"What's going on?"

"If we calculate the time, the Dan Yang Divine Palace should have opened too. Could something have happened inside the palace?"

"This is bad, what do we do now? How will I explain this to the elder when I return?"

The area around the Meteor Crater was in an uproar, yet unlike the other Nascent Soul Ancestors who were schadenfreudely amused, the Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Eight Ancient Clans, Lichen Island, and Heavenly Person Sect, looked exceptionally grim.

This was because the "sequence numbers" above represented the most outstanding Golden Core Masters from their forces.

As long as they don't perish in the Moonlight Cave Heaven, these young ones can likely break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and may become the pillars of their forces in the future.

"True Monarch Mo, what kind of anomaly has occurred within the Grotto Heaven? Could you enlighten us?" A female cultivator in magnificent palace attire from the Sili Family suddenly stepped forward and shouted aloud towards the High Crowned White Robed Elder from afar.

Sili Tiancheng was evidently the most outstanding and deep-potential individual among the Golden Core Clan Members of the Sili Family, one of the next generation's Divinity Transformation seeds, absolutely mustn't meet with mishap!

Based on the past trends, there shouldn't have been any unforeseen events, yet now such an eerie situation has emerged. How could Sili Qianqian not be both shocked and furious?

Other Nascent Soul Ancestors, including Bai Mei, also turned their gaze to the High Crowned White Robed Elder, with some looking anxious, some expressionless, and others with a piercing gleam in their eyes, seemingly awaiting Mo Yanhai's explanation.

Mo Yanhai's complexion was unusually solemn, as never had a Moonlight Gathering seen such strange occurrences throughout history.

"Do any of you intend to force the palace?"

With these words, the faces of the Nascent Soul Ancestors changed instantly, with some hurriedly shouting they dared not.

"True Monarch Mo, we merely wish to know what anomaly transpired within?" The female cultivator from the Sili Family seemed reluctant, boldly questioning further.

"Taoist Sili's words are indeed true, we just care about the situation of the young ones; alive or dead, we deserve an answer." A voice of indeterminate gender suddenly rang out in the sky, yet it was unclear who spoke.

"If it was my clan's young ones lacking in strength, resulting in their downfall, I would have no words. But since so many have fallen in succession, clearly there's internal information involved. I hope True Monarch Mo carefully considers!" A Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Mo Family slowly spoke.

The Mo Family ranked second among the Eight Ancient Clans, with deep roots in the Taisu Spiritual Realm, being a Lower Realm branch of the Hundred Earth's Mo Family.

Mo Yanhai suddenly sighed lightly, feeling somewhat fatigued.

Over the past millennia, he had presided over nine Moonlight Gatherings without error, yet this time unexpected events repeatedly occurred, although not his responsibility, he knew that Elder Gui Mu's impression of him would diminish by three points due to this incident.

Thinking this, Mo Yanhai flipped his hand to take out the "key" to open the Grotto Heaven, intending to investigate.

But at this moment, two figures abruptly appeared before the grey-white stone gate.

The cultivators gazed over, quickly bowing in ceremony, fearing to be disrespectful.

The two newcomers were none other than Elder Gui Mu and Red Light Star Lord, who had gone and returned.

Red Light Star Lord glanced at the Light List, turned his head, and asked solemnly: "Gui Mu elder, what do you think?"

"Red Light, regardless of what anomaly has occurred in the Moonlight Cave Heaven, it's an internal matter of our Nine Questions Immortal Sect. You needn't interfere." Elder Gui Mu was evidently highly cautious of Red Light Star Lord, preemptively blocking him with words.

Red Light Star Lord chuckled: "How can I not care when my few incompetent disciples are inside? As their master, I must be concerned!"

"Hmph, this Grotto Heaven can no longer withstand any Returning to Void Realm entry. If you don't mind being torn apart by the Space-Time Storm, go ahead and charge in."

"Naturally, I wouldn't force my way in, but merely throw some things inside."

Before finishing his words, three points of starlight shot from Red Light Star Lord's sleeve like lightning, swiftly entering the stone gate and vanishing in a flash.

Since this change occurred in a flash, even Elder Gui Mu couldn't prevent it.

At the same time, scattered throughout the Grotto Heaven, the flesh of Yu Shashi, Liu Mao, and Chen Ling, three Golden Cores from the Ten Thousand Star Palace, inexplicably shattered silently, raising an intense starlight at the location.

Soon, they saw three starry rivers shoot up to the Heavenly Vault from various locations in the Grotto Heaven, each greeting the three points of starlight breaking in, and almost instantaneously merging into one.

Immediately, the three starry rivers transformed into three meteors, piercing through the Barrier surrounding the Divine Palace, and landed in the Upper Sky above the Divine Palace Square, ultimately forming three Star Patterns deeply etched onto the outer wall of the Divine Palace.

Outside the Grotto Heaven, Elder Gui Mu, witnessing this scene, coldly snorted with displeasure, flicked his long sleeve, sending out a wooden bead about an inch in size.

The bead was green, its surface protruding a Dragon Head with a Qilin body and wings, resembling a demon beast.

"Whish," the bead blurred, suddenly passing through the stone gate and disappearing.

...

In the northwest of the Grotto Heaven, in a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides, three people hovered in mid-air, locked in a standoff.

Chen Dacheng, clad in a red Magic Robe, held one position, and facing him stood two individuals, one engulfed in black flames, the other with a high crown and broad belt, with a distinguished appearance.

The gaze of the three intermittently glanced intentionally or unintentionally towards the center of the basin, at a three-zhang high Giant Stone emitting rolling red light.

On the surface of the stone grew seven or eight red Lingzhi, the largest Lingzhi cap like an umbrella cover, upon closer inspection, visible on the Lingzhi's surface were circles of clearly patterned texture, flickering, emitting an intensely rich fiery red essence, unmistakably a rare Spiritual Medicine.

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