In the mountains, no one kept track of the passing days; when the cold faded, no one knew how many years had gone by.
In the blink of an eye.
Ten years slipped away.
The Limitless Qi quietly accelerated its infiltration of the Supreme Immortal Gate, aided by the Supreme Immortal Gate's own covert cooperation.
Without realizing it, Li Yun's control over the Supreme Immortal Gate had reached thirty percent.
By this point, things could already be considered highly dangerous.
Great Venerable of the Ancient Era's will controlled sixty percent of the Supreme Immortal Gate itself, leaving Li Yun with only forty percent to work with.
And that did not mean Li Yun could recklessly seize complete control of that forty percent.
Forty percent could only be a bottom line—and a red line.
Having reached thirty percent, continuing toward forty percent meant drawing ever closer to that high-risk red line. At any moment, he might alert Great Venerable of the Ancient Era.
For safety's sake.
Li Yun had no choice but to slow down on his own initiative.
Even so.
Li Yun still felt his heart pound in terror.
Every additional wisp of Limitless Qi he seeped into the Supreme Immortal Gate made him feel as though he were dancing on Death's grave. He always felt that somewhere in the vast Chaos Great Void, in some mysterious corner, a pair of terrifying eyes was about to open.
That feeling was terrifying beyond measure.
But there was no helping it.
He had to continue.
Things had reached this stage. He already controlled thirty percent of the Supreme Immortal Gate, and more than a decade had been spent here. This was no longer simply a matter of wanting to leave the Ancient Wilderness Realm.
It was a matter of whether he could