The Li Clan's Old Ancestor revealed himself, drifting through the cloudy sky, his voice sounding as though it echoed straight from the Asura hells.
The "time running out" he spoke of was the surging black clouds in the sky, crashing like tidal waves and moving mountains, and the sudden, violent winds.
It was the pitch-black spatial mirrors forming beneath the dark clouds.
Just as the four Body Integration experts stood up, the mirrors opened like grand doors, unleashing a shadowy, inescapable aura of death akin to a fog-shrouded forest.
These presences representing death were the auras of mighty figures.
"Clatter, clank."
The grating sound of metal grinding against metal rang out.
At one end of a profound-colored chain stood a girl in a yellow dress with twin tails. The other end split into two; one attached to a compassionate nun, while the other bound an old man slumped over like a walking corpse, half-naked and deathly pale.
This old man, retaining only the faintest trace of Dao rhythm, absentmindedly stroked his hollowed-out chest where his heart should have been.
Even the young nun's Buddhist chant of "Amitabha" could not mask the eerie strangeness of this somewhat mischievous girl.
This bone-chilling sense of impending doom was further compounded by the experts stepping out of the spatial mirrors one after another following the girl's appearance.
Through these doors, thin as paper, it seemed an entire hidden treasure land lay beyond.
The stream of experts walking out seemed endless, continuing until their terrifying coercive pressure entirely drowned out the peace that Jade Mist Valley should have possessed, and the sound of fear finally found its voice.
"The Xuanyuan Clan of Redmere Prefecture! That's their emblem, that's... the Old Ancestor of the Xuanyuan Clan and their Divine Beast!"
"The Zhangsun Clan!"
"The Law Enforcement Elder of the Eternal Immortal Sect, Lin Yunzhi. The Head of the Zhangsun Clan, Zhangsun Buhuo. The Sect Master of the Eternal Immortal Sect, Duanmu Qi..."
Aura after aura of Body Integration, Void Refinement, and Divinity Transformation experts materialized in the cloudy sky through the spatial mirrors of the Li Clan's Old Ancestor, causing the disciples of Jade Mist Valley and the members of the Peerless Hall to pale in utter shock.
More than half of the prominent experts in the entire Southern Frontier had appeared above Jade Mist Valley.
At this sight, even Immortal Linghu's face turned incredibly ugly.
Staring fixedly at the Li Clan's Old Ancestor, his murmurs were laced with fury.
"Spatial rules... long-distance teleportation. The prominent experts of the Southern Frontier... almost all of them have come!"
Looking down at the entirety of Jade Mist Valley and taking in the expressions of the cultivators within, a hint of peculiarity flashed through Li Wei's eyes.
Did all of Jade Mist Valley truly and naively believe that their Azure Cloud Li Clan intended to deal with Jade Mist Valley relying on their strength alone?
Although a century had passed and their Azure Cloud Li Clan had grown a bit stronger, that didn't mean they were arrogant and foolish!
Li Wei glanced at Li Kuanghua beside him.
Over the years, the family had continuously been in contact with the major factions of the Southern Frontier.
Aside from Grandhaven Prefecture, the other prefectures had not doubted the Li Clan's words in the slightest and had firmly united because of it.
Li Kuanghua's [Persuader] trait had also played a crucial role.
Of course, the skepticism of Grandhaven Prefecture was no longer something the majority of its factions could decide.
For example, in the current Jade Mist Valley, more than half were members of the Peerless Hall.
And the method that silently brought these experts here was precisely the spatial mirrors standing behind him!
[You have cultivated in seclusion for nearly a century. Your comprehension of rules has increased, gaining a deeper understanding of space and time.]
[Through studying spatial rings and the spatial stones used to refine them, your application of space has gradually improved.
You suddenly realized: since you can teleport yourself through the mirrors, could you teleport others across space? If achievable, even when the Blood Moon arrives, you could use this method to allow your clansmen to come and go freely when charging into it.]
[After years of intensive research, your Void Refinement technique 'Mirror' has made significant progress, culminating in the Void Refinement technique: 'Spatial Gate'!]
[Your comprehension of spatial rules has increased by 2%!]
Spatial Gate.
He could now accomplish teleporting cultivators freely across the distance of an entire Region via the Spatial Gate!
Wherever he stood, there lay the most powerful teleportation array in the world.
At this moment.
The numerous cultivators emerging from the Gates of Space also stared wide-eyed at the Li Clan's Old Ancestor.
The Li Clan and the others had long been preparing to strike against Jade Mist Valley, remaining hidden at the border of Redmere Prefecture.
However, everyone knew that although Jade Mist Valley's Immortal Linghu hadn't shown himself, his divine soul had constantly been scanning the edges of Redmere Prefecture, guarding against the many powerhouses of the Southern Frontier.
If they had arrived earlier, they would only have alerted Jade Mist Valley.
The Li Clan had said they had a method.
It wasn't until mirror after mirror pierced through space over such a massive area—from one Region to another—that they finally realized what the Li Clan's method was.
Although condensing the Spatial Gate required 30 to 60 minutes each time, and the long-distance condensation of spatial rules would be detected and required extensive preparation, this alone was enough to shock the world!
"If this could be formed into a permanent array formation, it would be the greatest revolution in the world."