Half a month had passed since they left the abyss. In these two weeks, Xiao Jie and Baibai had emerged from the depths to discover that among the many venerable figures drawn to Bailian Forest, some possessed the Deity Transformation stage or higher. No one knew their exact levels of cultivation because those individuals all wore masks. Their presence had driven away the various sect cultivators who had prepared to approach or were stationed nearby. Naturally, this retreating crowd included Daojun Chixiao of the Tianyan Sect. Daojun Chixiao was still in the Deity Transformation stage; over the span of nearly a hundred years, his strength had only advanced by a tiny fraction without any major breakthroughs. Consequently, during the period when Li Dai returned to her sect and even held her Void Integration ceremony, he had remained in secluded cultivation and never emerged.
Because it was a closed-door seclusion, people from the sect found it inconvenient to disturb him or force him out. Thus, when Li Dai learned of this situation back then, she did not pay him a separate visit.
However, she had heard that he was now struggling with his breakthroughs and seemed to have developed inner demons.
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