Behind Xu Ying, Dao Lord Nie Xuan's corpse was also gradually turning into Dao Ash, but he paid it no heed, instead watching the roots of the Saluo Tree being assimilated by chaos.
"Destroying the Saluo Tree probably won't stop the Other Shore's invasion. This scout has already found the Three Realms and returned. The Other Shore can now learn the distance between the Three Realms and the Other Shore—it only needs a little over three years."
When Xu Ying first traveled to the Other Shore, he had spent four or five years on the ship, but when he returned to the Three Realms last time, he discovered that it took only three years.
This showed that the Three Realms universe was growing, becoming larger and larger. It also showed that the Three Realms' trajectory through the Sea of Chaos was gradually drawing closer to the Other Shore.
At this rate, in only sixteen hundred years, the Other Shore would run aground!
By then, the Three Realms universe would run aground along the chaotic shore of the Other Shore!
Sixteen hundred years seemed a long time, but in the Sea of Chaos, it was merely the snap of a finger. Moreover, now that the Other Shore knew the Three Realms were nearby, it would certainly send out scouts continuously to search for them.
The boundary of the Three Realms universe was so vast that it was impossible to have enough people guarding it. Being found by scouts again was only a matter of time.
This time, Xu Ying had found the Heaven Quiet Sea by chance, but whether he could arrive in time when the Other Shore invaded next time was difficult to say.
Xu Ying sat down there and waited quietly, to see whether any other invaders from the