Xu Qing didn’t push them for an answer. He waited for a moment, then seeing that neither the heavenly spiritual soul nor the earthly spiritual soul was responding, he decided not to continue with any sort of sales pitch.5

“August Spirits, please take time to think it over. This evening at sunset I’ll be waiting outside the Eight Sect Coalition atop Mount Seagazing.”0

With that, he spoke to Qingqin via divine will. Qingqin burped, cawed, then stretched his wings and flew up into the sky. Clouds gathered, surrounding Qingqin. They rapidly turned pitch black and filled with countless lightning bolts. The rumbling of thunder echoed out. Then Qingqin burst into motion, exploding from the clouds and shooting in the direction of the Ghost Emperor mountain.3

Two hours later, the giant mountain became visible ahead.0

The Ghost Emperor had sat down cross-legged and become an incredibly formidable mountain. Although the surface of the mountain had degenerated and ultimately become a ‘garment’ of plants and vegetation, that couldn’t completely cover the suit of armor or the two vicious blades that emanated strong, baleful auras. The Ghost Emperor sat there, facing the direction of the Forbidden Sea, head slightly bowed as if waiting for some...5