It took less than ten breaths to travel from Kongyuan Mountain to the Outer Court.
The speed of flight for a Passable God Realm cultivator was completely on a different level compared to a Qi Sea Realm cultivator.
And the methods of cultivators from the Upper Three Realms were even more unreasonable, capable of pulling Chen Yan directly from Kongyuan Hall to the Training Grounds in an instant.
To this day, Chen Yan still couldn't let go of how Qi Yi had managed to do such a thing.
But with Chen Yan's current cultivation level, he naturally couldn't comprehend the methods of Upper Three Realm cultivators either.
Walking between the two Passable God Realm cultivators who wore tokens of the Kongshan Imperial Law Court at their waists, Chen Yan's state of mind was quite relaxed.
He knew exactly what he was about to face.
Right now, Chen Yan only hoped he could extract more information within this final stick of incense's worth of time.
Also, he hoped Supreme Imperial Law Elder Huo would be more direct and decisive when making his move.
However, Chen Yan hadn't directly witnessed the methods of a Divine Ability Realm great power yet.
As for Mo Zheng, with just that wisp of his soul, it was hard to call him a true Divine Ability Realm great power.
He only possessed Divine Ability Realm-level spiritual sense, but the actual cultivation level he could exert was only at the Myriad Transformations Realm.
The Outer Court Training Grounds were right before him.
Why was it that every time, the Outer Court Cataclysm in each cycle of reincarnation started from this place?
Karma, destiny.
That was the only way Chen Yan could understand it.
The streets of the Outer Court outside the Training Grounds were completely empty. Only outside the Training Grounds stood over a dozen cultivators.
The one at the front was a man who appeared to be in his thirties, wearing pure white Daoist robes without any peak or lineage insignia.
Qi Yi.
"Here?"
Standing at the entrance to the Training Grounds, Qi Yi had his hands clasped behind his back as he spoke to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan simply nodded in Qi Yi's direction.
"Supreme Imperial Law Elder Huo is waiting for you inside the Training Grounds."
Qi Yi said.
The Imperial Law Court had now taken over the entire Outer Court. All outer sect disciples were forbidden from leaving.
This was an order personally issued by Supreme Imperial Law Elder Huo Mu.
Neither the Martial Pacification Court nor the Surveillance Court had made any response.
As for the Pivot Court...
Ever since Li Haoran's Dao foundation was damaged three thousand years ago, this Supreme Pivot Elder of the Kongshan Sect had lived in seclusion, rarely emerging.
Even the other Grand Elders within the sect found it extremely difficult to catch a glimpse of this sole Great Demon of Dao Union Realm in the sect.
Under these circumstances, Huo Mu had been constantly testing Li Haoran's bottom line.
And Li Haoran had never made any response, merely indulging him unconditionally.
In fact, the Pivot Court was now also completely under Huo Mu's control.
It was precisely for this reason that the Supreme Martial Pacification Elder and the Supreme Surveillance Elder had always turned a blind eye to Huo Mu's actions.
If even Supreme Pivot Elder Li doesn't care, how can the two of us possibly manage it?
Huo Mu was the strongest cultivator in the Kongshan Sect aside from Li Haoran. His cultivation had been stuck at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm for a full eight hundred years.
He was very clear about where his own talent and comprehension could support him to reach.
Divine Ability Realm.
Perhaps, in this current era, he would forever remain at the Divine Ability Realm for the rest of his life.
Huo Mu was unwilling, but he could only accept his fate, beginning to wholeheartedly devote his energy to the sect.
He truly gained control of the Pivot Court three hundred years ago.
It was then that Huo Mu, from the sealed documents of the Pivot Court, discovered an astonishing, earth-shattering secret.
That was, True Person Caiyun Kong Yang from nine thousand years ago did not seal the Black Flood Dragon's soul within the Demon Suppression Stone out of compassion.
It was because, with Kong Yang's ability, he simply could not kill this super great demon that had already half-stepped into Ascending to Immortality.
Kong Yang could only separate the Black Flood Dragon's physical body from its soul, suppressing its body beneath the Jieyou Abyss and sealing its soul within the Demon Suppression Stone.
This was a seed buried nine thousand years ago.
No one knew when this seed would finally sprout.
However, upon learning this truth, Huo Mu did not feel any sense of panic.
Instead, he felt excitement.
That was a Great Demon of Dao Union Realm that had half-stepped into Ascending to Immortality!
In this era where the path to immortality was severed, the achievement Li Haoran had reached was already the pinnacle of the world, or rather, the upper limit of this current era.
Taking another step further was impossible.
But, but...
A Great Demon of Dao Union Realm that had half-stepped into Ascending to Immortality, its realm was definitely above Li Haoran's!
After Su Hongzhen perished, no living being in this world could touch the domain of Ascending to Immortality again.
If, he could resurrect that Black Flood Dragon.
If he could merge the Black Flood Dragon's complete soul with its physical body...
The upper limit of this era would be shattered.
A new era.
Only in a new era would there be a possibility for his cultivation to advance further.
And he, as the pioneer of this new era, would be immortalized in history!
This was Huo Mu's ambition.
But no one knew what would actually happen if the Black Flood Dragon was truly completely resurrected.
Huo Mu believed everything was worth it, but that didn't mean everyone was as crazy, radical, and willing to pay any price as he was.
For this, Huo Mu had been secretly planning for a full three hundred years.
He was very patient. If not for that accident, Huo Mu might have continued to lie low until he was one hundred percent certain he could resurrect the Black Flood Dragon.
But an accident happened.
A list was leaked, and this list could expose all of Huo Mu's plans and schemes.
He knew very well that there was a mole among his own people.
But Huo Mu had no time to deal with that.
Because Huo Mu firmly believed that Li Haoran would never tolerate his actions.
So he could only take the risk and complete his "great undertaking" as soon as possible.
Huo Mu orchestrated the Heavenly Summit Mountain Cataclysm, wanting to use Mo Zheng's soul in an attempt to make the Black Flood Dragon's remnant soul complete again.
And flying the banner of the highly respected Supreme Pivot Elder Li, he convinced the Grand Elders of the other four great sects to allow his people to act recklessly on Heavenly Summit Mountain.
This was originally a seamless, foolproof plan.
Yet it failed.
Not only did it fail, he even lost the Black Flood Dragon's remnant soul.
It was all over.
Originally, Huo Mu thought so, until one of the Grand Elders under his command, Qi Yi, provided him with new intelligence.
The current Chief Disciple of Kongyuan Mountain, Chen Yan, possessed a special technique that could conceal the existence of the Black Flood Dragon's remnant soul.
And the Black Flood Dragon's remnant soul was precisely within Chen Yan's body.
Qi Yi knew that, according to Huo Mu's original plan, he intended to send Qi Yi to resolve this matter and use a technique to sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands of outer sect disciples to replenish the Black Flood Dragon's remnant soul.
Therefore, to change Huo Mu's original plan and expedite the fulfillment of the karma, Qi Yi conveyed another piece of information to Huo Mu.
That was, last night, the Kongshan Sect's Supreme Pivot Elder Li Haoran summoned the Martial Elder of Qingchan Peak—
Fu Qian.