Sure enough, paper could not wrap up a fire.
News that Saint Emperor Qingwen had gone missing soon spread throughout the Evergreen Ancient Domain.
Across the city, in its streets, alleys, and towers, countless martial artists discussed it.
A Saint Emperor going missing was unprecedented in the Evergreen Ancient Domain. Many people had never even dared imagine it.
And so, a shadow fell over the hearts of everyone on the domain's Imperial Star and its thousand-plus satellite stars.
A deep unease gripped them all.
No one was a fool.
If something had happened to the Saint Emperor, it was a calamity vast enough to blot out the sky. One wrong move could mean war.
But once war broke out, who could say where it would lead?
Who would become a hero, and who would be cannon fodder? No one could know.
Saint Venerable Man Yue was run ragged. She had originally hoped to find more chances to spend time with Ye Chen, but now she had no attention to spare for him.
Ye Chen had no intention of seeking her out, either. He simply kept his head down and moved in with Ye Si for the time being.
Li Yun was even more decisive. He sealed off Clearwind Courtyard outright.
After leaving behind seals that would warn him of intruders, he announced that he was entering Seclusion.
His reasoning was simple.
If war might be unavoidable, he had to seize every moment before it broke out and raise his cultivation as quickly as possible.
Once he had made every preparation, he quietly opened the Gate of Myriad Wonders and transported himself into the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm.
The hundred-thousandfold time acceleration began again!
It was called hundred-thousandfold acceleration, but with the Chaos Heaven Cave Secret Realm's own thousandfold acceleration