Chapter 1810: The Location of the Ruins

"You mean, Xiao'e transformed herself into a divine palace and sealed that 'Dark Sect Master' for ten years?!"

Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan, after hearing Li Luo recount the many great events that had occurred since they had exiled themselves into the depths of the void, finally raised their heads in shock, gazing toward the black sun and blood moon at the edge of the heavens.

Up there, they indeed saw a mysterious and magnificent cluster of divine palaces.

Those divine palaces faintly carried a familiar aura.

Li Luo nodded.

Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan exchanged a glance, yet secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Jiang Jiang Qinge had merely transformed into a cluster of divine palaces to seal the Dark Sect Master; she had not perished. Compared to the worst possible outcome, this was far more acceptable.

"I never imagined that the 'Myriad Phases Seed' we obtained from that sect's ruins back then was actually part of a scheme by that 'Dark Sect Master.'" Dantai Lan then said with some self-reproach. Now that Li Luo's Myriad Phases Seed had been taken and his phases had dissipated, all the calamities stemmed from this.

"Had we known, we never should have gone in back then," she said, her eyes slightly reddened.

Hearing this, Li Luo smiled and shook his head, saying: "That won't do. If you hadn't gone in, Father, Mother, I wouldn't have such a wonderful wife."

Dantai Lan was momentarily speechless, then nodded as well: "That's true enough. Such a wonderful daughter-in-law as Xiao'e—I really couldn't bear to lose her."

Li Li Tianwang nodded in agreement; the family reached a great consensus on this point.

Then they all laughed, and their mood eased somewhat.

"Interrupting the three of you reuniting at this time does seem rather ill-timed." At this moment, Jiang Li Tianwang's laughter came from the side.

Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan both cupped their fists toward Jiang Li Tianwang, thanking them for the guidance they had provided this time.

"Zhu Xuan Li Tianwang, Lan Li Tianwang, the current situation in the Outer Shenzhou—you must already know about it. The Goddess transformed herself into a divine palace to seal the Dark Sect Master for ten years, and now nearly four years have already passed..."

"So there are still six years left. After six years, the Dark Sect Master will descend upon the world at her true 'Ten-Grade Realm,' and at that time, no one will be able to check her."

"According to what the Goddess said before the seal, perhaps only within that 'ruins of the Faceless Holy Sect's headquarters' can a sliver of hope for salvation be found."

"But over these years, we Heavenly Kings of the Outer Shenzhou have exhausted every effort, yet we have not found the slightest trace of those ruins. And now in this world, only the two of you who once accidentally entered it remain. I wonder... do you have any clues?" Jiang Li Tianwang looked at Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan and asked with a bitter smile.

In their search for the ruins of the Faceless Holy Sect, they had already exhausted every effort. The entire Ten Great Outer Shenzhou had practically been turned upside down, yet those ruins seemed to have vanished completely from the world, leaving no trace whatsoever.

The Heavenly Kings were at a loss. This time, they had exerted their full strength to guide Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan back, hoping to obtain some useful information from them.

"The ruins of the Faceless Holy Sect's headquarters?"

Li Taixuan and Dantai Lan's expressions shifted upon hearing this. They exchanged a glance, then said: "Perhaps in this world today, it really is only the two of us who know the clues to those ruins."

Delight immediately rose in Jiang Li Tianwang's eyes.

Dantai Lan did not keep them in suspense, but said directly: "It's actually quite normal that you cannot find the location of those ruins, because within the Faceless Holy Sect's ruins lies the final phase left behind by that Sect Master."

Li Luo, Jiang Li Tianwang, and the others all shuddered. They naturally knew that among the phases left behind by that Sect Master, one dual-phase had yet to appear in the world.

That was...

"The Misty Void Phase?" Li Luo asked softly.

The so-called Misty Void was the Space Phase and the Mist Phase—the Sect Master's final dual-phase.

Dantai Lan nodded and said: "Actually, those sect ruins have always existed within the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou. Although they occasionally move along with space, they are not exactly hidden. The reason you cannot find them is simply because they are shrouded by a layer of mysterious mist. This mist can even conceal a corner of the river of time; its ability to obscure is unmatched under heaven. Naturally, you could not discover it."

"The ability of the Mist Phase..." Jiang Li Tianwang exclaimed in awe, finally understanding why they had searched for years, scouring every forbidden zone across the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou, yet could not find a trace of those ruins.

It turned out they were concealed by that terrifying mist. Perhaps those ruins were right before their eyes; they had searched in front of them countless times, yet had brushed past them every time.

Li Luo pondered slightly and said: "Then how did you two get in back then?"

"Back then, during a training expedition, Tai Zhu Xuan and I happened to enter the range where those ruins had manifested. My own Space Phase resonated with that Sect Master's Space Phase, creating a spatial rift for a period of time, so we happened to go in. It can only be called a fortunate coincidence."

"No..."

At this point, Dantai Lan's voice suddenly paused, her gaze somewhat dim, and she said: "Perhaps it was not a coincidence, but a scheme deduced by that Dark Sect Master."

In the past, she would have thought it a coincidence, but with the emergence of that Dark Sect Master and the theft of Li Luo's Myriad Phases Seed, this was no coincidence.

It was a scheme.

That Dark Sect Master was terrifying beyond measure. Her strength had already reached a realm beyond imagination, capable of deducing this scheme across such an immense span of time.

Li Li Tianwang also fell silent, his gaze darkening. Clearly, he was extremely furious at that Dark Sect Master who had plotted against them.

Li Luo reached out and grasped Dantai Lan's hand in comfort, saying: "Mother, don't dwell on it. These are all things of the past. What matters most now is to make plans for the future."

"We need to find those sect ruins, then enter them to seek answers."

Dantai Lan nodded gently, then looked at Jiang Li Tianwang and said: "I can next traverse the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou to sense the 'Space Phase' within those ruins. Once we pinpoint the ruins' location, perhaps we can gather the power of all the Heavenly Kings of the Outer Shenzhou to forcibly tear apart that mist shrouding the ruins and force it to reveal itself to the world."

Jiang Li Tianwang's eyes immediately brightened, and he laughed with relief: "Then I'll leave it to Lan Li Tianwang!"

Dantai Lan shook her head and said: "My two children have already done this much. How could we, as their parents, not give our all?"

She gently patted the back of Li Luo's hand, her eyes full of affection and heartache.

"There's no time to delay. Let's begin right away."

Dantai Lan's nature was also decisive and swift. Although she had not seen Li Luo for several years, she understood that now was not the time for tender words. Li Luo was no longer the youth he once was. What mattered most now was to find an answer to deal with the Dark Sect Master within the ten years that Jiang Jiang Qinge had won for them.

"Good, I'll notify the other Heavenly Kings to follow and accompany us at all times."

Jiang Li Tianwang was also without delay, immediately summoning the other Heavenly Kings of the Outer Shenzhou to form the most lavish escort, protecting Dantai Lan as they began searching for the sect ruins.

Li Luo naturally followed as well.

Thus, over the following half year, the escort formed by the Heavenly Kings of the Outer Shenzhou followed Dantai Lan as they once again traversed every corner of the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou.

Finally, on this day when the time sealing the Dark Sect Master reached its fifth year.

A smile appeared on Dantai Lan's cheeks. She pointed toward the space between the mountains not far away, and her slightly weary voice caused the gazes of the many Heavenly Kings to suddenly kindle with excitement.

"Finally... we found it."