By the shores of the South Sea, within the Undying Sect's sacred grounds, several figures left this stretch of mountains and rivers. Wanwan and Shi Feixuan looked dazed and distraught. Their minds were in utter turmoil, and the news they had learned from Shi Zhixuan had dealt them an enormous blow.
"Yiya..."
On Yan Kuan's shoulder, the Snow-White Little Beast Keke cried out and pointed at the two women. Then it proactively leaped onto Wanwan and shook her, seemingly wanting them to pull themselves together.
"They need to find their own way out."
Yan Kuan picked the Snow-White Little Beast back up, stroked Keke's little head, and looked again at Wanwan and Shi Feixuan, who were clearly in poor condition. He did not interfere too much.
Figures from "legend" like them and Shi Zhixuan were very special. The inevitable path from illusion to reality required them to recognize themselves. They needed to walk out of it on their own. All Yan Kuan could guarantee was their "reality."
In the Heavenly Emperor City of the Southern Wasteland, within the Cloistered Moon, Ashamed Flower Hall, Yan Kuan found a location and took out the stone dagger, stone sphere, and stone arm he had obtained from the Nest-Building Heavenly Palace.
Boom!
Yan Kuan waved both hands, and endless flames swept over the three stone artifacts. Then he stirred the Heavenly Emperor City itself. Images flashed past in rapid succession as he saw this Stone Man's past, while nine Divine Lamps emerged.
The gentle radiance emitted by the nine Ancient Lamps appeared incomparably peaceful. Specks of fire seemed to burn through the Past and Future, presenting themselves before Yan Kuan's eyes.
These nine Ancient Lamps concerned the distant ancestors of the Nine Provinces lineage, as well as the greatest masterminds behind the layout of