The battle in the space with the Nine Cauldrons quickly came to an end with White Silkworm beating Di Luo up quitte badly. Then, when they realized that Tong Zhan had disappeared, White Silkworm left to look for Tong Zhan. 

When he found Tong Zhan and saw his miserable condition, White Silkworm coldly asked, “Who did this?” 

In the distance, the cultivators from the Tong family were seething with anger.

“I don't know his name, but he should have been one of the Fifth Mainland’s Ten Arbiters. He wanted to know the location where the two Venerables would tear through the Astral River, but I didn’t tell him,” Tong Zhan said. 

White Silkworm coldly replied, “It wouldn’t have mattered even if you had told him—the Outerverse cannot withstand our invasion forces. They only have one Yuan Shi, and resistance is meaningless.” 

Tong Zhan coldly declared, “I must find him and get revenge.” 

White Silkworm stretched out a hand, pressed it against Tong Zhan’s body, and then muttered, “There’s signs of the Overlaying Stacks Path being used. Although the person who attacked you didn’t actually use that technique, he wasn’t able to completely hide that he uses it, which means that he must be quite skilled at the Overlaying Stacks Path.” 

Tong Zhan’s eyes went wide. “The Overlaying Stacks Path… Ten Arbiters… I know who that person was! Lan Si.” 

“You were in the Starfall Sea, but you didn’t recognize Lan Si here?” 

“He altered his appearance, probably because...