The Phoenix Clan's Supremacy in the Southern Region Was Secured Once and for All After This Battle

"Still, this might not be a bad thing," Long Zang said calmly.

Yuan Huang looked at him.

"After this battle, the Phoenix Clan's supremacy in the Southern Region is secured once and for all," Long Zang said lightly.

Yuan Huang furrowed her brow. "What about the Ferocious Beast Clan?"

"Shen Ni isn't a fool," Long Zang replied evenly. "He knows the Ferocious Beast Clan's crisis hasn't passed. He won't get involved in the affairs of the Primordial World lightly."

Though he aspired to dominate the Primordial World, he was still the Ferocious Beast Clan's Emperor. Protecting his people came first.

"Next, we need to watch out for Luohu," Long Zang said in a low voice.

All three clans had suffered heavy losses this time. Their casualties were severe, but their foundations remained intact.

Given enough time, they could recover and make a comeback.

"Ancestor Dragon and First Kirin are unlikely to attack the Phoenix Clan again anytime soon," Long Zang said confidently.

Yuan Huang nodded.

She knew that Shen Ni was the only one they needed to be wary of now.

As for Ancestor Dragon and the Kirin Clan, they wouldn't start another fight unless they'd taken leave of their senses.

The only truly unpredictable factor was Luohu.

He was the hardest of them all to deal with.

As the ancestor of the Devil Dao, Luohu was difficult to eliminate completely. Even if he was scattered, he could return after tens of thousands of years. That was what made him truly terrifying.

Even Long Zang couldn't truly keep Luohu from returning. As long as Luohu didn't want to die, no one could do anything about him.

"We'll just focus on doing what we need to do," Long Zang said with a smile.

Yuan Huang nodded, agreeing with his assessment.

Time flowed on, and ten million years passed in the blink of an eye.

During this long stretch of time, nothing earth-shattering happened in the Great Desolation World.

If there was one notable change, it was that Yellow Heaven had made it onto the Supreme Ranking, while Azure Heaven and Cyan Heaven had vanished without a trace.

Now, the Supreme Ranking hung high in the sky, with the names listed in this order:

First was Long Zang, followed by Luohu, Hongjun, Shen Ni, Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Huang, First Kirin, and finally the newly ranked Yellow Heaven!

The eight Sublime Saints stood above all, looking down upon every living being in the Primordial World.

There was no dispute about Long Zang's first place. His accomplishments spoke for themselves, and the entire Primordial World acknowledged them!

Though Hongjun was powerful, he hadn't become a Saint yet, and his combat strength was still inferior to Luohu's.

Hongjun had plenty of magical treasures, but the only one he could truly bring to bear was the Pangu Banner. As for the Jade Plate of Creation, it was incomplete and better suited to comprehending the Dao than to fighting.

Luohu was different. He had both the Immortal Slaying Four Swords and the World-Ending Millstone!

Apart from Long Zang, he could suppress nearly the entire Primordial World.

After all, not everyone had a physical body as absurdly powerful as Long Zang's.

Aside from these changes, everyone had spent the past ten million years quietly "developing," keeping a low profile and staying put.

On Emperor Venerable Island.

Long Zang had been in seclusion cultivating here for a million years.

A Bao, who lived on the island, still played carefree with the plant and tree spirits, looking like he hadn't a care in the world.

And, in truth, that was exactly how things were... He had everything he needed and was free to do as he pleased.

Though he was Long Zang's mount, Long Zang had long since come to regard him as a disciple.

Every day, A Bao either slept and ate fruit in the Yin Yang Two Rituals Bamboo Forest or ran all over the island. He'd practically become its little tyrant.

Long Zang had long since gotten used to it.

A Bao was a little lazy and mischievous, but he had a good heart and didn't cause trouble, so it wasn't much of an issue.

When it came to cultivation, though, he was utterly unmotivated...

