"Where did No Law go to the battlefront?" Shouzhen asked his disciple.

There are two True Saints at the Heavenly Saint Lake. During his absence, it was the Lawless True Saint who was guarding the dojo's Taoist inheritance.

"Uncle Master No Law went to the Netherworld Soil to support the Cangqing God and the Netherworld Lord."

Shouzhen sighed deeply; the worst situation had emerged. No wonder the Netherworld battlefront collapsed so quickly; the top combat power was down to just the Saint King alone, fighting a losing battle.

The only consolation was that inner strife hadn't erupted, the enemy deep within the Burial Sea had not yet taken the opportunity for inside and outside collaboration, and the issues of the Time and Destiny Rivers hadn't caused explosions at this moment.

"Let's return to the dojo; I have some matters to instruct,"

Shouzhen said solemnly, simultaneously sending a message to No Heaven,

"Prepare yourself, since your true self has already ascended to Heavenly Venerable, there's no need to suppress it further. I will transition the Taoist inheritance to you, for you to establish the sect and acclaim as Ancestor."

No Heaven was moved: "Ancestor, you..."

He was well aware of what this meant!

Shouzhen calmly said, "The great chaos of the Netherworld is imminent, there's no time left. When fleeing becomes impossible, I will attempt a desperate leap."

No Heaven was shocked; Ancestor wanted to make an ultimate leap and gaze toward the Transcendence Domain?!

No Heaven recalled the events of Chaohua Realm, his heart seemed to sink into an abyss.

Breaking through Transcendence?! How extraordinarily difficult!

With Ancestor Shouzhen's accumulation, the hope for this era seemed bleak indeed!

...

...

In the vast universe, the Group Stars rise and fall.

Someone stands at the Sea of Realms, gazing far toward the Netherworld, seemingly admiring the boundless starry sky but actually tracing hints to seek the traces of the Time River.

To thoroughly conquer a realm, one must start from the source, and the source of any realm is the Time and Heavenly Destiny Rivers.

For those strong enough to break through the Eight Realms, the significance of the Time River surpasses even the Heavenly Destiny, especially within the True Saint Domain.

"Did the Taoist friend of [Heavenly Cutting Sect] catch anything?"

A voice came from within the nearby Void Qi.

The Supreme Rank True Saint of [Heavenly Cutting Sect], Zhi, turned back, noticing a towering figure standing not far behind, surrounded by gray-white, seemingly real yet illusion-like Qi flame, roaring and surging, vast as the ocean.

"So, it's the Taoist friend Huang Xu of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan." Zhi squinted, casually pointing out the other's identity, while recognizing the surrounding flame as Heavenly Demon Qi!

The dignified Heavenly Phoenix Clan, the bloodline passed down by that Phoenix King, why would they be entangled with the Heavenly Demon, walking down the demon path?

Huang Xu approached Zhi, laughed softly and said, "Taoist friend, a message was sent over there, asking you to quickly break through the Netherworld and cooperate with our plan."

Zhi snapped back, looking deeply at him, his surrounding aura seemingly connected throughout.

But in just a moment, the tense atmosphere dissipated.

Zhi turned back to continue looking at the Netherworld, slowly speaking, "I haven't heard, even the Heavenly Phoenix Clan joined the [This Shore] lineup."

Huang Xu folded his sleeves, laughed and said, "Taoist friend spoke wrongly; [This Shore] was originally established by our ancestors."

"Oh?" Zhi was moved; [This Shore] also had Transcenders supporting them? This was the first he heard!

Zhi steadied himself and said,

"This Saint King's strength is truly formidable; under such circumstances, he can still barely sustain."

"If not for him, the Netherworld boundary would have already been breached."

Huang Xu exclaimed, "Are there not Yet there's not just eight Supreme Rank True Saints from various families, including yourself?"

"Now it's six, not long ago the Old Heavenly Court emerged, causing one family to temporarily withdraw and another to redeploy a Supreme True Saint."

Upon mentioning this, Zhi paused; even with just six, that Saint King was incredibly unbelievable...

Such strength was likely at the end of the True Saint level.

Going further, it's either death, proving the eternal Tao, or harmonization with one realm, while drawing boundaries becomes seizing supremacy.

Huang Xu smiled and said, "That's perfect; Red Lotus Realm Master issued orders to pressure this person, forcing him into the ultimate leap."

Zhi's expression turned grim and asked, "Are you sure? Even if this Saint King fails in the breakthrough, the residual power of the attempt could cause us tremendous casualties!"

A failed Transcendence breakthrough...

Or rather, taking a reluctant step into it, ultimately still failing; the extent of destruction caused was demonstrated to all not long ago in Chaohua Realm.

Chao Ge's counterattack at death was undoubtably of the Transcendence level; even if incomplete, it was far from what ordinary True Saints could compare to!

Even at the Supreme level, they could only await death!

If those three had arrived, it would have been different, but with one absent, did they really expect them to risk their lives? Did they truly consider them subordinates to those people?

Huang Xu added, "It's said that at least two adults will be present this time, and one is already heard to have arrived."

"Who?" Zhi was momentarily stunned, then somewhat relieved.

This barely made sense.

"Profound Ancestor."

"What?" Zhi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "How could it be him?"

He thought it would be either Red Lotus or that Heavenly Emperor.

As for this Profound Ancestor...

Huang Xu said meaningfully, "After all, as the Master of Four Demons, guess it's to put on an act of teacher's kindness and disciple's filiality."

Zhi momentarily didn't know what to say.

Master of the Four Demons was just a jest.

But this figure had another illustrious and supremely dignified identity...

"Originally, the three were coming together; the Netherworld hid many secrets, especially with what seemed to be the Bitter Sea inside, but regrettably, the [Old Heavenly Court] emerged recently, 'Heavenly Emperor' changed the plan on the spot and even invited the Red Lotus Realm Master along."

Huang Xu said with visible regret.

Never had the three collaborated like this.

Three half-step Returning to Truth figures acting simultaneously — who in today's Sea of Realms could withstand?