Wait a minute, where is my master?

"Tianxing Taoist friend!? How could he appear here?"

The little Taoist's astonished 'Master!?'

Made Chi Dao, who had originally been pondering over the Nine Provinces' Heavenly Dao rules, also couldn't help lifting his head in surprise.

"I do not know. Please zoom in on the image,"

Jin Xu, with an extremely solemn expression, shook his head and then, facing the pale golden light orb to the side, requested with a clasped hand gesture.

Upon seeing his master's figure, he did experience a momentary daze, after all, this was the first time in many months that the little Taoist had seen Tianxing Taoist outside of his own memories.

But this trance was only brief. Jin Xu understood that now was not the time to express emotions, so he quickly stabilized his mind. After muttering to himself in his heart, "I hope this coincidence can lead me to a clue about my master's whereabouts," he then focused all his attention on the scene presented by the pale golden mist.

The Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao rules sensed the emotional changes in both individuals.

Of course, it was mainly out of consideration for the little Taoist.

So, as Jin Xu made his request, the scene on the pale golden mist changed entirely to that of Tianxing Taoist.

The courtyard fell quiet for a time.

Aside from the occasional soft sound of the mist swirling, there was no other movement.

Jin Xu stared intently at the scene, observing every move of his master.

For some reason, in this serious moment, he felt a strange embarrassment as if watching a familiar person acting in a play.

There was no sound in the scene.

However, Jin Xu could tell from Tianxing Taoist's expression that he, too, seemed surprised to find himself here.

Although Tianxing Taoist was taken aback, there was no sign of panic on his face; after all, he who has great skill also has great courage. With supreme cultivation at his disposal, and ever since acquiring the fishing rod, he had often been inexplicably 'transported' passively.

So in the scene, the little Taoist saw that, after briefly regulating his breathing, his own master began to explore this unfamiliar land.

Under the control of the pale golden light orb, the scene in the mist began to change rapidly.

What originally took three days and nights of exploration was now fast-forwarded in a matter of a dozen or so breaths.

In the scene, Jin Xu observed that as the exploration time elongated, the visible confusion on Tianxing Taoist's face also deepened significantly.

"Tianxing Taoist friend is probably aware that the land he finds himself in now is the same Spirit Realm that shattered during the great war between immortals and demons. Right now, he's likely as perplexed as we were earlier, wondering why there isn't a single living soul in this realm,"

Ancestor of the Immortal Palace commented, also noticing the change in the old Taoist's expression and speaking in a grave voice.

Jin Xu nodded slightly beside him.

His thoughts were similar to Chi Dao's, but what concerned him even more at this moment was what had ultimately happened to his master.

He knew that when he was in the Spirit Realm, he had gone through the whole small world with his Spiritual Sense but had not found any trace of his master.

Clearly, Tianxing Taoist must have gone to another realm thereafter.

"But according to what the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao rules just mentioned, the external space of the Spirit Realm, after the Origin had devoured all the realm's cultivation resources, has become so stable that only a True World Immortal Realm cultivator could open it.

"As far as I know, my master's cultivation seems to be only at the Mahayana Realm. Could it be that he has made a significant breakthrough in his cultivation over these past months?"

The pale golden light orb had previously explained this to Jin Xu and Chi Dao.

Soon after the Spirit Realm fractured, it was mysteriously subjected to an external invasion, so the Origin of the Spirit Realm started to protect its living creatures from harm and to reinforce its own space.

It instinctively began devouring the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures within the Spirit Realm and all kinds of cultivation resources.

As a result, space had significantly strengthened, having reached a level only breakable by those in the True World Immortal Realm.

However, external invasions, along with the occasional appearance of sneaky space fissures, still occurred sometimes.

And with such upheaval, it directly led to the complete absence of replenishment of cultivation resources for the surviving cultivators in the Spirit Realm.

Therefore, feeling utterly helpless, Nan Wubo and the others gathered all their manpower and, while there was still some cultivation resources left in their storage magical treasures, took all the captured primitive spears and arrows, etc.

Taking advantage of a space fissure when a sneak attack opened it up again, they killed their way in.

After all, taking a chance was better than watching their cultivation resources run out and silently awaiting the arrival of despair.

The young Taoist was quite curious about the external invasion that the Spirit Realm had suffered, as well as about the elusive space fissures. The laws of Heavenly Dao had stated that the solidity of the Spirit Realm space cannot be breached by anyone other than a living True Immortal.

But if those external forces already had the power of a True Immortal to break through the external space of the Spirit Realm,

then... why did they still only launch sneak attacks whenever the space fissures appeared?

Jin Xu originally wanted to discuss these questions with Senior Chi, but the sudden appearance of the Tianxing Taoist interrupted them.

His gaze returned to the image formed by the pale golden mist.

The young Taoist saw that after his master had explored this realm without finding any living creatures, he indeed contemplated leaving.

In the image, the Tianxing Taoist closed his eyes for a moment, seemingly sensing the direction of the Nine Provinces or maybe sensing his Seven Star Token left in the Nine Provinces.

Then, he abruptly opened his eyes, a flash of confidence and sharpness sparkling in them, crossed his hands to form a seal, and a silver-white Nine Heavens Thunder Skill strike tore through the void from his palms.

However...

The Spirit Realm space in the image remained as unruffled as an old dog, not even a ripple disturbing it.

This outcome caused a flicker of astonishment in the confident old Taoist's eyes.

He lowered his head, looking at his hands with some confusion, and murmured something under his breath.

The next second, a Nine Heavens Divine Thunder strike several times thicker than the last one burst forth from his sealing hands! The might of this thunder was so strong that even the pale golden mist was faintly lit with a silver-white sheen.

Yet... the Spirit Realm space in the image was still as stable as Mount Tai, without a single ripple stirred.

The flicker of astonishment in the Tianxing Taoist's eyes now spread across his entire face.

Following that, in a fit of disbelief, the former temple master of Xuanxu Temple started unleashing all sorts of techniques against the Spirit Realm Space, and even bizarre magical treasures like swords, spears, sabers, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks were constantly drawn from his storage magical treasures.

But after a barrage of attacks, although the scene turned chaotic and dense dust rose from the ground, the space of the Spirit Realm... was like Xu Qian's will to frequent brothels, it showed no change whatsoever.

In front of the misty image,

Jin Xu could see a hint of life-questioning in his master's eyes.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Tianxing Taoist,

a space ripple was also starting to quietly appear behind him.