Wait a moment...
He also saw a silver-haired girl, intently gazing at the vast Celestial Palace, and beside her stood an old man with white hair—Xu Henshan!
Finally, Chen Ye shifted his attention to the endless void at the end of the Divine Path.
As expected, there was a space node opened here, leading to Dragon Sleep Mountain outside the Grotto Heaven, and he could even vaguely see a cold pool shrouded in mist.
"It seems like I can manipulate this space node to shift the landing point?" Chen Ye muttered to himself, carefully manipulating it, and successfully repositioned the landing point outside the Three Thousand Great Mountains with unexpected ease.
It seemed that this area of void was already on the verge of collapsing, which allowed him to establish a teleportation tunnel effortlessly.
Bai Susu panted for a moment, weakly asking:
"How is it? Is the collapse accelerating? Don’t worry, since you’re with me, I’ll definitely take you all out later..."
As the restriction disintegrated, the imprisonment on Divine Sense in the Grotto Heaven dissipated.
She could already sense countless cultivators rushing over, and among them, there must be Demon Cultivators from the Emotion Crossing Sect!
Yet, she was still weak!
Just need to buy a little more time!
With this in mind, instead of rising to flee, she continued to sit cross-legged in meditation, racing against time to recover her spiritual power.
Chen Ye opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within:
"Indeed, the Ninth Layer Heaven won’t hold for long... But at the end of the Divine Path, there’s a space passage leading to the Three Thousand Great Mountains!"
"Really? Then what are we waiting for, let’s go! To avoid dealing with those people, it’s too troublesome..."
Bai Susu heaved a light sigh of relief.
It seemed normal for the Ninth Layer Heaven to have a space tunnel, even wealthy mortal households would construct escape tunnels in their private chambers.
"You go first." Chen Ye looked at her and shook his head, "I... can’t leave yet."
"Why?" Bai Susu asked in confusion, "This place is about to collapse, soon there will be cultivators swarming in, staying here is no different from seeking death!"
"Qing Jun is still outside." Chen Ye gazed towards the path they took to arrive. No matter what, he couldn’t leave Qing Jun behind here.
Zhiwei’s expression remained calm. Upon discovering the space passage, she knew that her master would not flee directly.
Whether herself or Qing Jun, her master would not abandon anyone.
"Qing Jun..."
Bai Susu was momentarily stunned, recalling the mischievous little girl from Lisong Valley, she sighed,
"Fine, then I’ll stay with you. If I leave you alone, when those people come in and find that the opportunities here are all gone, they’ll surely think you took the greatest opportunity from the Ninth Layer Heaven. At that time, no matter how you explain, you won’t clear your name!"
A warmth spread through Chen Ye’s heart.
Seems like this Golden Furred Ball isn’t entirely without conscience, at least she still considers his situation.
"Thank you," he said sincerely.
"Thank me for what?"
Bai Susu, impatiently waving her small hand,
"You’re my servant, which makes you my possession. I just don’t want my toy to break, that’s all."
Chen Ye’s face darkened, damn Golden Furred Ball!
Can’t she say something nice for once? The disciple is listening nearby...
"Boom—!"
The entire Divine Path began to tremble more violently!
In the distance, the path was already breaking apart inch by inch.
Those cultivators who had stepped onto the Divine Path finally realized something was wrong.
"Why... is this place empty?"
"Where are the treasures?! What about the opportunities here?!"
"Wait, this path is collapsing! There’s no return!"
Someone looked back in horror, only to see the Divine Path collapsing into the endless void, with no way back.
This shout immediately changed everyone’s face.
Even within Songyang Cave Heaven, if the Grotto Heaven collapsed, they would mostly just fall into the Three Thousand Great Mountains.
But now, they were in the void within the Grotto Heaven.
If this place completely collapses, they will fall into the endless void turbulence, only the Nascent Soul True Monarch can traverse safely!
"Huh? It’s you!"
Suddenly, the black-robed cultivator who previously attacked Chen Ye shouted harshly,
"Could it be you took the opportunities here, causing the Ninth Layer Heaven to collapse?"
A cultivator from the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect also stood up: "Not long ago, my junior brother was killed by this person! This person is ambitious and wants to trick and kill us too!"
In reality, he didn’t know who killed his junior brother.
