Changes in Primordial Antiquity, Return to Demon Witch Mountain

Near the Eternal Dao Mark, Celestial Venerable Lei Yan of Fate Dao Palace and Blazing Fire Hall had thoughts surging through his mind. The chaos around him gently rippled in waves, revealing the extreme unrest in his heart.

Yet in the end, he did not rise to meet Han Yi, nor did he awaken Houtu. He simply fell silent.

Before coming here, the Palace Master had told him that his only task was to protect Houtu and provide her with the conditions for enlightenment. He had given no instructions regarding anything else.

As a cultivator who followed fate, he also believed that fate needed no deliberate alteration; one need only go with its flow.

Celestial Venerable Lei Yan withdrew his gaze and looked at Houtu behind him, seeming to hold a measure of expectation.

"After more than ten thousand years of cultivation, Houtu is not far from the Dao Fruit realm. In another three to five thousand years, she will be able to glimpse the secret of the Dao Fruit and condense one."

Far away, Han Yi, who was comprehending the intent of destruction and rebirth within the Dao Mark, seemed to sense something. He narrowed his eyes halfway and raised his head, looking toward a direction with which he shared no shallow karmic ties. The next instant, he saw a young man in dark robes, as well as a woman protected behind him.

Han Yi was incomparably familiar with that woman's aura and appearance. Though nearly twenty thousand years had passed, he recognized her at a glance. She was none other than Dao Ancestor Houtu.

A faint delight rose in Han Yi's heart, and then he looked toward the dark-robed young man.

The young man's aura was not much different from Sui Zhu's. He should have been an early-stage