Chapter 521: Emperor Hall
Tianyi opened his eyes and stood up. He was inside the main hall of Nine Heavens Palace atop Nine Heavens Peak. To most of the wider world, he had been staying inside his abode, cultivating in seclusion. To the Numinous Sword Sect and others embroiled in the war, he had returned from the front lines to recuperate.
As for himself, he stayed in his palace because he was focused on what was happening in the alternate timeline. Now that he had shed his alter ego, Ding Mian, it was time for some answers. Oh, and reports, too.
“A rare visitor,” Grand Elder Xia said as he saw Tianyi walking toward him. “Did your infiltration succeed?”
“You can say that,” Tianyi said. He reported what he had seen and investigated in the alternate timeline and brought out all the jade slips containing all the techniques he could nab. “I thought about taking their treasury, but I don’t know if they booby trapped it or anything. Maybe they’d discover it once I brought it out in the prime timeline.”
Grand Elder Xia nodded. “A good precaution. Although I cannot guarantee the accuracy since we didn’t inspect the materials. All these techniques will enrich our own repository and allow us a greater insight into the Numinous Sword Sect.”
“Grand Elder, I have a question,” Tianyi started. Before even waiting for a response, he asked, “What happened to the Huang Realm? Why was it destroyed again?”
“Again?”
Upon seeing Grand Elder Xia’s confusion, Tianyi explained. “When I first traveled through the timeline and couldn’t find my way back, the Immortal Court Spirit destroyed the Huang Realm as part of the process of sending me back. I just feel that it’s weird that every time I visit a timeline, the Huang Realm gets destroyed.”
“That must be a coincidence. You only visited two timelines.”