Dai Ji hid within, facing almost no danger to her life.
Xu Xing only discovered this latter point after his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Daoist Lord realm.
Otherwise, no matter how vast the Nanyan Continent and the Wangchuan Sea were, the Cross-State Teleportation Array concealed within them could not have withstood the carpet-like search of Primordial Spirit Saint Monarchs.
Bypassing the palace buildings on the upper level of Small Ring Mountain, Xu Xing activated a mechanism and headed straight for the Earth palace.
"Is that you, Husband?"
Sensing Xu Xing's arrival, Dai Ji, who was in secluded cultivation in the depths of the Earth palace, showed a hint of joy. She waved her sleeve, pushed open the stone door, and walked out, throwing herself into Xu Xing's arms.
"Nearly a hundred years have passed in the outside world. Husband, now that you've returned, does this mean... the turmoil in the Nanyan Continent's cultivation world has subsided?"
