"Who knows? Perhaps he plotted this in advance and obtained the exact coordinates of one of the lost realms. Alternatively, perhaps he fled into that lost realm due to some type of mishap. In any case, he was able to take the treasure and escape from our Nine Origin Daoist Temple far easier than he should've been able to, so he had to have received instructions from someone. Otherwise, he would've never dared to betray our daoist temple," the daoist priest said with a contemplative expression.

"There's nothing to speculate here; the mastermind behind this is most likely one of the people who stepped in to stop your grandmaster," the woman chuckled coldly.

The daoist priest nodded in response, clearly sharing the same opinion.

"Alright, beings of your grandmaster's caliber are not for us to discuss. I'm more interested in which disciple we'll be sending to the lower realm if we can track down the exact coordinates. Would you be interested, Martial Nephew Li?" the woman...