Having fled to some unknown depth of the Mist Marsh, Skyfire God Honored suddenly halted. He first sighed, then shook his head, and said with a smugly satisfied expression, "Damn, I'm lucky! To encounter such a terrifying Sword Cultivator and actually survive."

That last sword strike had nearly scared his soul out of him.

In his life, he had fought many cultivators of the same realm and had never once been defeated.

Yet against that White Clad Sword Cultivator of the same realm, he found himself as fragile as a thin sheet of paper.

He had no strength to fight back whatsoever.

Perhaps from a greater distance, he could have used his Divine Skills and magical artifacts to hold out for a while.

However, Skyfire God Honored suspected... regardless of what methods he employed, he would ultimately be no match for that mysterious White Clad Sword Cultivator.

"Could that guy be from the Sword Pavilion?"

Stroking his chin, Skyfire God Honored pondered. The only possibility he could think of was the Sword Pavilion.

In the entirety of the Divine Land, only cultivators from the Sword Pavilion were renowned throughout the world for their unfathomable and unpredictable swordsmanship.

If the White Clad Sword Cultivator was indeed from the Sword Pavilion, Skyfire God Honored felt his defeat wouldn't be too shameful.

After all, he, a mere Skyfire God Honored from the small Flame Spirit Region, could in no way compare to a Successor of the Sword Pavilion.

The Sword Pavilion was a behemoth, its strength terrifyingly beyond imagination.

"From now on, I better stay away from any sword-wielding cultivators of the same level..."

Dejectedly shaking his head, Skyfire God Honored began to examine his surroundings.

After carefully comparing the space here, he took out a Token from his person and gently swiped it in the empty space above. An opening suddenly appeared in the mist.

"So it's truly here. Who would have thought that the Cloud Mark Cave was hidden in this place!"

Putting away his Token, Skyfire God Honored smiled relaxedly, a hopeful light in his eyes. With a flash, he vanished through the opening.

He stepped through the opening into the Cloud Mark Cave.

「Inside the Cloud Mark Cave.」

He sped along, and in the time it took for over ten breaths, he quickly arrived at the perimeter of an ancient Formation.

The ancient Formation had already been damaged.

In the center of the Formation was a conspicuously long, enormous black stone.

Surrounding it sat five God Venerable Realm cultivators, dressed differently, cross-legged.

In their midst, a small-scale Prohibited Formation was operating.

Recognizing a familiar black-robed elder among them, Skyfire God Honored's face broke into a warm smile. He immediately flew over and bowed deeply. "Master, I have arrived!"

"You've arrived just in time," the elder replied. "To break the Seal on the Black Stone Treasury, it will require the six of us working together with all our might to even have a chance."

The speaker was a black-robed elder with a gaunt, wrinkled face. His cultivation base had reached the Fourth Layer of God Respect State.

Among the five, he had the highest cultivation base and was their leader.

The other four God Venerable Realm cultivators opened their eyes, glanced at Skyfire God Honored, and nodded slightly.

Skyfire God Honored clasped his fists in return salute and, following the black-robed elder's instructions, sat down in a designated position within the Formation.

The black-robed elder, still somewhat uneasy, looked at Skyfire God Honored and asked seriously, "Did you encounter any trouble on your way? Was anyone following you?"

"Master," Skyfire God Honored reported, "Inside the Cloud Mist Marsh, I encountered a terrifying fellow. His cultivation base is the same as mine, and his Practiced Sword Art is exceptionally fearsome. He looked like someone from the Sword Pavilion."

The image of Ye Yun's stunning sword strike flashed in Skyfire God Honored's mind, and an involuntary look of terror appeared on his face.

Upon hearing it was someone from the Sword Pavilion, all five God Venerable Realm cultivators shivered instinctively.

If someone from the Sword Pavilion had set their sights on the Cloud Mark Cave and successfully found the entrance to get in, they truly couldn't afford to provoke them.

The black-robed elder sighed, his gaze fixed intently on Skyfire God Honored, and asked again, "This Sword Cultivator from the Sword Pavilion, did he place any kind of tracking mark on you?"

Skyfire God Honored replied with a smile, "Absolutely not. We merely exchanged a few blows; neither of us aimed to kill. That Sword Cultivator from the Sword Pavilion was actually quite reasonable."

"No, it's better if I check you myself to be sure." The black-robed elder was still not reassured. He instantly released his powerful Divine Sense, scanning Skyfire God Honored from head to toe.

Skyfire God Honored had no choice but to accept his master's Divine Sense scan.

After a thorough scan, the black-robed elder was completely relieved.

He nodded, his expression relaxing, and said in a deep voice, "There are no tracking marks on you."

Skyfire God Honored nodded in agreement repeatedly.

"It's truly great that people from the Sword Pavilion aren't involved..." Upon hearing this, Ning Fangzhi let out a long sigh of relief, a heavy burden lifted from his heart.

His greatest fear was that the Black Stone Treasury would fall into the hands of others.

Having already lost a clone, if the Black Stone Treasury were also snatched away by others, he would truly suffer a devastating double loss.

"Alright, let's begin!" the black-robed elder declared loudly. "We must strive to break the Seal on the Black Stone Treasury within a month!"

"Okay!" The others exclaimed. Upon hearing 'Black Stone Treasury,' they were instantly invigorated, forming hand seals and pouring streams of Mana into the great Formation.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The operating great Formation's offensive power instantly doubled, frantically eroding the Seal on the black stone.

「Outside the Cloud Mark Cave.」

With a ripple in the void, Ye Yun and Liu Yiyi appeared below the entrance to the Cloud Mark Cave.

Ye Yun, with his hands behind his back, said softly, "This should be the place. Skyfire God Honored... vanished right here."

He then began to look around, searching for an opening.

If his guess was correct, Skyfire God Honored's sudden disappearance here meant he must have entered a Miniature World.

The Miniature World within the Mist Marsh should be the Cloud Mark Cave.

Ye Yun hadn't expected that Skyfire God Honored... would actually lead the way for him.

To think he'd searched high and low for it, only to have it fall into his lap so easily!

In Ye Yun's mystical eyes, countless tiny, star-like runes began to emerge, shifting with the Power of Life and Death, as he searched for the entrance to the Cloud Mark Cave.

Within a few breaths, Ye Yun not only found the Cloud Mark Cave but also successfully opened an entrance.

Liu Yiyi gazed at the opening in mid-air and said in surprise, "Brother Yun, who would have thought the Cloud Mark Cave was hidden here!"

"Let's go, we're going in!" Ye Yun replied with a faint smile, pulling Liu Yiyi as they flew into the Cloud Mark Cave.

Upon entering the Cloud Mark Cave, Ye Yun found it was no different from other Miniature Worlds.

The only thing that puzzled him was that within this Miniature World, he actually sensed a trace of a Divine Dragon's Super Divine Dragon Breath.

This Super Divine Dragon Breath was extremely faint.

If it weren't for his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, perhaps even an ordinary Divine Dragon wouldn't have been able to sense it.

This naturally deepened Ye Yun's interest.

Upon entering the Cloud Mark Cave, Ye Yun discovered that the Spiritual Energy here wasn't very dense; it was even fainter than outside.

Barren mountains, treacherous waters, sparse vegetation—it was desolate everywhere, exuding an ancient atmosphere, as if a terrible, great battle had once occurred here.

Upon entering the Cloud Mark Cave, Ye Yun once again sensed the mark he had planted on Skyfire God Honored.

That mark was currently in an extremely remote part of the Cloud Mark Cave.

Ye Yun concealed his Super Divine Dragon Breath and then led Liu Yiyi as they flew towards the depths.

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