This day, Fang Hong ended his three-year closed-door Cultivation.

Just after stepping out of the secret room in his Cultivation courtyard and stretching his body, he suddenly noticed an unusual situation.

Fang Hong looked up into the distance and saw a lone gray bird standing on the corner of a nearby building.

The little bird was tilting its head, its eyes fixed directly on the direction of the secret room, as if observing something.

But when it sensed Fang Hong’s gaze, it hurriedly turned its head away, pretending to preen its feathers.

That slightly clumsy movement looked strange no matter how one viewed it.

"That’s interesting. Someone actually dares to monitor me in secret. Could it be that group from the auction back then?"

How sharp was Fang Hong’s Divine Sense? He saw it at a glance.

This little bird was definitely not an ordinary bird, but an Immortal Beast specifically sent to monitor him.

He carefully recalled and soon thought of that auction from back then.

At the auction, he had been very generous and spent money like water to bid on those few treasures.

Perhaps that was why he had attracted someone’s attention, which was why he was now being secretly monitored.

With this thought flashing through his mind, Fang Hong did not alert the enemy and directly used the power of the Space Law in secret.

The invisible force of space spread along the little bird’s line of sight.

Easily piercing through its visual barrier, he saw the mastermind behind it.

In the image on the other side, the figure of a Gray-robed Old Man appeared clearly. The other party exuded a steady aura, and his cultivation was shockingly that of a Late Immortal Emperor.

Fang Hong recognized him at a glance; this Gray-robed Old Man was the very one who had bid away the giant spirit puppet at the auction back then.

This old guy had actually sent an Immortal Beast to monitor him for so long. His purpose was obvious: he wanted to find an opportunity to kill him and seize his treasures.

Since this old man had bad intentions, there was no need for him to be polite. He would simply send this old guy on his way and completely cut off his thoughts!

After making up his mind, Fang Hong no longer stayed in the Cultivation courtyard, left Cangnan City openly, and flew directly towards the Barren Sea.

Just as Fang Hong left the city gate area, the little bird immediately flapped its wings and sent a fluctuation towards a certain direction in the city.

It relayed the news of Fang Hong’s departure to the Gray-robed Old Man.

At this moment, in a quiet and secluded Cultivation courtyard in Cangnan City, the Gray-robed Old Man was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat, closing his eyes to rest.

The Gray-robed Old Man slowly opened his eyes and revealed a cold smile; he had received the message from the bird.

"That kid finally couldn’t hold back and left. I must take a good look at where you came from and what kind of incredible treasures you are hiding."

The Gray-robed Old Man muttered to himself. Before his voice faded, his figure vanished into the room like a ghost.

The next moment, he was already chasing rapidly in the direction Fang Hong had left...

Fang Hong’s speed was not slow, and it didn’t take long for him to completely fly out of the territory of Cangnan City and arrive above the boundless Barren Sea.

Fang Hong flew over the Barren Sea for about half an hour and finally landed on a small island.

After landing steadily, Fang Hong stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping across the open space in front of him, and said calmly.

"You’ve followed for so long, stop hiding. Come out."

As soon as Fang Hong’s voice fell, a cloud of gray-yellow dust suddenly rolled up on the ground not far ahead.

Amidst the dust, a gray-robed figure slowly emerged; it was the Gray-robed Old Man who had been tailing him all the way.

The old man was gaunt, his complexion dark, but his eyes were piercingly bright. At this moment, he was looking at Fang Hong with a hint of suspicion.

"Kid, how did you discover that I was following you?" The Gray-robed Old Man felt slightly surprised and couldn’t help asking.

His cultivation was that of a Late Immortal Emperor, one small realm higher than the other party. It stood to reason that his movements were extremely concealed and should not have been easily detected.

Hearing this, Fang Hong chuckled and replied slowly.

"It’s rare that you sent a little bird to monitor me for three years."

"You went to such great lengths to watch me for so long, could it be that you want to find a chance to kill me and seize the treasures I have on me?"

"You even know this." Upon hearing this, the Gray-robed Old Man’s heart suddenly jolted.

A sense of unease quietly crept into his heart, and only then did he realize belatedly that something was wrong.

The other party’s realm was clearly lower than his own, and knowing he was being monitored, he not only showed no panic but had even blatantly led him to this desolate island.

This behavior was far too abnormal!

What made him even more terrified was that the other party had been extremely calm from beginning to end, as if everything was under his control.

This gave the Gray-robed Old Man a strange feeling that he had fallen into the other party’s trap.

The Gray-robed Old Man quickly suppressed the unease in his heart, his face darkened, and he snorted coldly: "Just bluffing."

The instant his voice fell, the Gray-robed Old Man unleashed his Late Immortal Emperor pressure without reservation.

A majestic aura swept towards Fang Hong like a tsunami!

He didn’t believe that a mere Mid-stage Immortal Emperor kid could pose any substantial threat to him!

However, the moment the Gray-robed Old Man channeled his Immortal power, preparing to strike.

Fang Hong’s eyes narrowed, his thoughts shifted instantly, and he directly activated Time-Space Stasis.

In an instant, a strange fluctuation flashed across the space of the entire island.

Immediately following that, a bizarre scene occurred.

The trees swaying in the wind on the island suddenly froze in mid-air.

The small animals on the island stopped moving, and the surrounding seawater also ceased its flow.

The time and space within the entire island were completely frozen at this moment!

The Gray-robed Old Man was also firmly fixed in place by this force.

Let alone moving his body or channeling his Immortal power, even his thoughts in his mind were instantly halted.

The whole person was like a clay sculpture or a carved wooden figure, maintaining the posture before unleashing his attack, motionless.

In this frozen time and space, only Fang Hong remained unaffected and could move freely.

Fang Hong flipped his wrist and directly summoned the demon soul banner, letting the skeleton artifact spirit suck out the Gray-robed Old Man’s soul.

After doing all this, Fang Hong withdrew the "Time-Space Stasis", and the surrounding time and space resumed operation.

The branches and leaves of the trees swayed in the wind again, the little birds resumed flapping their wings as they shuttled through the forest, and the seawater continued to churn and lap against the shore.

But the Gray-robed Old Man who had been standing there fell straight to the ground, completely silent, leaving only a cold corpse that had lost its soul.

The Gray-robed Old Man’s soul was held firmly in Fang Hong’s hand, currently in a daze.

"Ho-How is this possible."

"You... What exactly did you do to me?"

The Gray-robed Old Man’s soul was completely dumbfounded, his face full of horror.

What on earth happened?

How did he separate from his physical body and have his Soul Emergence? And he had been captured.