The future.
Xi Rong Manor.
The blacksmiths laughed and joked as they worked on their tasks in the square.
Their foundations were now exceptionally solid. With numerous Esteemed Immortal powerhouses serving as attendants, even a single batch of Jiumu Qing blacksmiths could suppress the entire manor's forces, making it the undisputed number-one forging force in all the heavens.
They forged all kinds of precious Esteemed Immortal treasures and advanced various forging techniques, benefiting the entire world.
"So boring."
"Did the Painter suddenly run off?"
"His brain must be broken! He suddenly proved his Dao for no reason and abandoned us."
"You don't understand. That's called being carefree."
"I think he simply never cared about us little sweethearts."
A group of blacksmiths idly bragged and chatted.
The Painter's sudden departure was absurd, but on closer thought, it was perfectly in keeping with that old bastard's style.
And their Old Steward had already proved his Dao as the Auspicious Esteemed Immortal, drawn down the celestial phenomena, and gone into the past.
At this point, the final two Esteemed Immortal seats had been filled. There would no longer be any Half Celestial Phenomenon Esteemed Immortals in the future.
The upper limit of this era had become completely fixed. They had no idea whether that was good or bad.
Besides, hadn't it been said that once the final two Esteemed Immortal seats were claimed, the Heaven and Earth Law would be completed?
Why, then, had the environment of Heaven and Earth still not undergone a drastic transformation?
Where was the major environmental update they had been waiting for?
Just then.
Everyone suddenly felt Heaven and Earth begin to tremble.
"What is this?"
"What happened!?"
In that instant, every living being in the world felt their heartstrings quiver. The instinct of life told them that