Wang Yi tirelessly devoted himself to one deep yet accessible exchange after another with the Naga Demon in the cave world.
Day after day, year after year...
When one's mind was free of distractions, time always seemed to pass especially quickly.
On the Origin Continent, time also flowed slowly onward like water at its unchanging pace.
The Wujian Universe, Wujian Continent.
A majestic, vast island floated in the void. Around it, streams of dreamlike, beautiful light flowed like a galaxy, circling the incomparably ancient island. On the distant land beyond the island, enormous mansions and palaces could vaguely be seen scattered in an orderly arrangement.
The masters of those palaces could almost see the island overhead whenever they looked up, as though dark clouds were pressing down upon them.
Across the splendid and magnificent island stood radiant palaces, arranged in four regions around the most glorious palace complex at the center. The four regions were the offices of the External Affairs Department's eastern, southern, western, and northern divisions, while the central palaces housed the four Deputy Department Masters and the Department Master.
When the new Department Master took office, the previously somewhat lazy and idle members of the External Affairs Department initially roused themselves and got to work. The entire Canglan Island became a bustling sight.
Then they discovered that their noble Department Master rarely appeared at the External Affairs Department. According to unofficial rumors, this Department Master, who had only recently broken through, was usually busy cultivating and seldom involved himself in the department's affairs, leaving everything to the four Deputy Department Masters. Upon hearing this, the personnel of the External Affairs Department all breathed sighs of relief.
What they feared most was that the new Department Master would start by making an example of someone, killing a chicken