After hearing Po Qiong's guess, Ling Tian knew there was a good chance Elder Ling and the others would clash with cultivators from other realms. For their safety, he planned to find a suitable cultivation paradise as soon as possible. Once Elder Ling and the others grew stronger, they would be better able to protect themselves.
Time drifted by. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed.
During that time, the four of them found quite a few more treasures and even came across several more pieces of Essence of Five Elements. The materials and grade of the Mysterious Yellow Tower and Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice both improved. The Mysterious Yellow Tower benefited especially: after advancing to a Quasi-Divine Artifact, its defensive power increased enormously. Ling Tian even dared to use it to ram into enemies, just as Su Ying and the others did.
What frustrated Ling Tian was that they still hadn't found a suitable cultivation paradise. Eventually, they guessed there simply weren't any in the places they could currently reach. They would have to venture farther in to find one.
While treasure hunting, Ling Tian and the others hadn't forgotten to keep an eye on the Nine-Colored Jade Slip. Five years after they escaped the encirclement formed by Lei Zhan and the others, a major event occurred: dozens of cultivators from the Eastern Earth Realm, ranked sixth, suddenly perished, while nearly ten more died across the Eastern Heaven, Western Heaven, and Southwestern Realms combined.
Based on the four of their guesses, the cultivators from the Eastern Heaven, Western Heaven, and the other realms had begun making their moves. They had originally intended to attack the North Profound Realm, but unexpectedly ran into cultivators from the Eastern Earth Realm. The two sides fought a great