Unfortunately, it was a fact that Li Ling was still a Path Walker, a disciple at the very bottom of the Six Paths Demon Sect hierarchy, akin to an outer sect disciple of any publicly recognized sect. As such, his usage rights of the Tianming Continent Teleportation Array Network were only slightly better than an outer sect disciple's of a mid ranked sect, allowing him to make fewer jumps than necessary and wait for a shorter period of time.
Don't look at how he got here in one go with Bai Ruyi, that was because the Saintess herself and a Nascent Soul Elder came to make the request, not to mention that even then, they still had to wait for a short while, which gave the duo of Elder Yan and Lin Yue time to rush over.
Checking the map of the continent's array network, Li Ling was shown the nearest locale he could teleport to, which was a demonic sect region belonging to the Hundred Ghosts Valley, a middle rank sect on par with Boundless Joy and Qing Shan.