Chapter 1275: Exchange
"Disciple greets Master!" Ji Ning was the first to step forward and bow.
Zhou Tong nodded slightly. "Not bad. You've improved rapidly during this time."
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Tribulation Fire, on comprehending the Fire Element Heavenly Dao. Another great power has emerged in the Three Realms!" Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor immediately offered his congratulations.
"Just luck," Zhou Tong said with a faint smile.
"Fellow Daoist Tribulation Fire is too modest," Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor said. "You comprehended a Heavenly Dao in just over four hundred years. Since the birth of the Three Realms, you can be called the first person to accomplish such a feat. Such a cultivation speed is simply inconceivable."
"But Fellow Daoist, why haven't you broken through to the Dao Ancestor realm?" Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor asked, somewhat puzzled.
Logically, since he had already broken through to the Pure Yang True Immortal realm and comprehended the Fire Element Heavenly Dao, his next breakthrough should have come naturally. Breaking through to become an Ancestral God might be difficult, but becoming an Ancestral Immortal—a Dao Ancestor—was far easier. Why had he not broken through?
"There are still some matters I need to finish. Once I'm done, I'll break through directly," Zhou Tong said. "More importantly, did anything major happen in the Three Realms while I was away?"
"Let's talk as we walk." Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor made a welcoming gesture and led Zhou Tong toward a nearby palace.
As they walked over, Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor roughly explained the current situation in the Three Realms to Zhou Tong.
The Three Realms were now almost no different from their state in the original story. If there was one greatest difference, it was that the Great Xia World had fallen. In the original story, the battle for Great