As he spoke, Zhou Xuanmen suddenly noticed something, let out a sharp shout, and turned to glance in Xiao Mu's direction.

From his eyes, two black beams several meters long suddenly erupted, like brooms, sweeping directly toward the direction where Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness was located.

Not good!

The feeling of danger surged up in Xiao Mu's heart as the black beams swept over. Xiao Mu instantly sensed the crisis. These beams, sharp and filled with death qi, would likely obliterate his spiritual consciousness if struck.

Silently cursing, without hesitation, Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness soared into the sky. He darted upward, escaping Zhou Xuanmen's residence.

"It's you, that kid!"

Zhou Xuanmen suddenly saw clearly, the black beams in his eyes retracted, and he gently shook his head.

"Old Zhou, what's going on? Who was it?" Zun asked in astonishment.

Zhou Xuanmen said indifferently, "It's nothing. It was that kid Xiao Mu, spying on us just now. My Ghost Eye Technique found him."

"Xiao Mu? How did he get in?"

Zun was incredulous. How could Xiao Mu breach the Great Array, spy within it without being detected, and evade their divine sense?

"Perhaps his primordial spirit left his body," Zhou Xuanmen speculated. "Strange, this kid's out-of-body primordial spirit seems far stronger than ordinary ones."

Wu De Divine Monarch kept silent, but the exchange between Zhou Xuanmen and Zun unsettled him.

Old Zhou's strength is far greater than what he usually exhibits.

Xiao Mu's movements were undetected by me, yet Zhou noticed them.

Also, is the Ghost Eye Technique truly that powerful?

From my impression, that eye technique doesn't seem to have offensive capabilities. Could it be that the eye technique Zhou cultivates isn't the Ghost Eye Technique?

Xiao Mu fled Zhou Xuanmen's room and, seeing that Zhou did not pursue him, exhaled a sigh of relief.

Moments ago, it seemed Zhou had spotted his trail.

Not only spotted, but even recognized who he was.

This left Xiao Mu with a deep sense of frustration.

Primordial spirit detachment still cannot fool True Gods.

No, wait—just now, Senior Zun and Wu De didn't notice my trail, did they?

Zhou discerned it with those black beams from his eyes, apparently cultivated through some sort of eye technique. He likely identified me relying solely on that technique.

If that's the case, then it's not too bad.

But, I'll need to exercise caution around True God experts who've trained eye techniques.

Seeing no sign of Zhou Xuanmen giving chase, Xiao Mu relaxed considerably.

His spiritual consciousness shifted, heading toward the Human World Base.

Xiao Mu intended to use this opportunity to scout out the Heavenly Court's base.

His out-of-body primordial spirit, with its spiritual consciousness movement, was extremely fast—far faster even than riding clouds and mist.

With a single thought, Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness arrived above the Heavenly Court's base.

The Heavenly Court's base was located a great distance from the Human World Base—definitely beyond a thousand miles, possibly closer to two thousand.

My primordial spirit detachment, after the variant, has at least twice the range of typical detachment.

The enhanced power of his primordial spirit left Xiao Mu secretly delighted.

By this point, he hovered high above the Heavenly Court's base, gazing downward upon the defensive Great Array they had set up.

Xiao Mu probed with his spiritual consciousness, discovering energy-filled black lines scattered throughout.

Let's test whether this Great Array can block my investigation.

With a single thought, Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness descended, landing directly below.

The Heavenly Court's defensive Great Array offered no resistance, allowing him to sink straight down.

As he descended, Xiao Mu glimpsed the situation within the Heavenly Court base.

So many people, and so many powerful figures!

The Heavenly Court's base was brimming with towering momentum everywhere. Each surge of momentum belonged to at least one Divine Spirit expert.

The strongest three momentum surges must be from the Heavenly Court's three True Gods.

Of these, the one in the center was the strongest—undoubtedly Meng Xuantong. To the north and south respectively were two other momentum surges, which likely belonged to Yuan Men and Yu Tong.

These three True Gods were immensely powerful. Any one of them could discover me, so I'd better avoid provoking them and stick to reconnaissance around the periphery.

As he thought this, Xiao Mu deliberately avoided the three True Gods of the Heavenly Court.

"Senior Zhou, Wu De, and Zun are all concerned that the Heavenly Court may have more than three True Gods. However, from what I've observed in the camp so far, there remain only Meng Xuantong, Yuan Men, and Yu Tong."

