"I understand."
"For these next three months, I will enter full closed-door cultivation, hone my cultivation base, refine my divine abilities, and adjust myself to a flawless, peak state. Meanwhile, I must trouble the City Lord to coordinate the entire realm, reinforce the plane barrier, activate the ancient formations, allocate healing resources, pacify the morale of the cultivator army, and make all-out preparations for battle."
"In this battle, the Heavenly Profound Realm has nowhere to retreat and no place to hide. Only a fight to the death can secure a way to survive."
Every single word rang with the force of metal and stone, striking the ground with a resounding sound.
There were no grandiose declarations, yet it carried an inherent power that shook the soul, bringing a sliver of desperate resolve to survive into the heavy, oppressive study.
The Tianyuan City Lord clasped his fists solemnly with a stern expression. "This old master will exhaust all of Tianyuan City's heritage, defend our territory to the death, rally the army, and await little friend Lin's emergence at his peak so we may resist this calamity together!"
With their discussion concluded, Lin Feng lingered no longer. He turned, strode out of the City Lord's Mansion, soared into the sky, and sped back toward the direction of the Azure Profound Sect.
Above the vast expanse of the sky, the wind whipped his robes. The youth's retreating figure was tall, upright, and solitary, yet it bore the weight of the entire world.
He knew very well that the coming three months would be the Heavenly Profound Realm's final breathing space, and his only last chance to break the deadlock and grow stronger.
When he returned to the Azure Profound Sect, a thin, gaunt daoist figure was already quietly waiting inside the main peak's