After hearing Poqiong and Ling Tian's analysis, everyone felt a little more at ease. They still reminded Little Swallow and the Yin Yang Bagua Plate to be careful, just in case. What came next was simple: everyone continued cultivating, waiting for the divine beast Qilin to seize the Order Divine Artifact and then, as promised, send Little Swallow and the others into the Fire Attribute Small World.
Time drifted by. In the blink of an eye, several decades passed.
During this period, people from the Central Heaven secretly spread the Earth Kun Shield secret art. It soon reached the entire North Profound Immortal Realm, and nearly everyone obtained it and began trying to cultivate it.
Before Ling Tian and the others took part in the realm war, the major powers of the North Profound Realm had already realized how terrifying it was when a team unleashed powerful arrow arts together. So, for years, they had focused on training their forces to work in unison. For the people of the North Profound Realm, cultivating the Earth Kun Shield secret art was a natural next step. It probably wouldn't be long before they could use it in battle.
One day, Hua Min'er and the others sought out Ling Tian while he was cultivating. Su Ying looked grave. "Brother Yuan, although we spread the Earth Kun Shield secret art, it'll still take some time before it can be used in battle. Our North Profound Realm cultivators are at a disadvantage in the meantime. The various Heavenly Lords, Yao Lords, and Devil Masters are furious about this. Some have even urged you to lead the younger generation into battle, as agreed back then. What should we do?"
"Heh, if you send us out now, won't that just be sending us to our deaths?" Ming