"The force they've displayed may not represent the Heavenly Court's entirety. Other True Gods might be concealed or yet to arrive, so I cannot let my guard down."

Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness descended further, surveying the ordinary mutated beings.

These ordinary mutated beings clustered in numerous small groups.

Xiao Mu gazed toward the Northeast, where he glimpsed a dense concentration of death qi.

The overwhelming death qi condensed into fog, shrouding a large expanse of space.

In this fog, Xiao Mu detected seven Divine Spirits.

Each of these Divine Spirits carried an ancient, decayed wooden coffin strapped to their back.

From within the coffins, death qi radiated, accompanied by the aura of True God Realm experts.

Xiao Mu cautiously approached to observe further.

Within each coffin, Xiao Mu saw a corpse belonging to a True God Realm expert.

The True God Realm experts inside the coffins had fully dried bodies—no flesh or blood, only mummies.

Yet, whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of respiration came from the nostrils of the mummies, each of them still breathing.

"What kind of technique is this?"

Xiao Mu was stunned, staring at the seven mummies within the seven coffins.

These mummies, clearly cultivated through some secret technique, only appeared corpse-like—they weren't truly dead.

"Their methods must be bizarre. Perhaps they involve some kind of poison cultivation technique. If I ever encounter them, I must tread with extreme caution."

Xiao Mu silently heightened his vigilance, avoiding the mummies and moving his spiritual consciousness onward. Shortly after, he noticed dozens of Yin God Realm ordinary mutated beings ahead.

These dozens of ordinary Yin God Realm mutated beings were seated within a black Array on the ground.

The black Array was drawn onto the earth using dark lines, composing a peculiar and intricate circular design.

The large circular diagram was overall a massive circle, yet its internal structure was highly complex, brimming with strange patterns and symbols, with a smaller black circle situated at its center.

The Yin God Realm mutated beings injected power into the Array.

The Array floated upward, emitting black light as it transformed into a three-dimensional formation.

At its center, the smaller black circle began to glow.

A faintly visible portal flickered at the center of the circle, gradually solidifying.

"A Summoning Array!"

Xiao Mu was startled. Though his Array knowledge was limited, it was evident that this strange black Array controlled by the Heavenly Court mutated beings was a Summoning Array.

The mutated beings were summoning a powerful entity to cross dimensions.

Where were they summoning it from? The Heavenly Court? Or perhaps another realm?

Xiao Mu's heart pounded.

The Heavenly Court already had plenty of strong entities, posing an enormous threat to the Human World. Now, they were summoning even more powerful figures.

The Life and Death Seal battle would spell immense trouble for the Human World.

It might ultimately escalate into a true battle of life and death.

The Summoning Array had only just begun. To complete the summoning would likely take several hours, possibly ten or more.

"I should investigate elsewhere. Perhaps the Heavenly Court has additional arrangements."

"I need to uncover everything—prepare in advance."

Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness shifted away from the Summoning Array, heading Northeast.

"Who's there?"

A thunderous voice rang out, imbued with True Force.

The authentic power inherent in the voice rippled outward, shaking Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness violently, nearly scattering it.

Immediately afterward, a powerful aura surged from the center of the base. Wrapped in the essence of Guobao, thunder, lightning, and bolts of energy erupted into the sky.

A formidable pressure compressed Xiao Mu's spiritual consciousness, pinning it in place—a supreme expert had appeared, instantly rising skyward and flying toward Xiao Mu's position.

Meng Xuantong!

Xiao Mu was aghast, realizing he had been discovered by Meng Xuantong.

The opponent was pursuing him, intent on capturing his spiritual consciousness.

Without hesitation, Xiao Mu fled at once.

His spiritual consciousness transformed and darted away.

The movement speed of his spiritual consciousness surpassed even that of Riding Clouds and Mist. Xiao Mu was confident that Meng Xuantong couldn't catch up.

Whoosh! Bang!

Just as Xiao Mu moved, a muffled sound echoed through the air—a massive black net descended upon him.

The Sky-catching Net!

It was the Sky-catching Net, specifically designed to trap all kinds of spiritual consciousness. If Xiao Mu fell into its grasp, his spiritual consciousness would be trapped indefinitely.

So Meng Xuantong had already detected Xiao Mu earlier, secretly setting up the Sky-catching Net to ensnare him.

Like Zhou Xuanmen, Meng Xuantong possessed the ability to perceive Xiao Mu's trail and see through his detachment technique.

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