Within Clearwind Courtyard, layers of seals lay heavy, and the days passed in peace.
Li Yun remained seated at the center of the courtyard, maintaining his cultivation at a hundred thousand times normal speed.
The Great Sect Sacred Heaven Art advanced steadily. His foundations grew deeper by the day, and his Dao Foundation was honed ever closer to perfection.
The Evergreen Ancient Domain was still gathering what was needed to create the Blood God Tracing Technique. With no news expected anytime soon, Li Yun cultivated without distraction.
Everything seemed calm, the days quiet and peaceful.
Yet unbeknownst to all, beyond the Evergreen Ancient Domain, storms were rising and undercurrents were surging.
Not far from the Evergreen Ancient Domain lay a vast Star Domain called the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain.
The Crimson Flame Ancient Domain was the territory of the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty.
As its name suggested, the Crimson Flame Imperial Dynasty was a powerful force with multiple Martial Deities presiding over it.
After all, who would let another snore beside their bed?
The Crimson Flame Ancient Domain lay so close to the Evergreen Ancient Domain that a Saint Emperor could easily make the round trip within ten days on his own strength, without even using a Teleportation Array.
This placed no small amount of pressure on both powers.
Though no major clashes had occurred between them, the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain had always remained intensely wary of the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
For that very reason,
the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain had long since become a target for infiltration by the Great Black Heaven.
Before anyone knew it, several formidable Great Black Heaven experts had quietly established a foothold in the Crimson Flame Ancient Domain.
At that moment—
on a star far from the heart of the Crimson Flame Ancient