He's a minor cannon fodder character who transmigrates into a novel and cultivates immortality,

Zhao Tianyu and Wang Mengya exchanged a glance, then walked past the crowd toward Xiao Xuan.

He stopped a few steps away from Xiao Xuan.

Zhao Tianyu: "I am Zhao Tianyu from the Divine Mechanism Pavilion. May I ask which sect this fellow Daoist belongs to?"

There were over a hundred people present, and Zhao Tianyu knew almost everyone, if not all of them.

The reason they were wary of Xiao Xuan was not because of Xiao Xuan himself, but more because the little black snake clinging to Xiao Xuan made them feel oppressed.

Xiao Xuan: "No sect or faction."

Just as Zhao Tianyu was about to ask a few more questions, Wang Mengya's voice rang out from the crowd, filled with joy, "Master, you're awake."

Zhang Wunian looked up and glanced around, then nodded to Wang Mengya, "You've finally arrived."

Wang Mengya asked, "Master, are you leading us out of the illusion?"

Zhang Wunian nodded. "Mm."

"Were you trapped in other illusions before?"

"Do you remember what happened in the illusion?"

Wang Mengya and Yun Che exchanged a glance and shook their heads. "We only remember being trapped in an illusion before. After leaving the first illusion, we entered a second one, and then we ended up here."

"As for what happened in the illusion, or how I broke the illusion and appeared here, I don't remember any of that."

Dan Yue and Yuan Song chimed in, "Senior Zhang, so are we."

"Dan Yue of Danyang Sect greets Sect Master Zhang."

"Danyang Sect Yuan Song greets Sect Master Zhang."

"Ma Tianjiao of the Tianshan Sect greets Sect Leader Zhang."

"Wang Wen of the Tianshan Sect greets Sect Leader Zhang."

"Xu Xian of Xuantian Sect greets Sect Master Zhang."

"Tianyin Palace..."

"Shadow Palace..."

Soon, the leading disciples from each sect stepped forward and paid their respects to Sect Master Zhang of the Divine Mechanism Pavilion.

Only Xiao Xuan, standing alone outside the crowd, remained calm and composed in the same spot.

Snow-white hair and silver eyes, ethereal and otherworldly.

Even in the desolate and illusory realm of soul-capturing illusion, her splendor remains undiminished.

Sensing something, Zhang Wunian took a step and walked towards Xiao Xuan's direction.

The cultivators quickly made way for Zhang Wunian.

Dan Yue asked Yuan Song in a low voice, "Senior brother, what about Sect Master Zhang?"

Yuan Song shook his head at Dan Yue, signaling her not to ask any more questions.

Whatever Sect Master Zhang intends to do, even if it's to kill the opposing cultivators, it's not something these juniors can interfere with.

Of course, the situation wasn't as bad as Yuan Song had imagined.

Zhang Wunian looked at Xiao Xuan, his expression excited, "You are Xuanzi?"

"Zhang Wunian, the twelfth generation head of the Divine Mechanism Pavilion, greets Xuanzi."

Zhang Wunian's face turned red, and he looked excited.

He knelt down before Xiao Xuan amidst the incredulous gazes of the crowd.

Just as my knees were about to hit the ground, my body was lifted up by a gentle force.

Upon hearing the commotion, Wang Mengya and Yuan Che rushed over and gasped in shock as they saw the Heavenly Profound Qi materialize. Their bodies reacted faster than their minds, and they knelt down before Xiao Xuan.

Upon realizing what was happening, Zhao Tianyu and the other disciples of the Divine Mechanism Pavilion all knelt down before Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan: "..."

Xiao Xuan slightly raised his hand, and the Heavenly Profound Qi transformed into soft clouds that lifted everyone up.

With a helpless expression, he said, "Gentlemen, there's no need for such formalities."

Xiao Xuan turned to look at Zhang Wunian, wanting to explain a few words, when a sudden realization dawned on him.

Guiding Xiao Xuan, he was the Xuanzi whom the Divine Mechanism Pavilion had been waiting for for tens of thousands of years.

It is also a soul from another world that came in response to the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao.