The sects of the Immortal World do not allow everyone to ascend, and all the high-ranking members of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, including Li Cheng, were puzzled by this.
Baili Changkong let out a sigh and said, "This is a helpless measure. Over the past twenty thousand years, the Immortal Court has been scheming to take a treasure that protects our sect, secretly harming countless disciples and forcing us to close our gates for recuperation and regeneration."
"To avoid implicating the Heavenly Mechanism Sect in the Kunlun Realm, we had no choice but to ask for Grand Venerable Bai Jie's intervention, cutting off the disciples' path to ascension."
Baili Changkong's explanation was concise, but what the Heavenly Mechanism Sect in the Immortal World had experienced was surely not that simple.
Li Cheng, curious, asked, "What treasure is it that the Immortal Court covets so much?"
