The few Sages of the Primordial Wilderness and some top-tier immortals and gods would occasionally turn their gazes toward the northern lands.
But as the aura of the Heaven and Earth Calamity gradually grew denser, it was not only the north—even the regions north of Buzhou Mountain—
The Heavenly Secrets became increasingly chaotic.
Under the Heavenly Dao's powerful interference, even Nuwa, Laozi, and the six weaker Sages
could no longer see the full picture of the changes in the Northern Domain.
And this was still only the accumulation stage of the Kalpa Tribulation. Once the Kalpa Tribulation fully erupted,
Nuwa and the other Sages would likely find it even more difficult to deduce its Heavenly Secrets, clear away the Mist, and glimpse the future.
Ancestor Hongjun was closest to the Heavenly Dao, while Luo Qing's cultivation reached the heavens, allowing him to break through the Heavenly Dao's obstruction.
The two of them could still see the potential changes in the Northern Domain clearly.
By then, three Kalpa Cycles, or three hundred and sixty thousand years, had passed since the Heavenly Court's Water Department settled in the Northern Domain and evil cultivators and demons invaded in droves.
The Heavenly Court's Water Department and the Northern Domain's immortals and gods had originally coexisted harmoniously, and their relationship had grown increasingly friendly.
Yet over those three Kalpa Cycles, their relationship had undergone repeated changes.
There had been friendliness, but conflict and slaughter were never lacking.
And as the demons caused disturbances in secret, the Northern Domain had been shrouded in a layer of darkness.
These great demons manipulated people's hearts and intensified the descent of Heart Demons upon the Northern Domain.
They had truly disrupted much of its peace.
Besides the influence of external enemies,
more and more hidden problems had finally erupted