions.

This huge black cloud was the condensation of extraterritorial demons, but at this moment, it was tightly attached to the spatial storm, unwilling to move forward even a bit.

In the endless void hundreds of thousands of miles away, a golden beetle with a body of tens of thousands of feet was suspended, emitting a flame-like golden light that surged, transmitting an extremely powerful aura.

Any extraterritorial meteorites that approached slightly, even if they were still tens of thousands of miles away, would be affected by this aura and instantly turn to ashes.

At the same time, in the void surrounding the golden beetle, large and small void cracks could be seen everywhere, like skylights opened in a dark room.

The smaller ones were dozens of feet in size, while the larger ones were tens of thousands of feet, corresponding to countless areas of the entire immortal territory.

In most of those space cracks, countless spirit insects were passing through, heading towards this extraterritorial space.

However, extraterritorial space was different from other places. The spatial pressure inside was extraordinarily strong. Most of the spirit insects exploded and died the moment they passed through the cracks, turning into ashes.

But despite this, countless dense spirit insects still rushed in one after another, fearlessly.

Among these spirit insects, there were some with extraordinary talents who were able to withstand the spatial pressure and reach the giant golden beetle, protected by its golden light, allowing them to survive.

And many more Gold Devouring Worms mixed in were dissolved by the light when they flew into the golden light, and all their power was devoured into the giant golden beetle’s body.

As more and more spirit insects entered extraterritorial space, the swarm of insects surviving in the golden light outside the golden beetle became larger and larger. At this moment, it was like a belt, wrapped around it.