But this person had the token and entered the Grotto Heaven first, surely gaining something.
Additionally, having the token meant he was connected to the Ninth Layer Heaven and might know how to escape!
Suddenly, several powerful pressures at the Foundation Establishment Stage pressed towards Chen Ye and his companions from all sides!
"A bunch of cowards!"
Bai Susu stood up with difficulty, protecting Chen Ye and Zhiwei behind her, snorting coldly,
"You dare to act presumptuously in front of me?"
Before she finished speaking, from the back of the crowd, an aura belonging to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Lingyin Sect soared into the sky!
"True Inheritor Bai! We are late!"
A middle-aged man clad in the attire of a Guardian of the Lingyin Sect stepped forward from the crowd, followed by several vigilant Inner Sect disciples,
This was another Guardian who was initially swept into the Grotto Heaven along with Bai Susu.
"True Inheritor Bai Susu of the Lingyin Sect?!" Someone recognized Bai Susu’s identity, exclaiming in shock.
For a moment, the atmosphere became even more delicate, those Loose Cultivators who intended to take advantage of the situation hesitated in their greed.
The Lingyin Sect Guardian quickly approached, cautiously glancing at Chen Ye, before urgently addressing Bai Susu, "True Inheritor Bai, this place is about to collapse, is there a way to escape?"
Bai Susu looked at the constantly crumbling Divine Path beneath them, shaking her head: "With the space collapsing now, unless one has the power of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, otherwise... you and I both will perish here. Even Xu Henshan!"
Chen Ye was a bit puzzled, Bai Susu clearly knew he had a way to escape, so why was she deliberately misleading?
He secretly guessed, could it be that Bai Susu wanted to bait out the Demon Cultivator?
If she directly revealed there was a space passage, the cultivators from the Emotion Crossing Sect would slip away quietly, muddling through.
But if the situation becomes chaotic, maybe they would reveal themselves?
From within the crowd, someone suddenly spoke hoarsely, "No, that kid! He entered the Grotto Heaven early, the True Inheritor Bai doesn’t know, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know! Why not let us search his soul to find out the truth! Moreover... who’s to say if True Inheritor Bai genuinely doesn’t know? We can’t touch True Inheritor Bai, but we can definitely deal with him!"
"Huh? This person... looks like Chen Ye?"
Amidst the crowd, Luo Heng rubbed his eyes and peered closely, wasn’t this person Chen Ye?
But how did he reach the Foundation Establishment?
He sighed, Chen Ye, oh Chen Ye, now you must fend for yourself...
Luo Heng quietly hid deeper, fearing others would discover his connection to Chen Ye.
"Exactly!" The Ten Thousand Puppet Sect cultivator concurred harshly, "Reveal the secret, and I’ll spare your life!"
Forces like the Medicine King Valley, historically at odds with Lingyin Sect, also stepped forward with questions.
Even the Lingyin Sect Guardian’s gaze at Chen Ye darkened.
One couldn’t blame him for being suspicious.
True Inheritor Bai was trapped in the Ninth Layer Heaven for months without issue.
Yet this Chen Ye came in today and, the next moment, the Ninth Layer Heaven began to collapse...
Chen Ye was at a loss for words, truly finding himself in a situation impossible to explain.
At this moment, he caught Bai Susu winking at him.
Chen Ye: "..."
At this critical moment, what exactly was the Golden Furred Ball plotting?
He reluctantly guessed her intentions, using the Seeing-through Pearl to lock onto the instigating cultivator in the crowd:
"Fellow cultivator, could it be you’re from the Emotion Crossing Sect?"
Upon hearing this, the black-robed cultivator’s body stiffened suddenly.
"Courting death!"
Before he could react, a radiant sword light flashed from Bai Susu’s hand, disappearing in an instant!
"Splurt!"
The black-robed cultivator’s head soared skyward!
Bai Susu retracted her sword, her lips subtly curling, then expressionlessly she glanced at the headless corpse, shaking her head: "Indeed a cultivator from Emotion Crossing Sect, but not her."
This was not the Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator she had been entangled in battle with for months.
Yet, Bai Susu’s sword stroke caused the scene to spiral further into chaos.
Chen Ye was puzzled: he initially thought Bai Susu just wanted to seize the chance to capture that Demon Cultivator, but with the situation worsening, why did she remain unperturbed?