Willow Deity Suffers Calamity, Ten Immortal Emperors Set Out!

"The rate at which our strength has improved is remarkable."

"We have more resources than we can use, and the disciples are monstrously talented. As long as we are given more time, what great undertaking could we fail to achieve?"

Between periods of seclusion, Lin Fan could not help but sigh.

"Unfortunately, time waits for no one."

"By my calculations, the Thousand-Year Great Tribulation is not far off."

"At most, there are less than ten years left."

"Less than ten years..."

"How much stronger can I become?"

"..."

Nine years later.

Lin Fan was in seclusion.

Yet he sensed Shi Hao's violent aura.

He...

Was injured!

And his emotions were highly unstable.

Lin Fan frowned. In a flash, he appeared at Shi Hao's side. As he helped him heal, he asked what had happened.

"Shi Hao."

"Why are you so badly injured?"

Shi Hao's eyes were bloodshot. Rather than answer Lin Fan's question, he said, "Master."

"Something happened to the Willow Deity!"

Lin Fan's heart clenched.

Shi Hao continued, "Previously, I wanted to follow in the Willow Deity's footsteps. But no matter how many times I called out, there was no response."

"I believed the Willow Deity had encountered a crisis and wanted to go aid her. After searching in every direction, and relying on the faint resonance produced by the Calamity Willow Branch she had left me, I finally found traces of her."

"I went inside the Primordial Gate."

"I also visited quite a few ancient Secret Realms."

"But in the end, I found a string of 'footprints' in the Sea of Worlds."

"Those footprints were not left by the Willow Deity, but I was certain she had followed them. So I followed them as well."

"In the end..."

"In the end..."

Shi Hao lowered his head, his