Forced onto the Board

Li Qingyun sat upright in the temple hall, continuing his contemplation of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

After the Jade Pure Primordial True Body stepped into the great perfection of the Body Root Fruit realm, his speed of "comprehending the Dao" rose enormously once more.

He estimated that traversing four or five Great Daos a year, attaining Great Dao Primordial Origin Qi, and leaving his mark at the end of the small path would not be difficult.

Sharpening the knife did not delay the chopping of firewood—that was the principle.

Other than keeping a low profile as he comprehended the Dao, he was basically unmoved by worldly matters and did not leave the temple.

He knew that the Weird Ancestor had likely fallen into a frenzied state akin to rampaging madness by now, so naturally, he could not give It any handle for suspicion or doubt.

Who could have guessed that, in order to eliminate the "source of disaster," It would simply swallow even the master of Langtian Continent Temple in one gulp!

Li Qingyun secretly exchanged information with several Saint Ancestors of the Ancestral Temple, keeping constant watch for any unusual movements there.

A hall master quietly hinted to him that he had gone to the Supreme Hall two days ago because more than a dozen deputy hall masters of the Ancestral Temple had vanished without any word.

Yet after visiting the Supreme Hall, that hall master discovered that even Jade Void Saint Ancestor seemed to have a problem, being far less "active" than before.

One had to know that Jade Void was that hall master's patron.

This was far too contrary to "common sense."

Yan Bai Saint Ancestor, the master of the Supreme Hall, merely stated calmly that he already knew, saying he had divined that those dozen