He'd followed Long Zang for so long, eaten so many Spirit Fruits from the Phoenix Clan, and practiced the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, yet he'd only managed to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm...

A Bao's explanation was:

"If the sky falls, Master will hold it up. If Master can't do it, how could I? And if I can't, well, there's nothing I can do about it."

Long Zang was speechless when he heard that. All he could say was, "You're very capable."

No wonder the Iron Eater Beasts were so pathetic in later generations. Their ancestor was a king of slackers like this. How could they turn out any better?

Inside Emperor Venerable Palace.

Long Zang sat quietly as the River of Time flowed slowly beside him.

Waves rippled across its surface, each one representing a world and the life within it.

A profound light gleamed in his eyes as he comprehended the power of the laws.

Though he hadn't yet mastered the Great Dao of Time, summoning the River of Time was no difficult feat for someone of his strength.

"Reaching Hunyuan... I'm still a long way off."

Long Zang murmured to himself.

He knew that the time wasn't right, and his accumulation was still far from sufficient.

The Three Divine Lights on Emperor Venerable Island continuously supplied him with energy. It seemed inexhaustible, but even that wasn't enough to help him, at the peak of the Sublime Saint realm, break through.

As the River of Time gradually faded away, Long Zang opened his eyes and casually opened the Chat Group, which he hadn't touched in a long time.

The group had been pretty quiet while Long Zang was away, and no new members had joined.

Aside from that clueless Goddess, Aqua, who was always dropping the ball, everyone else behaved fairly normally.

[Kasumi Utaha: I'm telling you, Tsunade, why not just leave Konoha and strike out on your own?]

[Keisha: She has a point, Utaha. Why keep hanging on to that rotten tree?]

[Tsunade: Easy for you to say. My ancestors built that village with their own hands. I can't just abandon it.]

[Aqua: Want Aqua to come help?]

[Tsunade: No, thank you...]

[Wanda: I imagined what it'd look like if Aqua "helped." Yeah... let's not.]

[Kasumi Utaha: That would be... too dangerous.]

[Tsunade: Speaking of which, Keisha, weren't you building the Angel Civilization? Is it finished?]

[Keisha: Yes, it's completely established. It's just that my little sister is going through a rebellious phase right now, which is giving me a headache.]

[Kasumi Utaha: The course of fate isn't easy to change.]

[Keisha: I'm wondering whether I should nip her ideas in the bud ahead of time.]

[Tsunade: You really are something... You're obviously so powerful, yet you insist on pretending to be an ordinary person.]

[Keisha: Don't you think that makes it more interesting?]

[Kasumi Utaha: Maybe it's a way to pass the time when you're bored.]

Long Zang read the group chat and couldn't help smiling.

Keisha's power was among the very best in the Super Seminary World, yet she was always hiding it and pretending she was much like the other two Angel Kings. She was probably so bored that she'd taken up role-playing.

[Long Zang: Hello, everyone. It's been a while.]

[Tsunade: Group Leader, you're back?]

[Keisha: The Group Leader is finally online! If you'd stayed away any longer, I would've staged a coup.]

[Kasumi Utaha: It hasn't even been that long, has it?]

[Keisha: Time flows at different rates in different worlds. A few days for you could mean hundreds of years somewhere else.]

[Long Zang: Could it possibly have been tens of millions of years?]

[Kasumi Utaha: What?! Seriously?]

[Wanda: As expected of the Group Leader. The things he says are always outrageous, but when they come from him, they somehow seem perfectly reasonable...]

[Tsunade: I agree. It really does seem... reasonable.]

[Keisha: You're back, so does that mean you've settled things on your end?]

[Long Zang: Not exactly. Things have just come to a temporary pause. You can think of it as halftime.]

[Ding... The Group Leader uploaded a Memory Copy: Dragon Kirin VS Phoenix Ferocious Beast!]

[Keisha: A new copy? Let's go check it out!]

[Tsunade: Let's go!]