“You managed to make the Spiritual Line Origin in the heart of Ether Mountain recognize you as its master. You must be from Ether Mountain, right?”
The old man didn’t directly answer Billy’s question. After a brief pause, he continued, “Have you seen my old friend?”
“You must be referring to our ancestor from Ether Mountain a thousand years ago,” Billy replied respectfully. “I met him last time, and he passed down the Strengthening Bloodline Method to me.”
“Haha…” The old man laughed heartily again. “Not bad!”
He then looked at Billy once more. “What’s your name?”
“Junior Billy Stuart, greetings to Old Mr Chapman!” Billy bowed deeply.
From the old man’s words, Billy had pretty much confirmed his identity; it was unlikely to be false.
“Hmm?” The old man was slightly surprised. “You don’t have the surname Ravenwood?”
“My mother is from the Ravenwood family!” Billy bowed again. “My surname is Stuart.”
“I see!” The old man nodded and continued, “Why are you here?”
“Ancestor, a hundred years ago, when the Holy Heaven Sect invaded Sky City, was the expert who appeared later you?” Billy asked.
After confirming the old man’s identity, Billy already knew the answer in his heart.
“My soul imprint was left here at that time,” the old man nodded slightly. “I was worried that the Holy Heaven Sect would return.”
“Hmm?” Billy was taken aback by his words.
“Ancestor, do you mean that it wasn’t your soul imprint but your true self who acted a hundred years ago?”
“The Holy Heaven Sect isn’t a particularly powerful force, but it is one of the top three sects in this star region,” the old man continued. “During that battle a hundred years ago, almost all their experts came out in full force. It would have been difficult for just my soul imprint to handle it.”
“It was really your true self?” Upon receiving confirmation, Billy gasped inwardly.
A hundred years ago, his true self had appeared! This meant that this ancestor might still be alive today!
A thousand years! This was incredible!
“Did you think I had already perished?” The old man smiled faintly. “Not only am I still alive, but my old friend from Ether Mountain is also doing well!”
“Really?” Billy was stunned again. “Then where are you now?”
“We’re in a place far from here. Telling you now won’t help, but we might meet in the future!” The old man replied.
After a slight pause, he continued, “You still haven’t answered my earlier question. Why are you here?”
“To answer Ancestor,” Billy bowed and said, “the Holy Heaven Sect has raised an army to invade again!”
“So they have come after all!” The old man’s brows furrowed slightly. “What is the reason this time?”
“They want to seize a treasure I possess!” Billy began to describe the situation to the old man.
Meanwhile.
In the core area of Cloudsea Valley.
Jorge Craft and Kian George led a thousand people to the central clearing of Cloudsea Valley.
“Where did Boss go? Why isn’t he back yet?” Stout smacked his lips as he looked ahead.
“I don’t know!” Judge replied and then looked at Opal. “Opal, do you know where Boss went?”
“I don’t know!” Opal shook his head slightly and added thoughtfully, “The spiritual energy here is so dense; it might not just be because of a spirit stone lode.”
“What do you mean?” Stout and Judge were both puzzled.
“Opal is right. If it were just a spirit stone lode, there wouldn’t be such dense spiritual energy gathering here,” Casey replied.
“That’s true!” Azure Dragon and Azure Fang nodded slightly.
Back in Polar Domain, they had excavated many spirit stone lodes.
But even in the valley with the largest spirit stone lode in the Southern Region back then, the spiritual energy wasn’t this dense-not even one-tenth of it!
“What could be the reason?” Felicia couldn’t help but ask.
“I feel like the spiritual energy here is almost as abundant as in Ether Mountain,” Amber said thoughtfully.
“Could there be a Spiritual Line Origin underground?” Felicia’s eyes lit up. “Is Billy looking for the Spiritual Line Origin?”
“It’s possible!” Opal and Amber both nodded.
Casey and others also considered this possibility.
“But isn’t there supposed to be only one Spiritual Line Origin per planet?” White Tiger asked.
“There are always exceptions,” Amber smiled faintly.
“But why would Boss look for the Spiritual Line Origin at this critical moment?” Soul Chaser continued.
“If there really is a Spiritual Line Origin below, it might be Purple Spirit’s idea!” Night Orchid added.
“Possibly!” Opal replied.
“Alright!” White Tiger shrugged and walked up to Jorge Craft to ask, “Mr Craft, I have a question. Isn’t the exit of a teleportation array supposed to be random within a certain range?”
“How did the Akabuchi Chamber of Commerce know that the Holy Heaven Sect would arrive at Sky City from here?”
“Random?” Jorge Craft was slightly taken aback before smiling faintly. “The randomness of a teleportation array exit is mostly due to the array master’s lack of skill.”
“Otherwise, fixing an exit isn’t particularly difficult!”
“Of course, sometimes it might also be intentional by the array master.”
“Alright!” White Tiger nodded in response.
“It’s said that some great array masters can even set up teleportation arrays at will,” Jorge Craft added.
“What do you mean?” Black Tortoise asked.
“Just like setting up barriers anytime and anywhere,” Kian George explained again.
“Really?” White Tiger and others were astonished.
In their impression, setting up a teleportation array was not a simple task; it required a lot of manpower and resources.
But now they were being told that some experts could do it at will!
Their horizons were still too narrow!
“They’re here!” At this moment, Ethereal Sect Grand Elder Oscar Craft looked up at the distant void and spoke solemnly.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw ripples spreading in the void, like stones thrown into a calm lake.
Soon after, figures began to emerge from that void, as if tearing through space itself.
They were all dressed in black robes, both men and women, with a Holy Heaven Sect emblem embroidered on their chests. There were about three to four hundred of them in total.
Leading them was an old man whose actual age was indiscernible. He was thin, with sharp eyes and no aura fluctuations around him.
This man was Tucker Aguirre, second in command of Holy Heaven Sect!
Following him closely was another old man named Tyrese Aguirre, Grand Elder of Holy Heaven Sect.
His cultivation was almost at the peak of Otherworldly Realm, just one step away from breaking through again.
Behind Tyrese Aguirre stood eight elderly men and women of varying ages from Holy Heaven Sect’s Elder Pavilion.
Among them was an old man who had escaped from Forbidden Ruins Space with Alvaro Aguirre last time, though Alvaro Aguirre himself was not present.
All eight were at Otherworldly Realm cultivation!
Two were in late-stage Otherworldly Realm, four in mid-stage Otherworldly Realm, and two in early-stage Otherworldly Realm!