Jiang Chen was still reeling from the chance meeting with the divine cultivator after leaving.

Their conversation had seemed civil, but in truth, they had been one step away from erupting in a fight. Both had been testing the other’s ability.

If the Vermilion Bird hadn’t been with him, Long Xiaoxuan and the Astral White Tiger wouldn’t have been enough for him to deter the divine cultivator. Thankfully, it’d just been an empty scare.

Jiang Chen sighed. It was certainly true that many powerful cultivators had escaped from the Boundless Prison, if he had run into one so easily. Nevertheless, he had been in high spirits since acquiring the pentacolor crystals.

The crystals were...