After ending the transmission, Luo Hong put away the Heavenly Screen Jade Bi and flashed into his cave abode.
Though he had clearly resolved the only obstacle and was about to break through to the Taiyi Realm, there was not the slightest hint of a smile on Luo Hong's face. Instead, he frowned thoughtfully.
"Why does this feel so strange? It all seems a little too smooth."
Upon thinking it over, Luo Hong realized that the entire process had gone a little too exactly as he had wished.
He had just been planning to use Fan Mengyi's connections when You Wangxing was severely injured in the Outer Heaven Domain, allowing Fan Mengyi to take control of his Tianyan Token.
It was as if some force were secretly paving the way for him.
By contrast, whenever Luo Hong had tried to accomplish anything in the past, all sorts of unexpected obstacles would arise. He had always needed either wisdom or force to break through them.
Now, Luo Hong suddenly felt as though destiny were favoring him, which made him rather uneasy.
"Something must have happened to cause this change. Could it be those strange beasts?"
After recalling everything, Luo Hong found that the only unusual thing he had done was use the Primordial Divine Light to blast a gigantic strange beast to death in the vortex passage.
"I don't know where those strange beasts came from. I must investigate them thoroughly within the Heavenly Court later."
Although Luo Hong cared greatly about this matter, he knew even better that an opportunity lost would never return.
Since destiny was currently on his side, he should immediately consider advancing!
"A breakthrough to the Taiyi Realm will certainly cause tremendous celestial phenomena. It would be impossible to conceal it in the Black Mountain Immortal