The three looked at Ji Jingqiu; Feng Ming wanted to introduce Ji Jingqiu to the various sects, as a statement from the Primordial Palace.

Any faction wishing to act against Ji Jingqiu in the future must first consider potential retaliation from the Primordial Palace.

Ji Jingqiu thought for a moment, then said: 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Not for now. Several senior brothers will meet the top experts from various places, and I have my own matters to attend to. Remember to inform me if there is any news."

"The Netherworld is, after all, my hometown. If a battle is inevitable, I need to prepare in advance."

"Alright," Feng Ming succinctly replied, "Stay in touch. Since we are all in the Netherworld, if anything happens, we can rush over immediately."

The four of them agreed temporarily and proceeded without staying longer, completing the final leg of their journey until they arrived at the opened "gate" of the Netherworld.

As they passed by the Netherworld's portal, a Heavenly King of the Netherworld was lazily guarding the "gateway," staring curiously at Ji Jingqiu.

Although this passage is of significant importance, the Gatekeeper being only a Heavenly King suggests that the rumors are true; the strong figures of the Netherworld have completely laid flat, allowing external forces to take over.

Ji Jingqiu's mind was in turmoil, unsure of the current dynamics within the Great Universe.

"Are you Ji Jingqiu, the senior from the Yanhuang Federation?"

The Gatekeeper asked politely and respectfully, using spirit communication.

The accomplished come first; although Ji Jingqiu was much younger than him, after the recent battle, many strong figures from various factions rushed into the Netherworld as if fleeing for their lives. This scene was too shocking; he couldn't compare Ji Jingqiu to how he was decades ago.

Ji Jingqiu slightly nodded, inquiring to which faction the Gatekeeper belonged.

"I come from the Saint..."

The Gatekeeper was about to reveal his affiliation excitedly when Ji Jingqiu stepped across the boundary membrane, officially entering the Netherworld.

"Hmm?!"

The Gatekeeper's gaze froze slightly, looking at Ji Jingqiu's direction with growing dread in his eyes.

The faces of Feng Ming and the other two changed drastically.

Ji Jingqiu, who had entered the Netherworld with them, suddenly disappeared from their range of perception, leaving no trace.

The most crucial point was that they didn't even notice how Ji Jingqiu disappeared!

"Who?!"

Feng Ming asked in shock and anger, with the Dharma Manifestation Heaven and Earth appearing, and his Dao Body's pressure covering the universe, forcibly merging with the surrounding heaven and earth, gathering the power of the Tao into himself.

In an instant, he displayed his strongest posture, shouting angrily, his overwhelming presence sharp as ever, his aura several times more formidable than when he suppressed Withered Bones earlier!

Konghai and Yin An's expressions also changed, both using their respective divine skills to trace the whereabouts of Junior Brother Ji.

"The mark I left on Junior Brother Ji is still there, but I cannot determine his location," Konghai said solemnly.

"To be able to bypass the perception of all three of us and silently take away Junior Brother Ji..." Yin An frowned, his expression extremely grim.

The final guess remained unspoken, but Feng Ming and the other understood his meaning.

Even if all three Invincibles from This Shore were to come, it would be impossible to leave no trace like this!

The other party definitely possesses transcendental level powers!

"Let's go! Yin An will lead the way!" Feng Ming decisively commanded, "First, let's meet with the Pantheon. If the Netherworld's forces are truly behind this, we shall first agree to the Pantheon's terms!"

At the same time.

Feng Ming summoned the Primordial Spirit of the Withered Bones, suppressed within the Inner Universe.

Originally, he intended to temporarily suppress it, waiting to see if the opposing faction would offer "ransom" later.

But now, he forcibly searched the Primordial Spirit, disregarding the possibility of being "crippled" by any bargain, to determine whether the recent perpetrator is associated with the forces behind it.

...

...

Between Heaven and Earth, a flowing and endless river spanned across, sparkling and washing over everything, showing no destination.

And at the source of the river stood a towering figure, with an air of nonchalance. His mere presence reassured others, as if any calamity would be blocked by him.

"Master He!"

Ji Jingqiu had just started to speak—

"He Donghuang, how long can you keep stopping me? Over all these years, the backlash from the Time River has almost reached your limit, hasn't it?"

A cold voice fell from immeasurable heights into his ears.

Ji Jingqiu looked up and saw a wide sleeve hanging down, seemingly able to swallow everything and command the universe!

This kind of power far surpassed Withered Bones or Brother Feng Ming!

As the wide sleeve descended, Ji Jingqiu's vision and perception fell into absolute darkness until a speck of light appeared silently, gradually increasing, like schools of fish leaping from the river surface, carrying the twilight of time, disturbing the surrounding time.

Darkness receded slightly, and the descending wide sleeve withdrew as if reversing.

Ji Jingqiu gasped; it was Master He's intervention, reversing time, sending the opponent's strike back to when it had yet to be unleashed.

He Donghuang raised his hand, the Time River surging, and a long knife, embodying the river's outline and condensed from its light, leaped from the river into his hand.

It's impolite not to reciprocate.

He held the knife's handle and casually slashed.

Boundless knife light extended endlessly, down the mighty river, slicing towards a certain place in different times and spaces as if countless He Donghuangs were simultaneously challenging the opponent at the same "location" in different points in time!

Witnessing this, Ji Jingqiu was shocked; is this an engagement above the True Saint level?

Dueling within the Time River, spreading across all segments of history, where every moment could incur many timeline changes, resulting in the destruction of a civilization, or the next moment they might restore it to its correct course.

Throughout history, civilizations and beings may have perished and then revived unwittingly.

Is this the means of the True Saint Domain, or a higher level still?!

Ji Jingqiu quickly queried Wuzhou and Hel in his mind.

"You are mistaken in one aspect; they are affecting not 'time' but the 'Time River,' which, to some extent, is completely different."